3-D Bell
designed by Margo Mead

Level: Advanced

Materials:
4 yards cord or plastic lacing, cut into 3--1 1/3 yard--pieces
216 yellow pony beads

Instructions:
Begin--Attach 3 strands of cord to a hook or keyring.
Row A: Add 2 beads at a time to 3 pair of strands.
Row B: Continue, add 2 beads at a time to 3 pair of strands (see Row B illustration, but do it with 2 beads in each row).
Row C: Continue, add 3 beads at a time.
Row D: Continue, add 3 beads at a time.
Row E: Continue, add 4 beads at a time.
Row F: Continue, add 4 beads at at a time.
Row G: Continue, add 4 beads at at a time.
Row H: Continue, add 4 beads at a time.
Row I: Continue, add 4 beads at a time.
Row J: Continue, add 4 beads at a time.
Row K: Continue, add 4 beads at a time.
Row L: Continue, add 4 beads at a time.
Row M: Continue, add 4 beads at a time.
Row N: Continue, add 4 beads at a time.
Row O: Continue, add 5 beads at a time.
Row P: Continue, add 5 beads at a time.
Row Q: Continue, add 6 bead at a time.
Row R: Continue, add 6 bead at a time.

At end of pattern, tie a big knot in the cord, close to where the cord comes out of the beads. You will now have the six strands of cord hanging down from the end of the bell. You can cut the ends close and put glue on the knot to make sure it doesn't come out, or you could put a couple of heart-shaped beads on the end of each strand and tie a big knot after those.

You could probably make a smaller bell by doing 4 rows of 3 instead of 4 rows of 4, and then doing a row of 4 and a row of 5 to end it. I haven't had a chance to try it yet though.