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10 /Quick answer
To make a kandi cuff pattern from a picture, upload it, set how many beads go around your wrist, keep it to 6–10 colors and follow the row-by-row bead list. Each row reads like “3 red, 2 white, 3 red”, so you can string without counting squares.
Bold shapes and few colors work best: hearts, fruit, balloons, logos you own.
Lay pony beads along your wrist to count how many fit, then set the width.
Fewer colors make the design readable on small pony beads.
Tick off each row in the bead list as you go; counts include 10% spare beads.
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The chart works as a straight grid for loom and x-base cuffs. For peyote, read every row offset by half a bead — the row list stays the same.
Single-strand bracelets only need one row: set the height to 1 and the pattern becomes a color sequence.
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Measure, don’t guess: wrap a strand of pony beads around your wrist loosely and count. Most adult cuffs land somewhere in the 20s; children’s are smaller. Set that number as the width and the picture is fitted to it.
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For seed-bead peyote or brick stitch, use more columns (Delica 11/0 beads are tiny) and keep the same 6–10 color rule.
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A kandi cuff is several rows of pony beads joined into a wide, stretchy band. With a pattern from this page:
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Kandi bracelets started as single strands spelling words or colors; cuffs turned them into pixel pictures. Good kandi ideas for a first cuff: hearts, fruit, rainbow stripes, smiley faces, your initials or a favourite animal — anything with bold shapes and few colors.
90 /FAQ
Upload the picture, set the number of beads around your wrist, limit it to 6–10 colors and follow the row-by-row list. Pony beads (9 mm) are the usual choice.
String a base row of pony beads on elastic, tie it into a loop, then add rows one at a time by passing the cord through the beads of the row below. Follow the row-by-row list and knot twice at the end.
Width × rows gives the bead count; the list shows each color’s count plus 10% spare. A 26-around, 10-row cuff uses 260 beads before spares.
Yes. Read the chart with every row offset by half a bead; the row-by-row list works for even-count flat peyote.
Yes, making, editing and printing kandi patterns up to 30 columns is free with no sign-up.
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