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The pictorials are illustrated with spaces between beads for a clearer direction, in the actual beading, there should be no spaces.
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Beaded Cat Charm :
What you need:
1) Glass seed beads, size 11/0 (white, gold, brown, pink
and black) 12 white one size smaller beads - paws.
2) Beading string (0.20mm) (some black nylon strings for
the whiskers)
Always Remember to pull tight on EVERY STEP.
NOTE: this tutorial is based on a mixed color or 3 color cat you see in the photo on the right, if you want to make a two color or one color cat (click on the photo on the right to see more color variations of the cat), just change the colors of your beads except the eyes, nose and inner ear.
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| Step 1: |
Cut a piece of beading string around one meter long.
- Add one white, two brown, one white and two gold beads, crisscross the other sting through the last white bead added, shown where both arrows exits from.
Make sure this beaded ring is centralized at the center of the string.
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| Step 2: |
- Continue to:
Add one gold, one black (eye) and two white beads on the left (black) string, crisscross the right (red) string through the last white bead added.
Continue to pass the black string (the one you just used to add new beads on) through one old bead from step 1 (marked A).
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| Step 3: |
- Continue to:
Add one white, one black (eye) and one brown beads on the bottom (red) string, crisscross the top (black) string through the last brown bead added.
Continue to pass the red string (the one you just used to add new beads on) through one old bead from step 1 (marked A).
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| Step 4: |
- Continue to: (Working on only the top - red - string in this step)
Add one pink (inner ear) and three brown beads on the top (red) string.
Continue to pass the same string back through the first pink bead added.
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| Step 5: |
- Continue to:
Add two brown beads on the bottom (black) string, crisscross the top (red) string through the last brown bead added.
Continue to pass the black string (the one you just used to add new beads on) through two old beads from step 4 and step 1 (marked A
and B).
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| Step 6: |
- Continue to:
Add two brown beads on the right (red) string, crisscross the left (black) string through the last brown bead added.
Continue to pass the red string (the one you just used to add new beads on) through one old bead from step 1 (marked A).
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| Step 7: |
- Continue to:
Add two white and one gold beads on the right (black) string, crisscross the left (red) string through the last gold bead added.
Continue to pass the black string (the one you just used to add new beads on) through one old bead from step 1 (marked A).
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| Step 8: |
- Continue to: (Working on only the bottom - black - string in this step)
Add one pink (inner ear) and three gold beads on the bottom (black) string.
Continue to pass the same string back through the first pink bead added.
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| Step 9: |
- Continue to:
Add two gold beads on the top (red) string, crisscross the bottom (black) string through the last bead added.
Continue to pass the red string (the one you just used to add new beads on) through three old beads from step 8, 1 and 2 marked with A, B and
C.
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| Step 10: |
- Continue to:
Add one gold bead on the left (black) string, crisscross the right (red) string through this bead.
Continue to pass the black string (the one you just used to add new beads on) through one old bead from step 2 marked with A.
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| Step 11: |
- Continue to:
Add four white beads on the top left (red) string, crisscross the bottom right (black) string through the last bead added.
Continue to pass the red string (the one you just used to add new beads on) through two old beads from step 2 and 3 marked with A
and B.
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| Step 12: |
- Continue to:
Add two white beads on the left (black) string, crisscross the right (red) string through the last bead added.
Continue with the black string (the one you just used to add new beads on), add on one white, one pink (nose) and one white beads, continue to pass this black string through the first three white beads your string excited from and first added on this step.
Continue to pass the black string (the one you just used to add new beads on) through two old beads from step 3 and 4 marked with A
and B.
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| Step 13: |
- Continue to:
Add three white beads on the bottom (red) string and crisscross the top (black) string through the last bead added.
Continue to pass the red string (the one you just used to added new beads on) through two old beads from step 6 and 7 marked with A
and B.
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| Step 14: |
- Continue to:
Add one brown and one white beads on the bottom (black) string and crisscross the top (red) string through the last bead added.
Continue to pass the black string (the one you just used to add new beads on) through three old beads from step 7, 9 and 11 marked with A, B and
C.
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| Step 15: |
- Continue to:
Add one gold bead on the top (red) string and crisscross the bottom (black) string through this bead.
Continue to pass the red string (the one you just used to added new beads on) through one old bead from step 11 marked with A.
Continue to pass the black string through two old beads from step 14 and 13 marked with A and B.
- Add one last white bead to crisscross both strings through. The next step will continue from this last bead.
You should have five bead circle that looks like this at the neck area: 
Note: you will still be using these five beads for passing through in the next few steps.
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| Step 16: |
- (The red dotted bead represents the last white bead added on the last step) Continue to:
Add four white beads on the left (black) string and crisscross the right (red) string through the last bead added.
Continue to pass the black string (the one you just used to added new beads on) through one old bead from step 13 marked with A.
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| Step 17: |
- Continue to:
Add two white and one brown beads on the bottom (red) string and crisscross the top (black) string through the last bead added.
Continue to pass the red string (the one you just used to added new beads on) through one old bead from step 14 marked with A.
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| Step 18: |
- Continue to:
Add three brown beads on the right (black) string and crisscross the left (red) string through the last bead added.
Continue to pass the black string (the one you just used to add new beads on) through one old bead from step 15 marked with A.
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| Step 19: |
- Continue to:
Add three gold beads on the top (red) string and crisscross the bottom (black) string through the new bead added.
Continue to pass the red string (the one you just used to added new bead on) through two old beads from step 11 and 16 marked with A and B.
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| Step 20: |
- Continue to:
Add two white beads on the top (black) string and crisscross the bottom (red) string through the last bead added.
Note: this last added white bead is where one of the front paw will go on later.
Continue to pass the black string (the one you just used to add new beads on) through one old bead from step 16 marked with A.
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| Step 21: |
- Continue to:
Add three white beads on the left (red) string, crisscross the right (black) string through the last bead added.
Continue to pass the red string (the one you just used to add new beads on) through two old beads from step 16 and 17 marked with A and B.
Note: the white bead marked B on this step is where one of the front paw will go on later.
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| Step 22: |
- Continue to:
Add two white beads on the bottom (black) string, crisscross the top (red) string through the last bead added.
Continue to pass the black string (the one you just used to add new beads on) through two old beads from step 17 and 18 marked with A and B.
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Continue the tutorial on page 2 of the beaded cat kitten charm project!
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