Very Easy to Make Friendship Bracelets

Most of you will surely remember them from your childhood or youth: friendship bracelets! Homemade jewellery is back and we will show you the basics of making friendship bracelets.

Friendship bracelets were a hit in the teenage years, but even if you are a little older they lose none of their magic. Making jewellery enjoys great popularity and we wear the self-created pieces with a little bit of pride – rightly so! But how to start, how do you put the thread again and how is the loop right? We have put together beautiful instructions for you, with which you can create your new favourite piece in no time at all.

Making friendship bracelets: The basics

Depending on how elaborate the pattern of the bracelet and how wide it is to be, you will need at least two different coloured yarns or more. The thickness of the yarn also influences the overall look, the thinner you choose the more filigree the bracelet will be.

You choose the colours according to your taste – or if you want to give it away, according to the favourite colour of the person you want to give it to.

To get started, you should sort the threads at the beginning and fix them at the top end either with a piece of adhesive tape, a safety pin, a knot, on the clipboard or in a similar way. And then finally the big braiding starts!

Friendship bracelet with stripes

The striped bracelet is one of the classics and the friendship bracelets. The YouTube account Mesh Stop has created a very simple video tutorial on how to knot it:

As you can see, there is no witchcraft behind making friendship bracelets! If you have internalized the basic technique, you just have to repeat the individual steps often – such a bracelet is also just a bit of hard work!

Make a macramé friendship bracelet

The knotting technique from the Orient is more popular than ever again! Even a chic friendship ribbon can be knotted with it. Here you will find an easy guide with the individual steps:

Even more beautiful ideas

Those who can do the basics will quickly enjoy trying out new patterns. Here you will find further inspiration for your next friendship bracelets:

You can create the bracelets very colorful and / or with an elaborate pattern, but also unusual motifs like the above example with the fruit are possible. A wide friendship bracelet is an absolute eye-catcher – not everyone has one!