This beaded curtain is made from two simple motifs: an openwork 8-petal flower and a small spoked wheel. They alternate down 14 hanging strands, joined by silver pearl beads, and each strand ends in a full tassel. With sunlight behind it, the curtain looks like a light, airy lace screen.
The sample is worked in one muted denim blue cotton. The silver pearls add a cool shine without making the curtain look busy. The style is modern boho: graphic and repetitive, but calm enough for a window, a doorway, or a closet opening.
This pattern uses US crochet terms. The finished curtain measures about 48.5 in (123.2 cm) wide and 44.75 in (113.7 cm) long from the top of the rod to the tassel tips.
Construction overview: make 84 flowers and 84 wheels as separate motifs. Connect them into strands with short beaded chain links. Then add a crocheted tab to the top of each strand, and a bead link and tassel to the bottom.
Finished Size and Construction
- Finished size: 48.5 in (123.2 cm) wide x 44.75 in (113.7 cm) long
- Skill level: Easy (advanced beginner); highly repetitive
- Terminology: US crochet terms
- Yarn weight: Sport (#2) cotton
- Hook: 3.0 mm (US C/2 or D/3)
- Number of pieces: 168 motifs (84 flowers, 84 wheels), 14 tabs, 14 tassels
- Layout: 14 strands x 12 motifs each; flowers and wheels alternate, and neighboring strands are offset
- Piece size: Flower 3 in (7.6 cm); wheel 2 in (5.1 cm)
- Size before border: Each motif column is 38.25 in (97.2 cm) long
- Border depth: Top tab drop 1.5 in (3.8 cm); bottom bead link plus tassel 5 in (12.7 cm)
Materials
Choose a smooth, tightly plied mercerized or combed cotton. Cotton holds the petal shapes crisply, hangs straight, and won’t stretch over time the way acrylic can. Avoid fuzzy yarns, which hide the openwork.
- Denim blue sport cotton: 700 g, about 1,750 m (based on 50 g = 125 m)
- Flowers: about 4 g (10 m) each, 336 g total
- Wheels: about 2.5 g (6.25 m) each, 210 g total
- Tabs, links, and tassels: about 74 g total
These quantities include a margin of about 12% for your test motifs, joining tails, and tassel trimming.
Tools and notions:
- 3.0 mm crochet hook
- 180 silver pearl beads, 12 mm, with holes at least 2.5 mm wide (168 needed, plus spares)
- Big-eye beading needle or dental-floss threader
- Wooden curtain rod, 0.75 in (1.9 cm) diameter, at least 52 in (132.1 cm) long
- Stiff card 4 in (10.2 cm) tall, for the tassels
- Tapestry needle, scissors, locking stitch markers
- Blocking mats, rustproof pins, spray bottle
Abbreviations (US Terms)
- ch – chain
- sl st – slip stitch
- sc – single crochet
- hdc – half double crochet
- dc – double crochet
- sp – space
- st(s) – stitch(es)
- [ ] – repeat as directed
Special stitch – Bead chain (bch): Slide one pre-strung bead up against the hook. Yarn over beyond the bead and pull through the loop on the hook. This locks the bead into the chain.
Gauge and Checkpoints
Before you make anything else, make one flower and one wheel and block them. For this pattern, gauge is the size of each motif rather than a swatch.
Wheel checkpoints:
- After Rnd 1: 0.75 in (1.9 cm) across
- After Rnd 2: 1.5 in (3.8 cm) across
- After Rnd 3: 2 in (5.1 cm) across
Flower checkpoints:
- After Rnd 1: 1 in (2.5 cm) across
- After Rnd 2: 2.25 in (5.7 cm) across
- After Rnd 3: 3 in (7.6 cm) tip to tip
Bead link: 0.75 in (1.9 cm) from one motif’s edge to the next.
If your motifs come out too large, switch to a 2.75 mm hook. If they’re too small, switch to a 3.25 mm hook. It’s worth checking: being 0.25 in (0.6 cm) off on each flower adds up to 1.5 in (3.8 cm) per strand.
Small Wheel (Make 84)
Ch 6, sl st to the first ch to form a ring.
