(( Bracelets )) Butterfly Bracelet
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| 1 - Step 1 - Make Clip 2 - Step 2 - Arrange Colors 3 - Step 3 - Soul String 4 - Step 4 - Horizontal Lines 5 - Step 5 - Going Crazy |
This kind of bracelet is made with a Double Half Hitch knot, this is like making the Normal Pattern knot in reverse, soon you will see what i'm talking about ... is very simple to make and you can create countless shapes and designs with this.
Step 1 - Make Clip
Make Clip
We will make the clip before starting the bracelet.
For this we must cut 5 threads of a size of approximately 1.20 mts. (I'm using ocher, pink, orange, yellow and sky blue)
After that we bend the strings into half to find the middle part and when we find it we will make a knot.
Then we begin to make a braid of 2 or 3 cm and we close it both sides.
*****NOTE: REMEMBER to arrange the colors of the bracelet before starting the braid.
Step 2 - Arrange Colors
Arrange Colors
When we have the clip ready, arrange the colors of the bracelet again, your colors must be arranged symmetrically. (as in the picture)
And now that we are ready we will start the Double Half Hitch knot.
Step 3 - Soul String
The Soul String
First i'm going to talk a little bit about the soul string... the soul-string sets the direction in which the others strings will be rolled up to form shapes, and this is exactly with what we'll play...because there are many different shapes that you can create, FOR EXAMPLE, i want to start my bracelet with two horizontal lines.
So just take the outer string and make it your soul string. In my case is the sky-blue string.
The soul string goes above the other strings at all the time (as in the picture)
*****NOTE: REMEMBER to give direccion with your soul string while we are rolling up the other ones.
Step 4 - Horizontal Lines
Double Half Hitch knot
To make the knot we place the soul string over the other strings. (like the picture above)
Then we roll up the first string (yellow) on the soul string (sky blue) (as it shows in step 6-7)
After that we repeat this 6-7 step one more time. (Yes! to make the Double Half Hitch knot with the yellow string you need to make the 6-7 step twice!)
Repeat the process with the other colors until you reach the last one (im my case the other sky blue string).
*****REMEMBER to give direccion with the soul string and keep it stretched otherwise the shape will look deformed
Once we've finished making the Double Half Hitch knot with all the strings we will grab the soul string and well try to get it back to the other extreme to make the second horizontal line. (as it shows in the picture)
Step 5 - Going Crazy
Going Crazy
Ok... now that we have the 2 horizontal lines we are ready for the REAL pattern, we will work as we talked before with soul strings. For this pattern we will have two soul strings, the soul strings will be the sky-blue ones, and with them we will make diagonal lines insted of horizontal lines.
We need to give a diagonal direction with the soul string first and then roll up the other ones.
REMEMBER you need to make step 15 and 16 two times to get the step 17 done.
We will roll 4 strings over the soul string, the yellow, the orange, the pink and the ocher one. Once we get to the middle we'll repeat the process on the opposite side.
NOTE that the sky blue strings once they are in the middle they dont roll up each other
When we finish rolling up the 4 strings we'll switch the color of the soul strings... now they will be the yellow ones.
We will roll then the orange, pink, ocher and sky blue over the yellow soul strings. we would do this on both sides.
When we finish with the yellow strings we will have them in the middle, we will grab only one of them as the soul string and we will roll the second yellow string over it.
Going Crazy 2
To continue the pattern we will grab the two yellow strings in the middle as soul strings again, but this time the diagonal lines will go to the outside.
After we finish with the yellow soul strings, we will switch again to the sky-blue ones, and we will make the second diagonal line going to the outside as well.
We will do this process on both sides, and this will be the result.
You have to repeat ALL these steps over again, starting from the 2 horizontal lines, and then you'll get something like this.
You can also play, not only with different colors, but with different amount of strings, horizontal or diagonal lines.
Once you've finish you can make two braids to close the bracelet.
FINAL RESULT CAN BE SEEN HERE - BUTTERFLY BRACELET PHOTO
Thanks to princes_5775 we know that this knot it's called Double Half Hitch, i'll be uploading more tutorials using this type of knot, so if you liked it remember the name :D thanks for all the nice comments btw. peace and love
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The original author of this tutorial is Chystie .
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