Fishtail cuff tutorial

March 04, 2026
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No one else (so far) on KP has a fishtail cuff tutorial so I thought I'd fix that! This is a tutorial for the fishtail cuff (also called endless cuff)

Step 1

Start with 14 beads in the middle of your string

Step 2

Add one bead and put through both of the strings going in different directions (similar to ladder cuff)

Step 3

add 7 beads to each string and finish it with another bead again

Step 4

make 5 of these loops

Step 5

end by tying a knot (DO NOT ADD ANOTHER BEAD TO THE END)

Step 6

Make three of them!

Step 7

loop colors 2 & 3 onto color 1 like shown and then flip it over

Step 8

make the bottom color go through the loops directly above it in the other two colors (kinda hard)

Step 9

repeat it over and over

Step 10

Do it until you get to the end

Step 11

If you want this to be easy but not look a satisfying, you can tie it together with a ribbon or something to finish it off (saw it in a YouTube tutorial) and then you're done. Otherwise, make the top color go through the two below it...

Step 12

then tie it onto the same color on the other side of the project. (this is pretty tricky!)

Step 13

Do the same with the other two colors - I'm so sorry I don't have pictures :(

Step 14

Should look something like this when you're done!

Thanks for using my tutorial! For more cuff patterns, go to the Kandi pad tutorials page and search for the tag "all the cuffs"