Having nothing to do in the weekend except washing clothes and cleaning our house, I decided to try to make friendship bracelets. Reading some information on the web, I found out that I can use embroidery floss. I do not know what it is, so I inquired to Mr. Robert Ku of Coats Craft and here is his reply:
Hi Anne!
Embroidery floss is a type of embroidery thread and usually for hand embroidery only.
You can use the following products in making friendship bracelets:
1. Anchor floss - the one you use for cross stitiching.
2. Cannon Cotton crochet
3. Red Heart acrylic yarns
Among the three items..we suggest you use Anchor.
Regards,
Robert Ku
Consumer Sales Manager
Coats Manila Bay, Inc.
Since Anchor floss is hard to find, I bought its alternative DMC embroidery floss, which cost around P16 per skein. The basics I learned were about naming and tying various knots. The web has various site tutorials about making friendship bracelets so it was not hard for me to gather information.
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| embroidery thread |
For my first project, I made an alternating color pattern of blue and yellow in a forward knot. There are some problems I encountered like twisting off and rearranging of the thread.
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| separating each thread to make an alternate colors |
The finished product is a bit busted on patterns, but definitely improving with the knots. My second project is called Chinese braided friendship bracelet. It is easier to do than the first one.
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| My finished products (needs to improve) |
When I was done, I immediately wore both. Tomorrow, I will buy a new color to produce another set of designs. I will keep you posted for more updates and bracelets I made.
I remembered doing this in college. Pati ankle puno ng friendship bracelets :)
ReplyDeletebeautiful, i have i have the patience like yours so i could make a friendship bracelet as well..:-) Rosemarie/Gven-Rose
ReplyDeletenice, i like the color combination
ReplyDeleteWhich reminds me ang dami pa namin DMC sa bahay. hehe. Daddy used to make this before. Meron pa sya sa bahay na nakatago.
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Nice! I remember my HS days when friendship bracelets happened to be the "in" thing. hahaha!!
ReplyDeletenatutuwa naman ako, ang dami palang gumagawa g ganito noon
ReplyDeletehindi naman ata kumukupas ang dmc so gawa na ulit kayo
ReplyDeletepwedeng pampatulog ko ito sa gabi
ReplyDeleteI used to make the first one. I don't know how to make the other one. I also make other design which I learn during my highschool days. Usong-uso kaya ang ganito.
ReplyDeleteThis gives me and idea to make some para terno sa uniform namin. hahaha
parang walang ganito nung high school ako. what was in that time was crosstitch
ReplyDeleteThis reminds me of how I used to make similar bracelets back in elementary... Hmm. Maybe I should give it a try again. :)
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ReplyDeleteI remember making something like that back in high school days...never ending knots hehehe...but I like playing with different colors and seeing the fruit of my "hardships" hehehe.
ReplyDeletemahirap nga siya, but i think gagawin ko ng hobby ito
ReplyDeleteThat's a really nice making a friendship bracelet. I remember I used to do that in primary school.
ReplyDeletegood to hear. it's my first time to do this
ReplyDeletehow creative and resourceful of you! :)
ReplyDeletethanks
ReplyDeletei used to do this back in highschool!
ReplyDeleteang uso noong HS ako ay cross stitch
ReplyDeleteI like friendship bracelets but I've never done them myself. You've given me a great idea! I'll do this with my daughter :)
ReplyDeleteits enjoyable. it can be a bonding moment with your daughter
ReplyDeletei was found doing friendship bracelet when i was young and my uncles were also joining me. thanks for sharing.. :)
ReplyDeleteThis is nice. Brings me back to my high school days. I've never done this tho.
ReplyDeleteIt is a nice hobby and a relaxing one too.but I hope may magbigay sakin ng ganito:) Tamad ako gumawa eh.
ReplyDeleteI love them. Sis tell me if ever u sell these bracelets as Im thinking to giving one to my friends!
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I am so reminded of my childhood days! I used to make friendship bracelets with more than 5 strings. :) I think I would like to try it again and teach my kids how to do it. :)
ReplyDeleteI don't know how to make friendship bracelets. Cute ng ginawa mo.
ReplyDeleteThere's also a technique I learned when my kids got something as a toy, the braider, you can make a circle where you interchange the yarn by turning the circle, it will help create other designs.
ReplyDeletelove this... i was also into friendship bracelet before (high school days). now i want to do it again.
ReplyDeleteI am also into crafts and I love this friendship bracelet. The one that you've made is nice and simple. Hope to see more designs, soon.
ReplyDeleteThis is a good idea for a birthday gift. Friendship matters most talaga :) And it's the thought that counts :)
ReplyDeleteLooks nice. I think I have few of those bracelets during my high school days. They are pretty popular by that time.
ReplyDeleteI've tried making this when I was little. But, I forgot how to do it. :)
ReplyDeleteThey look quite lovely. :-)
ReplyDeleteI haven't tried to make that yet, although I would love to do crafts myself. I am all-thumbs, unfortunately.
ReplyDeletei totally got hook in friendship bracelet which i made and sent it to my friend in Singapore.
ReplyDeleteNice, it looks easy and fun to do! :)
ReplyDeleteI might try this but I will use yarn because I have a few from my crossstitching days, :D
ReplyDeleteJust practice and enjoy. In no time you'll be making more colorful and beautiful bracelets. :-)
ReplyDeletenice. my 10 year old daughter also likes making friendship bracelets for her friends. pero ibang tali ung gamit nya. maybe i should show this to her.
ReplyDeleteYay for your experiment! We used to make and sell these in all sorts of different colors. We loved to wear them too. :)
ReplyDeleteI used to make this years ago! :) I gave them as gifts to my bffs!
ReplyDeleteoh, that is nice...i used to make that kind of bracelet when i was in high school
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