Rnd 1: Ch 1, 12 sc in ring, sl st to first sc. (12 sc)
Rnd 2: Ch 4 (counts as dc + ch 1), [dc in next sc, ch 1] 11 times, sl st to 3rd ch of beginning ch-4. (12 dc, 12 ch-1 sps)
These 12 dc are the spokes, and the ch-1 spaces make the small openings around the center.
Rnd 3: Ch 1, [sc in next dc, 2 sc in next ch-1 sp] 12 times, sl st to first sc. (36 sc: 12 worked into dc + 24 worked into spaces)
This round makes the smooth, solid outer ring.
Fasten off and weave in the ends. Place one marker in sc 1 (top point) and another in sc 19 (bottom point). These two points are directly opposite each other, with 18 stitches between them on each side.
Large Flower (Make 84)
Ch 6, sl st to the first ch to form a ring.
Rnd 1: Ch 1, 16 sc in ring, sl st to first sc. (16 sc)
Rnd 2: Ch 1, sc in first sc, ch 7, skip next sc, [sc in next sc, ch 7, skip next sc] 7 times, sl st to first sc. (8 sc, 8 ch-7 loops)
Check: 8 worked + 8 skipped = all 16 stitches of Rnd 1.
Rnd 3: Sl st into first ch-7 loop. [(Sc, hdc, 3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc, hdc, sc) in ch-7 loop, sl st in next sc of Rnd 2] 8 times. The final sl st goes into the first sc of Rnd 2. (8 petals: 80 sts + 8 ch-2 tips + 8 sl sts)
Each petal is a stitched arch built over a chain loop. The skipped stitch under each arch leaves a small window, which gives the petals their openwork look. The ch-2 makes the pointed tip of each petal, and the sl st between petals makes a clear notch.
Fasten off and weave in the ends. Place one marker in the ch-2 tip of petal 1 (top point) and another in the ch-2 tip of petal 5 (bottom point). These two tips are directly opposite each other, with 4 petals between them in each direction.
Make All Pieces
- Flowers: 84, denim blue
- Wheels: 84, denim blue
- Strands: 14, each with 12 motifs (6 flowers + 6 wheels)
Odd strands start with a flower and even strands start with a wheel. Because every strand has 6 of each motif, all strands come out the same length.
Layout grid (F = flower, W = wheel; columns are strands 1–14, and rows are motif positions from top to bottom):
Rows 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11: F W F W F W F W F W F W F W
Rows 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12: W F W F W F W F W F W F W F
Joining: Beaded Links
Each link connects the bottom point of one motif to the top point of the next. Each strand needs 11 links.
- String 1 bead onto the yarn end.
- Make a slip knot on the hook, then sl st into the bottom point of the upper motif (sc 19 of a wheel, or the ch-2 tip of petal 5 of a flower).
- Ch 1, bch 1, ch 1.
- Sl st into the top point of the next motif (sc 1 of a wheel, or the ch-2 tip of petal 1 of a flower).
- Fasten off, leaving 4 in (10.2 cm) tails. Weave the tails into the motifs, not through the bead.
Stitch-to-stitch logic: Each link attaches to exactly one marked stitch at each end. Because those points are directly opposite each other, every motif hangs straight and centered.
Tension: Keep the chains snug. If the ch 1 is loose, the bead slides around and the links come out uneven. Every link should measure 0.75 in (1.9 cm).
Size checkpoint: 6 flowers x 3 in + 6 wheels x 2 in + 11 links x 0.75 in = 18 + 12 + 8.25 = 38.25 in (97.2 cm). Measure each strand while it hangs freely. All 14 strands should be within 0.25 in (0.6 cm) of each other.
Border: Top Tabs and Bottom Tassels
On this curtain, the “border” is the finishing at the top and bottom of each strand. You need 14 tabs and 14 tassels, one of each per strand.
Border gauge: 6 ch = 1 in (2.5 cm); 30 sc lie flat over a ch-24 loop.
