How to Make a 4 Stringed Friendship Bracelet
With a little time and effort it's pretty easy to make your own friendship bracelets to save some money on your gift budget while still showing your friends how much you care. Making your own bracelets gives you the freedom to choose your favorite colors from a wide array of embroidery threads available at any craft store.
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Instructions
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Choose which colors you want to use to make your bracelet. Weaving the bracelet produces stripes of each color you choose so you want to pick colors that go well together. You can also use just one or two colors if you wish, but this may make it easier to mix the strings up.
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Cut the embroidery thread into four strings about 30 inches in length and tie them together at one end. If you are using one or two colors instead of four, you can use two threads about 60 inches in length and fold them in half, leaving a loop on the end that you tie into a knot.
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Stick a safety pin through the knot or loop and connect it to a surface such your pant leg or a cushion. This will make it easier to get the knots tighter and make the end result look better.
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Take the first string and wrap it around the second string, pulling the first string through the loop and tightening the knot all the way up. Do this again to form the double knot.
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Take the second string and wrap it around the third in the same manner as in Step 4 to create a double knot.
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Take the third string and tie a double knot around the fourth string, completing the first row.
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Repeat Steps 4, 5 and 6 until the bracelet reaches your desired length, then tie a knot at the end to keep the weave together. The bracelet can then be fastened to a wrist by tying the loose ends of string together.
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