How to Make a Striped and Beaded Friendship Bracelet
- 1). Measure the circumference of your wrist. Cut four pieces of embroidery floss, each 10 times the circumference of your wrist. You can use two or four different colored strands, depending on how you want the finished bracelet to look.
- 2). Align the tops of the strands. Tie a single knot around the top of the strands. Insert the sharp point of the safety pin through the knot and attach the strands to a pillow. Place the pillow on your lap.
- 3). Separate the strands so they are lying vertically parallel next to one another. Pick up the strand on the left-hand side and tie it in a single knot, just underneath the top knot, around the strand to the right of it. Repeat this to create a double knot around the strand to the right. Continue to knot the new left-hand strand in a double knot separately around the two strands to the right of it.
- 4). To attach beads onto your friendship bracelet, thread a bead onto a single strand then tie a double knot around it. Repeat this process depending on how many beads you want on your bracelet. Pick up the strand on the left-hand side and repeat the knotting technique in Step 3 with the remaining strands to the right. Continue until you have knotted the desired length of bracelet.
- 5). Tie the bottom of the bracelet in a single knot. Trim off any excess strands with the scissors, but remember to leave enough loose so that you can tie the bracelet around the wrists. Remove the safety pin from the top of the bracelet.
