Kandi Cat Cuff Tutorial
This is a tutorial for my cat cuff kandi design! This tutorial assumes you already know how to make a basic x-base cuff. If you don't, there are many tutorials for that on YouTube. Instructions under the cut!
Create a 2 x tall x base cuff using the following pattern. It isn't essential, but I like to use glow in the dark beads for the eyes so that the eyes will glow in the dark! The cuff being made in this tutorial uses 2 different colors to make an odd-eyed cat, but you can also use the same color for both.
Pull the string through the top bead of the eye, then add 5 beads to it and pull it through the bead at the edge of the eye as shown. I like to use black to represent the "eyeliner" a lot of cats have, but you could also use the same color as the fur for a more subtle look.
Pull the string through a few beads in the x-base and back through the same bead it was coming out of before, but in the opposite direction.
Continue putting 5 beads and pulling it through the corners of the eyes.
Once again, pull it through a few beads so it is coming out of the corner bead in the opposite direction than before, and continue adding 5 beads and pulling through the corners. Then, tie it off and cut it.
Pull a string scrap through the bead at the top of the eye, and make sure both sides are the same length. Then, add 5 black beads to BOTH sides of the string.
This is the hard part, and it's hard to photograph, too, so sorry about that. Pull only ONE side of the string through the bottom bead of the eye, then tie the two ends of the string together. Use a quadruple or quintuple knot because this part is under a lot of tension. Cut the ends of the string and pull it until the knot goes into a bead and is hidden.
Do all that stuff for the other eye, too.
Tie a string scrap below the center bead of one of the eye edges, then pull it up through the center bead and add a heart bead for the nose. Pull it through the next center bead, tie it off, and cut it. If you want, you can also put a bead between the eyes on top using this same method - it adds additional stability and a decorative touch, but is not essential.
Tie on another string and pull it through some of the edge beads so it comes out as shown, then add 9 beads.
Pull the string through as shown to make the first ear. Then, pull it through the beads on the edge until it comes up above the second eye, add another 9 beads, and pull it through to make the second ear.
Once you tie it off, it will be done! You can scroll to the top of the post to see it, I've hit the image limit.