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Introduction: How to Make a Friendship Bracelet

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Step 1: What You'll Need:

embroidery floss/thin yarn

scissors

tape or pins/safety pins

The embroidery floss can be the cheap kind that comes in huge packs like this! You don't need anything fancy. Just make sure it's six stranded - otherwise it won't be thick enough for a nice bracelet.

Lion Brand yarn also has these tiny little skeins of yarn called Bonbons that are perfect. And lordy they are cute.

The tape or pins will keep the bracelet in place as you braid/knot the friendship bracelet. :)

Step 2: Measuring + Cutting

The general rule is to cut pieces of floss the length between your fingertips and shoulder - I would say right around 30 inches works well for me! I tried 25 with the first one and it cut it awful close.

My wrists are right around 6 inches, so let's just say measure your wrist and then multiply that by 5 to be safe. You don't want to run out of floss after all that knotting and not be able to finish it. :)

If you're going to be making a bracelet that is more than six strands it might be a good idea add another 6 inches, too! You'll be making extra knots with every row, and therefore going through each color a little quicker.

Step 3: Determining the Number of Strands

Step 4: How to Start the Bracelet

Step 5: Start the Knotting

The way you make the ridged, woven looking surface of a friendship bracelet is by making lots of small knots.

First you need to decide what order you want your strands to be in. This will determine the order of the color of your rows.

Once they're in order, grab the first two strands. The strand farthest to the left is going to create your first row. You'll be knotting it around the other strands of floss/yarn to achieve this.

1. Take the first strand, and pass it over the second strand, and then behind as shown in the photo. It is important you knot OVER the second strand, it'll give it the right look.

2. Now hold the second strand taut, and pull the first strand up and towards the large knot. Pull until you meet resistance, but not any harder! This will create a small knot on on the second strand.

3. Make another knot by tying the first strand around the second strand again - just repeat what you did before!

4. Continue moving across to the right, using the first strand to create two knots on each strand of floss/yarn in the bracelet.

5. Once you've knotted all the way across to the right and reached the last strand of floss/yarn, begin again using the first strand on the left. Make sure you're making TWO knots on each strand.

6. Keep going until you have 3-4 inches of knotting done.

Step 6: How It'll Look As You Go

I feel like this is a useful way to understand what you're doing. :D

As you can see, you're just working your way across with whatever color is on the left, making two knots on each strand to the right. The color you've just finished carrying all the way to the right will always hang off to the side, which will help let you know when you've finished a row.

If you miss a strand or accidentally forget to finish a row, it should be easy to spot. It's a good idea to keep a needle around to help you pick out any knots if you mess up - they're so tiny it's hard to do with your fingers!

Step 7: How to Finish the Bracelet

Step 8: Tie It On!

By braiding it the way we did, it'll be super easy to tie/untie it. And you'll be able to do it yourself. :D

No more having to wear them into the shower and wandering around with wet bracelets for hours after! (I swear this is what always happened when I made them when I was younger, or when a friend made me one and tied it on. There was no taking them off. You either wore them, or cut them off and ruined them. :P)

Step 9: Additional Stuffs

If you've knotted your bracelet with a fury, it could cause it to curl up a bit. To help combat this, you can pin it/tape it to a flat surface. Make sure it's pulled nice and taut.

Spray it with a good amount of water (soak it!) and let it dry like that. This is called "blocking" and it'll help it lay nice and flat. :)

Please let me know if you have any questions or if anything is unclear in the comments below!

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How to Make a Friendship Bracelet: Friendship bracelets are a great craft that you can take anywhere! They're especially nice for people who have failed repeatedly at learning to knit and crochet. And as a bonus, I feel like learning how to make a friendship bracelet is one of those ...

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