How To Make an Easy Friendship Bracelet

  • April 22, 2009
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With some string and a few simple knots, you can make a pal for life — or at least as long as it takes for a bracelet to wear through.

You Will Need

  • Four or more pieces of embroidery thread, each about two ft. long
  • Masking tape or a safety pin
How To Make an Easy Friendship Bracelet: Tie your thread

Step 1: Tie your thread

Line up your thread so that the ends are even. Tie a knot about two inches from the top of the bundle.

To make a thicker bracelet, use more than four strands of thread.

How To Make an Easy Friendship Bracelet: Secure your thread

Step 2: Secure your thread

Secure the knot to a flat surface with masking tape, or pin the knot to your clothing, like on the knee of your pants.

How To Make an Easy Friendship Bracelet: Knot your thread

Step 3: Knot your thread

Spread your threads out, and starting on the left, count them one through four. Hold strand two tight as you take thread one and loop it around. Pull the end of thread one up and through to make a small, tight knot. Then make a second knot directly under the first.

How To Make an Easy Friendship Bracelet: Finish strand one

Step 4: Finish strand one

Go down the line, and double-knot strand one around strands three and four.

How To Make an Easy Friendship Bracelet: Repeat with strand two

Step 5: Repeat with strand two

Use strand two to make double knots around the other threads.

How To Make an Easy Friendship Bracelet: Continue knotting

Step 6: Continue knotting

Continue double-knotting with strands three and four, and repeat the entire process until the bracelet is long enough to fit around a wrist or an ankle.

Experiment making stripes of different widths by knotting one strand more times and another strand fewer times.

How To Make an Easy Friendship Bracelet: Finish

Step 7: Finish

Using all your thread, make a knot at the end of your bracelet, trim the ends, and present your homemade gift to a friend.

Tradition states that friendship bracelets shouldn’t be removed; instead, they should be worn until they fall off.

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Comments (6)

HeatherM

My little sister LOVES this video. Great job making it clear Jesenia!

over 2 years ago by HeatherM

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ChickieGirl

I love this video! :) Tomorrow I'm going to my Grandma's house and she has OODLES of embroidery thread. I'm gonna make some!

about 1 year ago by ChickieGirl

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SnazzieDrawers

Very simple and easy to follow. Thanks for sharing!

about 1 year ago by SnazzieDrawers

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cutietrick

you can also use yarn

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