Beaded Sports Jersey Key Chain Pattern

School is starting and sports season is right behind it! Show your school and team spirit with a beaded sports jersey keychain made in your own colors. Change the colors to match your school or team and add your school letter to make it your own. Hang one from your keys, backpack, purse or sports bag and make extras for your friends and teammates.

These little jerseys can be made for the whole team and they're not just for the players. Make them for cheerleaders, coaches, teachers, team moms, player moms and your biggest fans. They can even make a fun team fundraiser—choose your school colors, and let everyone show which team you're cheering for.

Once you make one, you'll probably start thinking of everyone on your team who needs one too. Make a whole batch in your school colors for players, cheerleaders, coaches, teachers, team moms, player moms and your biggest fans. They're small enough to make in quantity and personalized enough to be a great team fundraiser. Add your school letter, wear your colors proudly and let everyone know exactly which team you're cheering for.

And don't worry about figuring out how to make your school letter fit into the jersey—I already did that part for you! At the bottom of the page you'll find bead illustrations for every letter from A to Z. Just find your letter and follow the bead colors shown. You can also click on any letter illustration to open a larger image that's easier to follow while you make your keychain.

Connect your cord to your keyring with a Lark's Head knot.

1. Find the half way point of the cord or wire you are using and attach it onto the keyring using a lark's head knot (shown in photo).

2. Begin threading the beads onto the cord following the pattern below. You can click on the image at the top of the page for a larger, better resolution photo.

3. After finishing the pattern you will notice that your cords do not end at the same place. You can either bring them around and tie them together at the bottom with a double knot or surgeon's knot but we found it looked better to tie each one off at the ends of the last row. As an alternative, you can also thread one end of your cord back through the previous row. This will result in both cord ends ending next to each other where you can knot them together as described. (We actually prefer this method, even though the illustrations don't show it done this way.) Add a little glue to each knot to prevent them from unraveling.

4. Three or four beads can be strung onto the end of the cord as a finishing touch (optional).

Optional: Weave a matching piece of pipe cleaner through the top row of your finished jersey to make it more firm.

Choose Your School or Team Letter