YOU BELONG Single
- Singles
- Single
- Single strand
- First string
- 15 min
- 26 beads
Lavender, smoke and glow white around nine letters. For the person standing at the edge of the crowd with their arms folded: walk over, ask if they want to trade, put this on them. It reads from three feet away under plain white light.
What it looks like finished
What you need
| Color | Beads |
|---|---|
| Smoke | 9 |
| Glow White | 4 |
| Lavender | 4 |
| ALetter beads“YOU BELONG” | 9 |
| Total | 26 |
- Cord
- 45 cm (17.5 in), including slack for the knot
- Color beads
- 17 of the total are plain pony beads
- Spells "YOU BELONG".
- Letter beads come as mixed A–Z packs — you need 9 of them, so check the pack has enough of each letter.
- Cord length already includes about 20% slack. Cut long, trim after you tie off.
Chart — follow this when you string it
Get the beads
Neon Bright Mix Pony Beads (500pcs)
BeadTin26 beads in total
The multicolor bag most charts on this site are built around. Fluorescent neon, so it lights up under a blacklight instead of going gray at 1 a.m. — 9mm barrel beads that run true to size.
View on BeadTin$2.89 / 500 beads · checked 2026-08-30Smoke pony beads
Amazon9 × smoke in this pattern
A single-color bag beats sorting a mixed one every time you restring.
Glow Mix Pony Beads, glow in the dark (500pcs)
BeadTin4 × glow white in this pattern
Charges under any light and holds a soft glow for hours. Swap a few beads of any chart into these and the piece becomes a different thing after dark — this is the one that survives a campground with no lights.
View on BeadTin$3.09 / 500 beads · checked 2026-08-301mm White Stretch Cord, 90m spool
BeadTin45 cm (17.5 in) per piece
The default cord on this site — every cord length in every bead count assumes 1mm. One spool is dozens of singles or a handful of cuffs before you reorder.
View on BeadTin$4.99 / 90m · checked 2026-08-30Alpha Letter Bead Mix, black on white (144pcs)
BeadTin9 letter beads
A mixed A–Z pack instead of buying single letters. 144 beads covers a couple of full phrases with spares for the letters every word runs short on — you will still run out of E.
View on BeadTin$4.39 / 144 beads · checked 2026-08-30
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How to make it
- 1Cut the cordCut 45 cm (17.5 in) of 1 mm stretch cord. The extra is what you hold on to while you string — you trim it at the end.
- 2Count the beads out firstLay all 26 beads out in chart order, left to right. Sorting up front is the difference between one clean pass and restringing at 2am.
- 3String it in orderThread each bead on in the order you laid it out, keeping the cord flat so it never twists inside a bead.
- 4Check the fit before you knotSize it so it clears your knuckles, then check it can slide over two clasped hands — that is the move the Respect beat makes. If it will not slide, it is a keeper, not a trade.
- 5Tie it offSurgeon’s knot, pull it into the gap between two beads, then a dab of clear glue. Trim the tails once it is dry.
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