Top tab (make 14):
- Setup: Join yarn with a sl st in the top point of the first motif. Ch 24, then sl st into the same point. (1 ch-24 loop)
- Rnd 1: Work 30 sc into the loop, sl st to first sc, and fasten off. (30 sc: 24 sc, 1 per chain, + 6 extra sc spaced evenly)
Why the math works: If you work only 1 sc per chain, the stitches pull the loop tight and it curls. Adding 1 extra sc after every 4 sc (5 sc for every 4 chains) keeps the tab flat. The loop is about 4 in (10.2 cm) around. Folded over a 0.75 in (1.9 cm) rod, it drops about 1.5 in (3.8 cm).
Bottom bead link and tassel (make 14):
- String 1 bead onto the yarn end. Sl st into the bottom point of the last motif, then ch 1, bch 1, ch 4. Sl st into the first of those 4 ch to form a small ring, and fasten off.
- Wrap yarn 40 times around the 4 in (10.2 cm) card. Slide a 12 in (30.5 cm) tie under the top of the wraps and knot it tightly.
- Cut the wraps along the bottom edge of the card.
- Wrap a 24 in (61.0 cm) strand tightly around the tassel 0.75 in (1.9 cm) below the top, then bury the ends inside.
- Use the tie to knot the tassel onto the ring, then trim the ends level.
The bead link and ring add 1 in (2.5 cm) and the tassel adds 4 in (10.2 cm), for 5 in (12.7 cm) in total.
Width math: Space the tabs 3.5 in (8.9 cm) apart, center to center. From the first tab to the last is 13 x 3.5 = 45.5 in (115.6 cm). Add half a flower, 1.5 in (3.8 cm), on each outer side to get 48.5 in (123.2 cm). A flower beside a wheel takes up 1.5 + 1 = 2.5 in (6.4 cm) of each 3.5 in space, which leaves a 1 in (2.5 cm) gap for light to show through.
Final Blocking
- Before joining, soak all motifs for 10 minutes, then roll them in a towel to press out the water.
- Pin each wheel to a 2 in (5.1 cm) circle.
- Pin each flower at all 8 petal tips to a 3 in (7.6 cm) circle, pulling the tips outward so the windows open.
- Let them dry completely (12–24 hours).
- After joining, hang the curtain. Lightly mist any twisted strand, straighten it, and let it dry in place.
- Comb the tassels while damp and trim them to 4 in (10.2 cm).
Final Quality-Control Checklist
- Each wheel has 36 sc and measures 2 in (5.1 cm)
- Each flower has 8 pointed petals and measures 3 in (7.6 cm)
- Each link holds 1 bead and measures 0.75 in (1.9 cm)
- Each strand has 12 motifs in the correct order (odd strands start with F, even strands with W)
- Each strand measures 38.25 in (97.2 cm) from the top motif to the bottom motif
- 14 tabs of 30 sc each, spaced 3.5 in (8.9 cm) apart
- 14 tassels of 4 in (10.2 cm), trimmed level
- No tails showing at the beads
Troubleshooting
- Flower cups instead of lying flat: The ch-7 loops are too tight. Chain more loosely.
- Flower ruffles: The loops are too long. Work Rnd 2 with a smaller hook.
- Beads slide: Tighten the ch 1 after the bch, and check that the bead holes aren’t oversized.
- Strand twists: One or more links are attached off-center. Make sure each link uses the marked opposite points.
- Uneven strand lengths: Re-block any oversized motifs before you adjust the links.
- Tab curls: Add 1–2 more sc into the loop.
Care
Hand wash in cool water with mild soap, press out the water in a towel, and dry flat or hanging. Do not wring, and keep bleach away from the beads.
Final Notes
Every measurement builds on the one before it. A wheel is 2 in (5.1 cm) and a flower is 3 in (7.6 cm). Twelve motifs plus 11 links of 0.75 in (1.9 cm) make a 38.25 in (97.2 cm) column. Adding a 1.5 in (3.8 cm) tab and a 5 in (12.7 cm) tassel finish brings each strand to 44.75 in (113.7 cm). Fourteen strands spaced 3.5 in (8.9 cm) apart make the curtain 48.5 in (123.2 cm) wide. If your first flower and wheel match these sizes, the rest of the curtain will too.
Happy crocheting!