Friendship Bracelets

Step 1

Use the extra piece of floss to wrap around your (or your friend’s) wrist one time. Take floss off your wrist, holding the spot where the floss “connected” and cut that. This is the approximate length your bracelet needs to be.

Step 2

The general rule is to cut pieces of floss the length between your fingertips and shoulder. Hold the end of the floss in your fingers and stretch your arm out, do this 2x so you have 1 long piece of floss, double the length of your fingers to shoulder. Do this for all 3 colors of floss.

Step 3

Take the 3 strands of floss together and fold them in half. Make an overhand knot at the fold, creating a little loop at the end where you are tying the knot. This will be the loop for your button closure.

Step 4

Tape down the loop end to the table.

Step 5

Arrange your 6 strands of floss in the order you want. The strand all the way on the left is the one which will make the first row. You will knot it around all the other strands of floss. Note: If you have 2 of the same colors next to each other, you will have a wider band of that color in your bracelet.

Step 6

This bracelet uses the “forward knot” which creates knots left to right, just the way we read.Take the first strand on the left, shape it into a number 4 with the 2nd strand next to it being the straight line of the “4”. Make sure the first strand goes over the second strand, and then behind as shown in the photo. It is important the first strand always goes OVER the second strand, it'll give it the right look.

Step 7

Now hold the second strand taut, and pull the first strand up and into the loop. Pull until you meet resistance, but not any harder! This will create a small knot on the second strand.

Step 8

Make another knot by tying the first strand around the second strand again – by just repeating steps 1-2.

Step 9

Continue moving across to the right, using the first strand to create two knots on each strand of floss in the bracelet.

Step 10

Once you've knotted all the way across to the right and reached the last strand of floss/yarn, begin again using the first strand on the left. Make sure you're making TWO knots on each strand.

Step 11

Keep knotting until you have the right measurement for your wrist. You can check by lining up the piece of floss you used to measure your wrist.

Step 12

Once the knots are done, take the button and slide 3 strands of floss into 1 hole and 3 strands of floss into the other hole. Note: you may need to roll the ends of the 3 strands together to get them to slide through the button hole. Tie the 2 strand sections together in a tight overhand knot. Trim loose floss off.

Step 13

The bracelet is finished! Wrap the bracelet around your wrist and slide the button through the loop to secure.