How to Make a Candy Stripe Friendship Bracelet With Four Strings
Friendship bracelets are simple pieces of jewelry made by tying knots with colorful embroidery floss. Once you master the art of tying the knots, you can create different designs to your friendship bracelets by altering the order and variety of your knot patterns. Learn the simple candy stripe pattern to make a classic striped friendship bracelet for your friends.
Instructions
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Cut four strands of embroidery floss that are each 72 inches long. Fold them in half together, bringing the ends to meet. Tie a knot in the folded portion, approximately 2 inches down from the fold.
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Pin the knot in the bracelet to a pillow in your lap or the leg of your jeans. Spread out the strands of floss so they go in color order from left to right and they are not tangled together. Mentally label them strands A through H.
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Hold strand A and strand B. Tie A around B by bringing it over, around and behind B, and then back through its own loop, to create a half hitch knot. Hold B taut as you tie so it will not tangle.
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Tie strand A around the remaining strands in order from C to H. When you finish, strand A will now be positioned on the far right of your strand arrangement.
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Continue to tie knots across the bracelet in rows. Each time, start with the far left strand and tie it around each subsequent strand in order from left to right. Stop tying when your bracelet is 7 inches long or long enough to wrap around your wrist.
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Hold all of the strands together and tie one knot in the end of the bracelet to secure the design. Tie the bracelet around your wrist and trim the excess.
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Tips & Warnings
For a thinner bracelet, cut the strings to half the length and do not double them before knotting.
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