Other Blogs About Friendship Bracelets

Here are links to two other friendship bracelet blogs.

Andreas World

My Friendship Bracelet Maker Blog

Instructions for Basic Knot (Candy Stripe)

Step 1: Cut 3 strands of each of your 3 colors of string to about 3 feet each. 

Step 2: Gripping all strands together, tie anoverhand knot, leaving a tail of about 3 inches

Step 3: Attach your string to something - you can tape it to a table or clip it to a clipboard. 

Step 4: Spread out your string.

Step 5: Using your left-most strand of string, bring it over strand 2, behind strand 2, and back in front of strand 1. Make sure you are holding strand 2 tight when you make the knot, and pull strand 1 up and slightly to the right to tighten the knot. To continue down the row, use the same strand you knotted over strand 2, and use it to form the same knot on strand 3.  Continue using strand 1 to make a knot on strand 4, then 5, etc., until you have made a knot on each strand all the way across. If you completed the row correctly, the strand that was the left most strand at the beginning of Step 5 is now the right-most strand.

Step 6: Do it again, starting with your leftmost strand.

REPEAT !

You now have your first friendship bracelet!

More Candy Stripe Designs

My Most Recent Bracelet

This is the most recent bracelet I have made for my friend Shannon. It's the most basic stitch, known as "candy stripe" and the first one usually learned by most beginners. Once you have this stitch down, there are endless amounts of patterns you can learn and create!

A Hobby That Never Dies

What's the one thing that young girls love to do when they hang out with their best friends or have sleepovers? Make friendship bracelets. Whether your 8 or 18, everyone loves making and receiving friendship bracelets. It's an activity most girls can say they have spent hours upon hours doing when they were younger, myself being no exception. All throughout grade school I went through my phases and every once in a while i catch myself getting the urge to make one just for old times sake or learning a new pattern. It's always going to be something I have a passion for and you'll never catch me without a box of string in my room!