Friendship Bracelet Designs
Friendship bracelets are handmade from yarn or embroidery thread and given to another person as a symbol your friendship. There are many different ways that friendship bracelets can be designed. Some friendship bracelet designs are suitable for beginners or younger children and others are more complicated and best attempted by someone older with more experience making friendship bracelets.
Instructions
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Beginner's Friendship Bracelet
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Choose different colors of embroidery thread, as many as you prefer, but you should have at least three, preferably colors that go well together.
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Cut all the threads the same length, about 5 inches longer than the length that is required to wrap the thread around your wrist twice.
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Tie all of your embroidery thread together at one end about 2 inches from the end of the thread.
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Have someone else hold the tied end of the thread while you hold the untied end and pull it taut between the two of you.
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Twist the thread as tightly as possible and keep twisting until the bracelet starts to want to coil itself. Once the bracelet starts to try and coil itself because it is so tightly twisted, while still holding the one end, place a finger from your other hand in the middle of the bracelet and fold the bracelet in half. The result should be the bracelet twisting around itself; tie the two ends together.
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Wrap the friendship bracelet around your friend's wrist and push the tied ends through the looped end and tie them around the loop to themselves.
Intermediate Friendship Bracelet Design
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Choose either three, six or nine different colors of embroidery thread, again choosing colors that look good together.
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Cut the thread about 3 inches longer than the length required to wrap it around your wrist.
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Tie one end of the threads together about 2 inches from the end.
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Slide a safety pin right under the knot you just tied, with the knot and short end of the threads above the pin, then pin the safety pin to the leg of your pants. This will hold the bracelet in place while you work on it.
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Divide the threads into three, so if you chose six colors then you should have three groups of two and if you chose nine colors you should have three groups of three.
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Braid the three groupings of threads just like you would braid your hair, by crossing one group over the other and then another group over another.
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End the braid about 3 inches from the end of the thread and tie the ends together.
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Wrap the bracelet around your friend's wrist and tie the two ends together.
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Tips & Warnings
Making friendship bracelets is an appropriate activity for slumber parties, scout meetings or other events with school-age children.
Cut the bracelet off when it begins to look dirty or ragged.
Some embroidery thread is not color-fast and may bleed onto skin.
Use caution when attaching the safety pin to your jeans.
References
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- Photo Credit Spools of thread image by Roman Sigaev from Fotolia.com
