Heart bracelet tutorial

This bracelet is really fun to make. It may be a bit tricky to get the hang of, but once you do, it's easy.

Supplies 

Two colours of embroidery floss, four strings of each color. I'll be using red and blue for this tutorial. It is best to use colours that contrast each other so the hearts stand out. 

Step 1 

Set up your strings like a chevron bracelet. My set up will be r,b,r,b,b,r,b,r. (r=red; b=blue)

Whatever color is the outmost color will be the color if the heart. So for this tutorial, red is the heart color and blue is the backround color. 

Step 2

Take the outermost red string on the left side and make three forward knots. 

Now take the outermost red string on the right side and make three backward knots. 

Now join the middle strings. 

Step 3

Repeat Step 2 again except use the outermost blue strings instead of red. 

Step 4 

Now take the outermost blue string on the left side and make a backward knot. 

Now take the outermost blue string on the right side and make a forward knot. 

Step 5 

Take the outermost red string on the left side and make two forward knots. 

Now take the outermost red string on the right side and make two backward knots, then join the middle 

Step 6 

Repeat Step 5&6 except it will be the opposite color. So if it was blue in Step 4&5 it will be red and if it was red it will be blue. 

Step 7 

Repeat Steps 2-6 until your bracelet is the desired length. When you repeat Step 2, you will be making the bottom of the heart. 

I hope this tutorial explained to you how to make the heart bracelet. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment. 

Penguin bracelet

I made this bracelet for my little brother. It was super fun to make and because he has a small wrist I finished it really fast :)

It is 14 strings wide and I made 5 penguins total. I did not create this pattern; I found it here ViscumAlbum's pattern on friendship-bracelets.net

Popsicle earrings

I made these earrings for my friend's thirteenth birthday. They were fun to make and I hope she likes them. To get the earrings to be shaped, I used this technique Shegorules' tutorial on friendship-bracelets.net. I did not create the Popsicle pattern; I found them here markovulina's pattern on friendship-bracelets.net

Ninjago bracelet

I made this bracelet for my little brother's sixth birthday. It is 17 strings wide and 51 rows long. I really hope he likes it :) I did not create this pattern. I found it here: TonyMarinara's pattern on friendship-bracelets.net (Instead of red I did blue for the body)

Summer has begun!

I officially am done school for this year! Yay for summer vacation! That means more bracelet making time.I hope to add more tutorials to my blog and show off more of my work. Hopefully I will get more bracelet tutorials, teach you how to read normal patterns and how to make two-colored and multicolored alphas. Have a great summer and make lots of bracelets! 

Broken Ladder Bracelet Tutorial

This bracelet is easy to make and super cute! My art class made these and they really enjoyed them. To make this bracelet, you should know how to make the Chinese staircase and chevron. I have tutorials for both of them if you aren't sure how to make them.

Supplies 

You will need 8 pieces of embroidery floss, either 4 colors or 2 colors. I will be using 4 colors and they will be red, orange, yellow, and cream. 

Step 1

Set up your strings like a chevron bracelet. My setup will be 

r,o,y,c,c,y,o,r

Step 2 

Make four rows of chevron, which would be one row for each each color. 

Step 3 

Now divide your strings into two groups. That means one of each color will be in a group with a total of 4 strings in a group. 

Step 4

Take the color that was your first row of chevron. For me that is red. Take that string and make 10-15 rows of Chinese staircase. Do that for each group. 

Step 5 

Take the next color and make a row of chevron. The first row will be a bit wonky, but it will even out.

 Make another three rows of chevron. 

Step 6 

Repeat steps 2-5 until your bracelet is the desired length. 

Note: try to keep the color pattern consistent. So if the Chinese staircase is red then the next chevron would be orange. 

Bordered Candystripe Bracelet Tutorial

This bracelet is super cute and fun to make. In this tutorial, two new knots are going to be used, the forward-backward knot and the backward-forward knot. So make sure you know how to make them. (check out my tutorial here)

Supplies 
Six pieces of string, two of one color and four other colors. The two of one color will be the "border" color for this bracelet. I'll be using gray, blue, yellow,purple and  orange for this tutorial. Gray is going to be the border color.

Step 1
Cut your strings and start your bracelet anyway you want.

Step 2 
Set up your strings in this order- gray, blue, yellow, purple, orange, gray. (g,b,y,p,o,g)
(grays will be referred to as g1 and g2 for clearer instructions)

Step 3
Take g1 and make a forward-backward knot (fk/bk) onto the blue string

Step 4 
Take your blue string and make forward knots onto y,p,o

Step 5
Take g2 and make a backward-forward knot onto the orange string.

Step 6 

Continue steps 3-6 until your bracelet is the desired length. The gray will not move from their positions, but the colors will alternate positions, like a regular candy stripe.