How to Bead a Fish Keychain (Written Pattern)

 How to Bead a Fish Shaped Keychain

(Written Pattern)

Materials: Nylon Monoline String 050mm, Acrylic Rough Beads or Chalk Beads 6mm in size (3 Colors of your choice + 1 Black bead for eyes), Scissors, Pin, Jump Ring & Keyring, Pliers

Approximately 2 inches high and 3 1/2 inches long

Total of 9 rows across

Suggested String Length: 1 meter

Symbols: S-Salikop R-Right String L-Left String, adj.-adjacent, B-Beads

Instructions:

Cut string for 1meter (This is sufficient for the whole project). Hold the string wherin the one end is on your right and the other end is on your left hand. 

1st row: Starting with a Cluster of 5. Using the 1st color of beads. Put 4B on R and S with 1B.

(Salikop is a tagalog term I frequently use for the project which means you need to insert your R going to the left and your L going to the right in just one bead aligning both ends of the string then sliding that one bead going to the rest of the beads, making sure both ends are of equal length completing the needed cluster)

2nd row: Using same color of beads put 4B on R and S with 1B. Insert to 1 adj. B and turn your work. Put 2B on R, 1 Black Bead on the L and (this is the eye part) S with 1B. Total of 2 Clusters.

3rd row: Using 2nd color of beads. Put 4B o R and S with 1B, insert to 2 adj. Bs. Put 2B on R and S with 1B, insert to 2 adj. Bs and turn your work. Put 2B on R, 1B on L and S with 1B. Total of 3 Clusters

4th row: Using 3rd color of beads. Starting with a Cluster of 5, put 3B on R and S with 1B, take L insert to 2adj. Bs, put 2B on R and S with 1B (Repeat 1 more time), Take L insert to 1 adj B and turn your work, put 2B on R and S with 1B. Total of 4 clusters

5th row: Using 1st color of beads. Take L insert to 1 adj B. Put 3B on R and S with 1B. Take L insert to 2 adj. B. Put 2B on R and S with 1B, take L insert to 2 adj. Bs and turn your work. Put 2B on R and S with 1B. Total of 3 Clusters

6th row: Using 2nd color of beads. Take L insert to 1 adj. B, put 3B on R and S with 1B. Take L insert to 2 adj. B and turn your work. Put 2B on R and S with 1B. Total of 2 Clusters.

7th row: Using 3rd color. Take L insert to 1 adj. B, put 2B on R, 1B on L and S with 1B. Total of 1 Cluster only. Turn your work.

8th row: Using 1st color of beads. Put 4B on R and S with 1B. Take L insert to 1 adj. B then turn your work. Put 2B on R, 1B on L and S with 1B. Total of 2 Clusters.

9th row: Using 2nd color of choice. Starting with a cluster of 5. Put 3B on R and S with 1B. Take L insert to 2 adj. Bs. Put 2B on R and S with 1B. The last cluster is a cluster of 5. Take L insert to 1 adj. B. S with 3B. Insert 1st string through a series of beads within the made item and do this also for the other string for about 3-4 inches, tighten as you go and then cut both strings. After this just connect the made item to a keyring using pliers and a jump ring.

Happy Beading everyone!!!