How to Make a Snake Friendship Bracelet
Although knots have been used for clothing decoration since 480 B.C., macrame didn't develop until the 13th century in Arabia. Macrame soon spread to Italy, France and England, however, and in the 1960s it was revived in the United States. Today, one of the most popular forms of macrame is the friendship bracelet. There are different friendship bracelet designs, one of them being the Snake, which is sometimes called the Snake Around the Pole.
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Instructions
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Line up and knot the ends of the two embroidery floss strands. Leave 2 inches above the knot.
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Attach the knot under the clipboard's clamp. Allow the two lengths of embroidery floss to dangle freely under the clamp.
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Grab the strand of embroidery floss on the left and cross it over top of the strand on the right. Make the shape of a number "4."
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Bring the left strand under the right strand and up through the middle of the "4" shape.
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Pull the left strand downward and slide the knot toward the knot under the clipboard clamp.
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Repeat Steps 3 to 5 nine more times using the same strand to create the "4" shape.
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Move the strand on the right to the left and use the same process in Steps 3 to 6 to create the snake pattern.
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Move the strand on the right to the left after every 10 knots.
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Stop braiding the snake bracelet when there are 2 inches of floss remaining at the end. Knot the two strands to complete the snake friendship bracelet.
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