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Friendship bracelet instruction
Friendship bracelets are easy to make and look great on your wrist. The reason they are called friendship bracelets is because it started off by tieing a bracelet to your friend's wrist and they left it there until it fell off. There are many different kinds of friendship bracelets that you can make. Once you get the basic knot worked out, you can create your own patterns and designs. I will provide you basic friendship bracelet instruction. There are many books you can buy on bracelet making if you'd like to learn more or if you would like to make different styles.
Materials
You will need the following materials before you start your friendship bracelet:
2. Beads (optional): you can buy beads from most fabric and craft stores.
3. Scissors
4. Clip or clipboard
Basic knots
You need to learn the basic knots before you can make a friendship bracelet
1. Hold the right hand string tight and knot the other string around it.
2. Pull toward the left and pull it tight.
3. Repeat, so that you have a double knot.
Knot going right to left: view image
1. Hold the left hand string and knot the other string around it.
2. Pull toward the right and pull it tight.
3. Repeat, so that you have a double knot.
The basic diagonal stripe friendship bracelet
Start out with the easiest friendship bracelet
What you will need:Cut 4 strands of floss (4 different colors), each 25 inches long (63 cm).
Instructions: view image
1. Put all of the strands together and tie a knot about 1-1.5 inches (4 cm) from the top.
2. Clip the top (above the knot) onto a clipboard or somewhere to hold it steady.
3. Seperate the strands so that there is space in between them.
4. Start with string 1 and loop it over and then under string 2, making a knot. Hold string 2 tight while doing this and pull the knot tight.
5. Do step 4. a second time, making a double knot.
6. Now, take string 1 and make double knots around each of the remaining strands, left to right.
7. Now, do the same thing again, starting with the far left strand and tie double knots, left to right, all the way across all the other colors.
8. Keep going until the bracelet is as long as you want it.
9. To end the bracelet, gather all the strings and tie a knot to secure it. Trim the ends to about 1-1.5 inches (4 cm).
This makes a narrow bracelet. You can add more strands (6-8 strands) to make it wider.
For videos and tutorials visit Youtube Mania - friendship bracelets.
For more patterns, see the friendship bracelet instruction books and kits below, they have everything you need. I've personally purchased Friendship Bracelets (Klutz). It includes several patterns, thread, beads and a clip. The instructions are very easy to understand. I highly recommend it.
Friendship bracelet instructional books on Amazon
Friendship Bracelets (Klutz)
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Friendship Bracelets
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Make Your Own Friendship Bracelets (Troll Discovery Kit)
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Cool Stuff Friendship Bracelets (Leisure Arts #1871)
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Usborne Hotshots Friendship Bracelets (Usborne Kid Kits)
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Friendship bracelet kits on Amazon
Friendship bracelets
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NEX Can Play (Friendship Bracelets)
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Care Bears Friendship Necklaces & Bracelets
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Friendship bracelet kits by Alex on Amazon
Friendship Wheel Single by Alex
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Alex Best Friends Bands Friendship Bracelet Kit with 2 Looms and 10 Colors
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Friendship bracelet materials on Amazon
S'getti Strings Neon Color
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Gimp Assorted 4/Pkg-Pk/Pur/Blu
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Rexlace Pack - Neon Colors
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Super Value Pack Friendship Bracelets & Handbook
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Ready made friendship bracelets on Amazon
Friendship Bracelets Craft Kit (makes 50)
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Macramé Friendship Bracelets
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- beachbum_gabby beachbum_gabby Sep 15, 2009 @ 1:40 am
- I've been making this since high school and selling them during school events for our organization. :)
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- pimbels pimbels Jun 2, 2009 @ 3:45 am
- Very nice. Will make some for my daughter,
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- Mortira Mortira Oct 1, 2008 @ 12:00 pm
- My sister and I used to spend hours and hours making these bracelets! She even made and entire belt once - that's a lot of embroidery floss!
Thanks for sharing this great technique! *****
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- Sep 27, 2008 @ 1:51 am
- Now I can able to make a friendship bracelet, thanks!
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- kristine kristine Sep 22, 2008 @ 12:35 am
- can anyone please give me a pattern of bracelets. thanks. here's my e-mail add-www.kakashe1984@yahoo.com god bless!!!!!
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- kristine kristine Sep 22, 2008 @ 12:29 am
- hey. if anyone interested to give me any pattern pls do. thanks in advance. god bless here's my e-mail add www.kakashe1984@yahoo.com.
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- Chase Chase Sep 13, 2008 @ 10:38 am
- http://www.geocities.com/hbernb/
go here i made one in about 10 mins.
the letters are kinda tricky though.
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- MrsRobbieAmell MrsRobbieAmell Jul 13, 2008 @ 6:58 am
- Hey! Great lens. I make friendship bracelets all the time! It's so much fun and it gets tiring, but in the end, it all pays off! Please check out my lens: www.squidoo.com/RobbieAmell Thanks!
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- Shea Shea May 25, 2008 @ 6:53 pm
- Me to, if you want to send any good patterns to me you can reach me at sheamolsee@yahoo.com, thanks.
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- painternc painternc Dec 21, 2007 @ 2:55 pm
- I am just re-discovering friendship bracelets. I made them as a kid, and now I am teaching my daughter how to make them. We just had a party for 5 of her girlfriends and we all made them together.
Now, I want to learn some more patterns.
www.howtomakefriendshipbracelets.blogspot.com
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- Ellen McIntosh Ellen McIntosh Sep 24, 2007 @ 3:52 pm
- I have a question
can you put letters into friendship bracelets?
If anyone would like to answer and maybe give me a pattern on how to do it..I can be reached at JadedHeart73@yahoo.com Thank you
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