Cute Summer Bracelets & a Temporary Haitus

Hey guys!

I can't believe that another month has come and gone and It's May already! This post is a cute DIY one, it's for making your own cute summer-y bracelets. I love wearing simple bracelets in summer, I think it adds a little bit of glam but isn't too OTT!

To start off, I found an old ring, but you could use beads, or a button or a special bracelet band thing! I also found some embroidery thread that I had left over from making bracelets years ago, but you could probably buy some from any hobby or craft shop. 

To start with, I tied a slip knot with a long length of my chosen colour of thread, around the ring on each side. I used a different colour for the under colour than the main part. you will also want to sellotape the bracelet to a table of clip it somewhere to hold it still.

To start off, get a second length of thread and put it under the thread taped to the table. Pass the right piece of the thread over to the left and the piece on the right, over to the left. Make sure the ends go through each side of the loops (this is so difficult to explain!) and creates a knot.

You then need to continue this until the side of the bracelet is half the size of your wrist (the other half is made up on the other side). The photos will hopefully explain how to do this slightly better than I can!

Repeat the previous step but put the thread on the right side over first and then the left side underneath to create a knot. Alternate between the two steps to even out the knotting on each side.

 Once you have repeated the knots on the other side of the bracelet, tie off the thread and sew in the excess thread from the new layer so that it doesn't unravel. Then, tie a knot in the ends of each side of the string. You could just leave them separate and tie them together to hold it on, but you could also create a tie. If you get a shorter piece of thread and do the knotting technique while the two ends are crossed over so that the bracelet can be made bigger or smaller whenever.

By now, you should have a really cool bracelet, but if it kind of looks like a mess (like mine does on the back, hence the slightly out of focus photos of it!) then keep trying, it should come out after a few practices!

Unfortunately, this is going to be my last post for a little while! My GCSE exams start this week and I need to spend as much time as I can manage revising and focusing on my school work. Sadly, that means I have to take a break for a few weeks; I'm really going to miss writing but as soon as my last exam is over I'll have a tonne of time to write as many posts as I can! My last exam is on the 19th June so I should have a post for the 20th or 21st!

I hope you all have a lovely few weeks! I’ll be back soon (hopefully!)

Until next time

 Grace

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