How to...Make Friendship Bracelets: Fishtail

As I'm sure you can tell by the photo above (that I spent way too much time editing instead of doing all the work I was set over the half term holiday) this post is about how to make friendship bracelets. I really enjoy making bracelets and I find them to be a really good distraction. Plus they are really pretty to wear. I mainly make them for myself which sounds sad because they are called 'friendship bracelets'. I'm just referring to them as this because that's the kind of style they are, if you know what I mean. I am thinking of making this the first of a little bit of a series with a few posts on different types of bracelets you can make. Enjoy...

To make this you will need to measure out fairly long pieces of thread. I have chosen to use three different colours but use as many as you want. Then you sort of fold them over in half and tie a knot at the end. You will end up with 6 pieces of thread in pairs of matching colours. Set them out as shown above so they are symmetrical. I have pinned it to a pillow to make it secure and easy to work with but you could cello tape it to a table or something if you would prefer.

How you make the bracelet is very similar to how you make a fishtail braid. You take the outside thread from one side (in this case the left side) and put it in the middle to the opposite side (in this case the right side)

Then take the same colour thread from the outside of the opposite side (right) and place it in the inside of the other side (left). It sounds confusing but hopefully you can see what I mean from the photos. 

Just continue the pattern. Put the thread on the outside to the inside of the opposite side.

Remember to pull the threads tight to get the best result.

I should start to look a little something like this. Just continue braiding until it fits around your wrist then you are done.

I should end up looking a little something like this. As a three thread bracelet in this style is quite thin I like to make it long enough to wrap around my wrist twice.

Thank you for reading.

Lots of Love,

Becca x