Friendship Bracelet

Friendship bracelets have been made for hundreds of years and there are lots of patterns to chose from or you can invent your own. A friendship bracelet is a decorative bracelet given by one person to another as a symbol of friendship.

Task

Create your own friendship bracelet

Resources

• Wool in different colours, you will need 7 strands of approximately 50cm
• A piece of cardboard (we used a tin can to measure out the circle)
• Ruler, pencil and scissors for making the disc

Instructions

• Using a tin can or similar, cut out a cardboard circle. Draw 4 lines across your disc to create 8 equal segments.
• Make a hole in the middle.
• Cut 1cm into each line you drawn – so you have approximately 1cm cut, 2 cm uncut and then the hole.
• Take your seven strands of yarn and tie a knot at one end.
• Thread your strands through the hole in the disc.
• Take one strand at a time and slot it through one of the 1 cm strips. You should have 7 strands tucked in, with one “space slot”.
• Take the 3rd strand to the LEFT of the spare slot, lift it up, bring it down and put across the spares slot. This creates a new space.
• Rotate your disc for this to point down and pick the strand 3 to the left and fold down.
• Repeat.
• Your friendship bracelet will begin to “grow” on the other side of the disc, give it a gentle tug every so often.