The friendship bracelets that Honestly WTF made at our FNO event were beautiful and a true symbol of what free people stands for. They’re unbelievably quite simple to make and FUN!
They’re perfect for a quiet night in with your girlfriends. just sit around the table, chit chat, and proceed with these instructions – the outcome, a generous gift to give to your closet friend. We loved them and we hope you do too!
You’ll need (for a double wrapped bracelet) :
- 44 inches of 1.5mm leather cord
- 12 inches of brass ball chainn or crystal chainn
- 58 inches of waxed linen cordd
- a 1/4″ brass hex nut
- a pair of scissors
Fold the length of leather cording in half to form a loop. The loop should fit around the hex nut, which serves as the clasp. Run the tip of the waxed linen upwards along the leather cord and towards the loop. Then wrap around the base of the loop at least 5-6 times, working downwards in the opposite direction. This secures the waxed linen cord and is the start of the bracelet.
Place the ball chain along the leather cording with the end of the chain meeting the end of the wrap. Holding the ball chain against the leather cord, wrap the linen around tightly.
Continue wrapping while checking it for fit around the wrist.
When you have reached the end of the ball chain wrap the linen cording around the leather strands 2-3 more times. Tie a knot with all three strands.
Thread the hex nut through the strands and tie a second knot.
Trim with scissors and your wrap bracelet is finished!!
The materials are listed for a double wrap bracelet. For a single or triple wrapped bracelet, divide the measurements by 2 and multiply by accordingly. Experiment with crystal or other types of chain! Make as many as you like and fill your wrist up!
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Love the bracelets!
XOOX,
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Holy cow. I’m so stoked about this post, I’ve been looking everywhere for a DIY post exactly like this one! Thanx! Can’t wait to make my own.
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YES
I dig the bracelet from your FNO gift bag. Very nice!
OMG I need to try these.
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so excited to give this a try. :)
WOWW….LOVE LOVE THESE, AWESOME IDEA!!
GREAT CRAFT!
They look SO cute !!
xxLily
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these are so cute and actually look rather do-able. definitely gonna have to give a shot at this!
Love it, I´ll try to make a dark blue with silver chain (for guys like me) lol
Thanks for sharing
make it
I can’t wait to try this!!! Thanks for sharing!
why does mine keep curling around and not keeping the balls/rhinestones straight????
Wow I love this! Can’t wait to try it!
Hi, I stumbled upon this project looking for another type of bracelet or at least the beads that are used for it. You just so happen to be wearing it in your last pic. It’s the 2nd bracelet from your wrist. It’s the one with the crystal “slider” beads between two brown cords. I just got one that’s similar at Target and am trying to find out what kind of beads those are so I can make my own. If you know, could you please get back to me? I’m going to try and make your bracelet, too. Thanks so much!!
-Janna
I love these bracelets. I definitely want to make some! I hope to add them to my collection of bracelets. You can view my collection here: http://www.braceletsbydesign.weebly.com
amazing, love it
I love these bracelets, I wanted to buy one from Lucky Brand but they were $35 and I was like ugh why. Seeing this DIY made me soo happy! I just completed one bracelet and these are my Pro/Cons about it:
Pro: Way cheaper, unique to your interests, simple, makes you proud, others will be surprised to know you did it by yourself
Con: sooo difficult to start with the chain flopping around (had to tape down), leather cord had about 6in remaining which is alright I guess but the waxed [cotton] cord had probably 14in left which was wasteful (too short to make any bracelet, too long to just toss), the bracelet itself is too small so hopefully someone can help me and it might fit, otherwise I’m going to be terribly bummed
I will definitely make a new one later on and alter all of the material lengths
Also, I didn’t have any hex nuts and had already spent an hour at Michael’s looking for the chain and other materials, so I used a button (the kind that doesn’t have any holes except one on the back for attachment ) which I actually liked better sincee my button and the leather were both black and the crystals are silver. I don’t like to mesh silver/gold and the solid button doesn’t take away from the actual bracelet. I also think it’ll be easier to use rather than trying to squeeze it around something much more bulky
It was dark when I woke. This is a ray of sunshine.