You should have a total of eight strings to work with, four of each color. Do this two times for each color, fold them in half and knot them to form a loop. Measure the thread using twice the length of your arm (from your fingertips to your shoulder and then back to your fingertips) for each string. You will need embroidery thread in two colors. Here are instructions for one of my favorite patterns – hearts! Their resurgence prompted me to rediscover this summer pastime. Growing up, I spent countless hours making colorful friendship bracelets. Shouldn't the longest string be most left (and lightest color) and the shortest most right (and darkest color). You did note that you had to flip the strings after taping them down, an oversight that did not really matter.īut the left to right placement of the strings does matter because of the varied lengths of the strings. To me, the picture in step 3 has the string placement backwards and also the directions to place the strings shortest to longest (left to right, I assume) are also backwards. Yet the string that is most left and the shortest is the string that will be used the most. If the above is correct, to start knotting, the darkest/shortest sting is leftmost and the lightest/longest string is rightmost. The directions say to place them in order of shortest to longest string which would be darkest to lightest color. I am confused (and new to bracelet making)-įrom what I understand the longest length thread is the lightest color and the shortest length thread is the darkest color. Add a clasp and connector and wear with pride! Or, add a clasp! To do this, bury your knots in ribbon crimps (you may need to widen the openings on the crimps first) and close them tightly. Knot the end and trim! You can tie it directly on to your wrist if you'd like.ġ4. Repeat steps 6-11, until you're satisfied with the length of your zig zag friendship bracelet.ġ3. Continue the process of step 9 in reverse, knotting all your strings around those darker than them, finishing with the "joker". Tie again to create a double knot/stitch.Ĭontinue double knotting your other strings, from right to left - like you did in step 8 but reversed.ġ1. Tie your rightmost string (the lightest) around the one to its left. You've completed half a round! Time to hit "rewind". You always finish your row with the joker.Ĭontinue with this process, with each row one shorter than the one above, until you've done ever string besides the joker and your last row had one stitch (your darkest color).ġ0. Here's a little trick to remember what to do: you never wrap a string around one that's lighter than it in the ombre. Knot it around the other strings - skipping the lightest color. Take your second lightest color, which should now be the leftmost strand. Continue double knotting the white string around the other strings in the correct order, finishing with the joker.ĩ. The entire bracelet pattern is made of these stitches.Ĩ. This double knot forms a "stitch" on the front of your zig zag friendship bracelet. Pull it up to the top of your bracelet.ħ. Start by knotting your lightest strand around the one to its right. By the way, the bracelet is flipped over - in step 3 I did it darkest to lightest, however when I taped it down, I flipped it over so that I worked lightest to darkest. The order of your strands may have shifted slightly so make sure to separate them and place them in order before knotting your first row. Knot your strands together about 1 inch from the end if you plan to add a clasp, 2 inches if you plan to tie it on your wrist.ĥ. Place them in order from shortest to longest - first the joker, then the darkest, and each descending shade until you reach the white or almost white strand.Ĥ. If you're really ambitious, you can probably do a few more shades, adding +9 inches for each one, and adding an extra 3-6 inches per color for the earlier shades.ģ.
#X AND O FRIENDSHIP BRACELET PATTERN FULL#
The approximate measurements are as follows (toss in an extra inch or two if you know you'll need every last bit of the full length).įor a 4-color gradient (joker, then darkest to lightest, in inches): 13, 18, 27, 36, 45įor a 7-color gradient: 16, 22, 33, 42, 51, 60, 69, 78.
#X AND O FRIENDSHIP BRACELET PATTERN PLUS#
Choose at least 4 colors to create an ombre/gradient plus your joker color (that won't show).Ģ.
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