DIY: Friendship Bracelets
Have you ever wanted a friendship bracelet and it was over priced but so awesome that you couldn’t resist? Here’s a fun, cheap, and easy step-by-step way to make them! An alternate video, with step-by-step pictures, will be uploaded for you visual learners! Stay tuned!
You will need:
Embroidery thread
Scissors
Tape
Step 1: Start by cutting several strands of embroidery thread at about 24 inches each. Make sure there are 2 strands of each colour. Combine the threads together and make a knot. Make sure there are at least 3 inches of excess. Step 2: Tape the excess onto a table or flat surface. Separate the two sets of thread arranging them into a mirror image outside strands the same colour and so on moving inwards.
Step 3: Start on the left side with the outermost colour (shown here in red) and make a forward knot by creating a 4-shape over the 2nd colour, loop it under and back through the opening.
Step 4: Pull up and to the right to tighten. Make the same knot twice over each color. Continue knotting over each color, towards the right, until the outermost color has carried over to the middle. This is one half of the chevron pattern.
Step 5: Now pick up the outermost color on the right side (show here in red) and make a backward knot, creating a reverse 4-shape over the 2nd color, loop it under and back through the opening. Pull up and to the left to tighten. Don’t forget to knot twice over each color!
Step 6: Remembering the color order is important for the first few rows but after the 3rd or 4th row, the strands will fall nicely in place. Finish it with a knot and a braid.
YOU DID IT!
-Katherine
