Perler Bead Bracelet Patterns

Remember these?

Time to share a few patterns...

The following patterns are really just patterns as in which color bead to use when in order to get a certain picture. For a more detailed tutorial on how to weave a bracelet with fusible beads go here. 

Notes for understanding the pattern: the directions left to right/ right to left (l-r)/(r-l) refer to the working direction while you weave. In the pictures below l-r would be top to bottom, r-l bottom to top. Each bracelets start with a row of 4 beads, but every other row only adds 2 beads to the bracelet. You can see why in the tutorial.

SIMPLE ZIG ZAG

start row (l-r): white (w), w, blue (b), b
2nd (r - l):  w, b
3rd (l - r): b, w
4th (r - l): w, b
5th (l - r): w, b
6th (r - l): b, w
7th (l - r): w, b

repeat rows 2-7 until you reach desired length (for toddler sized bracelets about 9 times). At your last turn do only rows 2-5 to match up the pattern with the beginning of the bracelet.


GREEK KEY (well, sort of...)


start row (l-r): red (r), yellow (y), r, r
2nd (r-l): r, y
3rd (l-r): r, y
4th (r-l): r, r
5th (l-r): r, y
6th (r-l): r, y
7th (l-r): r, r

repeat rows 2-7 until you reach desired length (for toddler sized bracelets about 9 times). At your last turn do only rows 2-5 to match up the pattern with the beginning of the bracelet.

HAPPY DAISY

start row (l-r): 4 green (g) beads
2nd (r-l): g, w
3rd (l-r): w, w
4th (r-l): g, y
5th (l-r): w, w
6th (r-l): g, w
7th (l-r): g, g
8th (r-l): g, g
9th (l-r): g, y
10th (r-l): y, y
11th (l-r): g, w
12th (r-l): y, y
13th (l-r): g, y
14th (r-l): g, g
15th (l-r): g, g

repeat  rows 2-15 until you reach desired length of bracelet ( for toddler size 4 times). At your last turn repeat until row 13 only to match up with the beginning of the bracelet.

Looks fun? My daughter loves to wear these. Most girls that have seen them want to learn how to make a bracelet...  and really once you get the hang of it, it's about 30 minutes work from start to finish for a kid size bracelet. I got a few more patterns in my mind that need to be made... so look forward to some more bracelets on the blog in the near future.

Please feel free to ask questions in the comments if the pattern doesn't make sense to you. It was my first time trying to write down a pattern for a beaded bracelet, so it's kind of experimental and I am open to suggestion on how to make it clear for everyone!