School is coming!

So school starts for me on September fourth. I know life will get busier, but I will try to post on this blog and keep showing off my bracelets! I know I never got all the tutorials done that I wanted but I will try to get them finished. Also, I was thinking that I should start to make videos tutorials to put on my blog as well as picture tutorials. I know some people understand videos better than written instructions, so hopefully that will start soon! I hope everyone has a good school year and will keep making bracelets!

Rag-Rug friendship bracelet tutorial

The rag rug is an easy, quick bracelet to make and this bracelet introduces you to the patterns on friendship-bracelets.net.

Supplies 

Six colors of embroidery floss, one string of each color. I will be using blue, red, white, orange, green, and pink for this tutorial.

Setup

Set up your strings like a candy stripe. My order will be red, blue, white, orange, green, and pink (r,b,w,o,g,p)

Step 1

Now this bracelet is a little different than the other bracelets I have put on here so far. Instead of taking just one string and making a certain number of knots, you will pair up the strings and then make the knot. So you will pair up the strings like so: red&blue; white & orange; green & pink.

 Now take the first group (red & blue) and make a backward knot with the blue. 

Continue making backwards knots with the other groups. So a backward knot with the orange onto white

and pink onto green.

 Your order should now be b,r,o,w,p,g

Step 2 
Now you have to take out the outermost right string (blue) and the outermost left string (green) and set them aside. Now regroup your strings and your setup should be red & orange; white & pink.

Take the first group (red & orange) and make a forward knot with the red string. 

Do the same thing with the other group. 

Put the blue and green strings back in.  Your order should be b,o,r,p,w,g

Step 3 
Continue steps 1 and 2 until your bracelet is the desired length. The colors will continue to change throughout the bracelet. Always take out the outermost left and right strings in step two! 

If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
                                       

Vertical wave bracelet

This bracelet is one I made for a friends birthday. Her birthday isn't until October, but I wanted to get a head start ;) It is twelve strings wide and the knotted part is 5 inches (14 centimetres). For me that is a total of 84 rows. I did not create the design for this bracelet. I found it here chibi_ragnarok's tutorial on friendship-bracelets.net

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)