How to Make a Woven Arrow Bracelet

A woven arrow bracelet is one of the easiest of knotted or braided bracelets. With four colors of embroidery floss and one simple knot, you can create a bracelet for yourself and others that looks complicated but is easy to make.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Embroidery floss
• Scissors

1. Cut four equal lengths of embroidery floss.

2. Knot the four pieces of embroidery floss together. Make sure the knot won't slip while braiding your bracelet.

3. Tape the threads on a flat surface and spread them out. The threads will be numbered from left to right 1, 2, 3 and 4.

4. Take thread 1 and lay it over thread 2. Wrap the end of thread 1 under thread 2 and over the top section of thread 1. Pull tight.

5. Repeat step 4 again so that you have two knots on thread 2. Then do the same step one time each for thread 3 and thread 4. When you are done, thread 1 will be at the end where thread 4 was at the beginning.

6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 for wrapping thread 2 around threads 3, 4 and 1.

7. Repeat steps 4 and 5 for threads 3 and 4 as they move to the far left position. You will start to see diagonals of color through the bracelet.

8. Repeat steps 4 through seven again to go through all the colors until the bracelet is as long as you need to make it.

9. Knot the end of the embroidery thread off.

10. Trim the ends of the embroidery thread off so that it is all even.