Braided Bracelet

The Scrap Shoppe Braided Bracelet

I presented some braided bracelets before, here’s another cute braided bracelet :)
I like best the idea to simply braid in everything that matches.
And if you still have material over you can easily make matching tassel earrings or mini bracelets as rings or pendants or even whole necklaces.
I must go and see what lays around here somewhere…
;-)

 


Links:
Eclectic Braided Bracelet
via: Let’s Make Braided Jewelry Tutorials

Here at unikatissima:
Entries with the tag ‘braiding’

Braid a Bracelet

Braid a Bracelet

Somebody wanted to know recently in the German blog how to braid a square bracelet.
I found out, that you can use all three techniques (braiding, Kumihimo, fingerloop):

 


- Picture left: Braid: 8-strand square braid
- Picture center: Kumihimo: Kumihimo tutorial – square braid – firkantfletting
- Picture right: fingerloop: Tutorial: START HERE! 5-loop braids

Here at unikatissima:
2 Techniques – 1 Cord

Braided Bracelet with Beads

unikatissima Braided Bracelet with Beads.jpg

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Recently I saw a woman in the underground wearing a bracelet that I liked.
It looked quite easy and after trying it I noticed that it is ;-)

 

That’s what you do:
unikatissima Braided Bracelet with Beads Knot seven threads together and fix somewhere.
String beads on the middle thread and part the other six threads in two strands.
Note: I used some cotton crochet thread for the test because I didn’t have no beads to be strung on heavier yarn.

 

unikatissima Braided Bracelet with Beads Braid the three strands just like you’d do with your hair.
Make sure that the threads of the strands made of several threads lay neatly side by side.
As for the middle thread let lay a bead between the other strands at every braid.

 

Braid until you reached the desired length for a bracelet or a necklace and add a matching closure at both ends (links to closures see below).

The bracelet I’ve seen was made of hemp or the like, but I think that it would look great with fine leather strings, too.
As well I guess that one could use different sized beads and of course you can omit the beads.


Google search results for the making of closures:
Google search result for ‘bracelet closure’
Google image search result for ‘bracelet closure’

Google search result for ‘armband verschluss anleitung’
Google image search result for ‘armband verschluss anleitung’