Rainbow Hands Crafts: Easy Hart Bracelets

Easy Hart Bracelets

This a perfect time killer for the experience bracelet maker, and the beginner. The knot I show here is the same one used in most macrame bracelet making.

The first thing you are going to need is embroidery floss You can buy individual colors at Michael's, or, if you want to make a lot with a variety of colors, you can buy the packs of color. These are usually the better deal if you want more color. But you have less control of colors.
The only other thing you will need is either tape or a safety pin, depending on your work space and preference.

For this bracelet I'm going to be using black and green string, you can use which ever 2 colors you want.

First you will need to cut for strands of each color, about a finger tip to the center of your chest in length.

Next you will need to separate your colors in one group put from the outside going inward; green string, black string, green string, black string. in the other group put the same order of colors. There should be 2 blacks together when the groups are next to each other.

Tie the strings together and make sure the strings are in the same order. Tape the string to a hard surface or safety pin it to a pillow.

Starting on the left side, tale the outermost green string, cross it over the top of the black string next to it. it should look like a 4. Pull the green string underneath the black string, then back overtop of itself. Pull tight. Do this twice. Take the same green string and do the same thing to the next string in line, should be a green string. Take the original green string and do the same over the next black string. Remember to do this twice on each string.

Put these for string off to the left out of the way. You will now do the same thing to the strings on the right side, only the 4 you make with the string will be backwards. Starting with the green on the end again. When you finish this side you should have 2 green string in the center (the same ones that were originally on the outside) Tie those two green strings together with a normal knot twice.

Now the outermost strings should both be black. Repeat the same process as you did with the green strings. You should now have 2 rows making a v shape. The first row all green the second row all black. These are what I'm going to call the standard rows, all one color.

If you only did standard row this is what your bracelet would look like.

(Sorry about the hair! I gave this one to my boyfriend)

Now is where it gets a little tricky. These are what I'm going to call the special rows. When we made the standard row, we started with the outermost string and went in, now we are starting on the second to outermost string. It should be the black closest to the outside. Take that black string, and do the same knot we've been doing, but around the outermost green string. We essentially are going backwards on this one. Tie this twice. Next take the green we just tied the black around and tie it twice around the next green string, then around the inner black string. Do the same thing to the other side. and tie together the middle strings. This is the top of the heart, the curve.

We are going to do the SAME thing we just did, except it will be green going backward to knot around a black string then black string the rest of the way in. This is the filling inside the heart. This is the final special row for this heart.

Look at your strings. They should still be in alternating colors. The outside color should be green again. Make a standard row with the green on both sides. This is the bottom of your heart.

Do another standard row with the black that is now on the outside

This row of black will separate the hearts from each other

Now you will do another 2 special rows, then another 2 standard row. Do you see the pattern? 2 special, 2 standard. It takes a little practice, but it gets easier as you go!