Sometimes one wants to wear a brand new stylish bracelet to some clothes, and one that no one has ever had and never will have. And then needlework comes to the rescue of such desires, which makes it possible to craft a bracelet from a thread with your own hands. Perhaps, it’s no secret to anyone that handmade items are highly valued, look beautiful, and have a unique design or construction. And of course, if someone does not like woven bracelets, then they are perfectly replaced by products such as a handmade bracelet made of beads. You can make the most of creativity and imagination for the manufacture of such bracelets. Using your imagination, you yourself can choose the material that will appeal to you, and will harmoniously look with clothes, shoes or any accessories. Making a bracelet with your own hands is actually not difficult. You only need to carefully monitor the master class shown here and try to do everything exactly as described and recorded in the photographs. Of course, you select the material the way you like, and here you will see a bracelet made of thread, created with your own hands, in pink-burgundy-red colors. Look carefully at the materials necessary for this work and make sure that they are available to you. Pick up specific colors of threads and beads for the future bracelet, and go, for creative and fascinating work!
If you have decided on the material and are ready to craft a bracelet from a thread with your own hands, then you will need:
- mouline thread for embroidering 5 selected tones;
- scissors;
- roulette;
- bead balls with a large hole, in an amount of 1 to 3 (optional).
Now you need to take the threads of each tone and cut off 30 cm. Fold the ends of all the segments and tie them in a knot, leaving 3 cm for the fringe. Then attach the knot into which the threads are connected with a button or any duct tape to the wooden surface.
The first step is to make the first node. We take the outermost thread and make a loop, bending it through the adjacent thread, as shown in Figures 3 and 4. Carefully and slightly tighten this knot to the top of the bracelet. It is very important that the node is free and voluminous. Now you need to do the same with the second thread. And so on with all the other threads. This will be the first row.
In all subsequent rows we knit two knots, starting from the extreme thread of the left side, we continue to weave knots to the middle of the row. In the same way we knit two knots on one adjacent thread, starting from the right side and so on - until the middle of the row. To better imagine how this is done, you can look at Figures 5 and 6. Such weaving is necessary so that the directions of the nodes go in opposite directions, forming a kind of wedge.
The middle of the row is connected using two threads of the right and left sides of the row (as shown in Figure 7). The same double nodes are used. Do not forget that the nodes should not be tightly tightened.
After the size of the bracelet will correspond to the size of the wrist, you need to connect all the threads into one large knot for fixing, as was done at the beginning. Then pass the remaining ends through the large hole of the prepared ball or beads, then again fix the ends of the threads with knots separately on each side (as you see in Figures 8 and 9).
Here is your bracelet made of thread, woven with your own hands, ready! If desired, you can fluff a little fringe, because it gives a touch of ethnic style to the entire appearance of the bracelet.
Such a bracelet can be successfully combined with other bracelets made of small beads, leather cords or baubles woven from beads. Thus, you get a fun and bright ensemble on your wrist. And if you add a string of pearls, then the overall image will very successfully give exclusivity, invariably remaining the undeniable evidence of the good taste of its owner.