Purple Flower Friendship Bracelet

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  Step 1

  Sort out your threads and make sure that your three green threads are on top. They shouldn't match up like in a normal arrow bracelet. (steps 2-5 might make this even more confusing, so skip reading them if it makes it easier. It's just to do the arrow bracelet)

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  Step 2

  Start making knots towards the center, like in a typical arrow bracelet (a pattern which can be found in any cheap bracelet book, or maybe even here on CO+K)

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  Step 3

  Make sure the colors on the other side do NOT match

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  Step 4

  continue until you reach the purple

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  Step 5

  Knot the two centers together, just like in the arrow bracelet

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  Step 6

  Make a 4 with the two purple threads, and knot it once. (start of a chain bracelet, but with two threads)

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  Step 7

  Do the same but in reverse on the other side

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  Step 8

  Continue until you have 10 knots in your chain, 5 of each shade of purple.

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  Step 9

  Tie it in to make a loop with your top green thread.

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  Step 10

  Make two knots with the green around both the purples

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  Step 11

  It should end like this

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  Step 12

  Repeat and make another 10 knot chain

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  Step 13

  Tie it in with your next green thread

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  Step 14

  You should now have two loops

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  Step 15

  Repeat with another chain

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  Step 16

  pull it through your first loop

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  Step 17

  It should look somewhat like this. It may be more difficult when you start out, but gets easier as your threads get shorter.

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  Step 18

  Tie it in with your last green thread, and repeat steps 6-18 on other side.

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  Step 19

  Start making the arrow pattern again with the green threads (don't let the colors match!)

  (..oops...need to add more thread...)

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  Step 20

  Continue until at your next purple flower, then repeat all steps until bracelet is at desired length.

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  Step 21

  Notes:
  1) My bracelet did end up somewhat, er, springy. It can stretch slightly at each flower...

  2) You may want to sew in or use short threads to make the flowers more together and flower-like. I did experiment on a pair of earrings bu making all of the petals loop into eachother, but it ended WAY too long and complicated, taking an hour per blossom!

  3) I started with a LOT of thread, but it may be easier to start with
  shorter, arm length thread, and just add on when you need to. Make the flower colors longer than the green leaf colors.

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  Step 22

  My almost finished bracelet! (now finished...and must take a picture of...)

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The Mad Hattress · 5 projects 24th June 2011

they look great!! I think I will try to make my own soon. <3

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Dee S. · London, GB · 41 projects 2nd September 2010

Now I know why Beading Gem recommended your tutorial. You really took time to explain, I love how you use pics at every step.

I am going to try and make a couple for my nieces. Thanks for sharing this beautiful tutorial.

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Stacy H. · Melbourne, Victoria, AU · 23 projects 22nd July 2010

This is so cute and it reminds me of spring! Thank you also for favouriting my Jane Austen necklace.

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Fruzsina W. · Budapest, Budapest, HU · 16 projects 30th June 2010

Wow!!!
I haven't done any friendship bracelets for a long time, but I think I'll do this one, it looks really nice!! :o)
I miss knotting a lot sometimes.

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CahrazzyMe · Willard, Ohio, US · 16 projects 30th June 2010

So pretty! Thanks for sharing! ^^

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