I've seen a few posts here and there about friendship bracelets - something I had nearly forgotten about in all the years since I actually wore one. My curiosity was piqued; nostalgia was calling my name. So after
ReadyMade suggested to me on Facebook to make a friendship bracelet, I said what they hay and went for it. After a few fights with my cat, I was underway. Seriously, if you have a cat, he will pounce on you over and over again while you've got that embroidery floss in your hands. Trust me.
Anyway...it was as easy as I remembered and in no time at all, I had made myself a cute friendship necklace. I'm still in the process of creating more at different lengths like they suggest. I've also added some washers to the mix since we have a ton to spare. I'm hoping for an end result of multiple necklaces at various lengths in an assortment of colors, like the last image. We shall see...
Here are the word-for-word
instructions taken from
honestly...wtf, originally seen
here.
To make a 2-tone necklace, cut a long piece of rope and wrap two different colors of embroidery thread around its own bobbin. Tie a starter knot along with the two colored threads you are using, leaving at least 3 inches of slack, Tape down the slack to a flat surface or safety pin it something that will help keep it in place (feeling nostalgic yet?). Lay the color that isn’t being used (shown here in purple) in your left hand, along with the rope, and hold them taut. Take the active color (shown here in red) in your right hand, pass it over the rope, loop it under and back through the opening. Pull up and to the right to tighten. Repeat the knots until you are ready to switch colors
To alternate colors, simply put the inactive color (red) in your left hand and the new active color (purple) in your right. Repeat the steps.
Once you’re done knotting, add a few nuts and/or washers to the necklace. Undo the large starter knot and tie both open ends together, creating your very own friendship necklace! Trim any extra rope and tread. Continue making necklaces at different lengths, using any color combination…in our opinion, the more the better! Easy enough, right??
* All images and text from Honestly...WTF.
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