The story of how I got into making bracelets 😁
The first time I ever saw an article about making bracelets, I shrugged my shoulders and turned away with indifference. From what I had seen and heard, I figured it was a craft for those who wanted to be beachy and hip, not for a simple, old-fashioned crafter like myself. It was a total accident that lead me down the path of knotting. I was looking at someone's profile on another crafting site I am a member of, and they had a random link in their bio. Although I don't usually click on links, it is a very safe site and if it had've been bad I was sure it would've been removed by then. The link took me to the individuals profile on a site called Bracelet Book. The first thing I saw on the site was a page full of patterns and such that looked like a foreign language, and that is coming from someone who can read crochet patterns! I was baffled, but my interest was sparked and I kept scrolling and looking at these strange patterns and wondering, what was the key to understanding these crazy things?
So, with the wheels in my brain turning with curiosity, I began doing my research about the strange art of trying thread in knots to make a lovely piece of jewelry. The very first bracelet I ever made was a.. Well I don't know WHAT it was. When I posted a picture of it on Bracelet Book, I put it under #16522
(a pattern number on BB), because that is what it most looked like. I didn't have any embroidery floss so I improvised and used cotton yarn. Oh I can just hear all the professional knotters groan. 😂 This is what is called a "Normal" pattern.
I was disappointed. That didn't look like all those bracelets I had seen pictures of on the internet. Maybe I just wasn't good at Normals?
After that, I watched a few more videos, looked at a few simple Alpha patterns, and the next time I went to Walmart, I purchased a large pack of embroidery floss. This was my very first "Alpha", which I will go into more detail on a little later. Anyway, how does it look?
Pretttyyy shabby, huh? Well, I had to begin somewhere. Unfortunately I didn't do enough research, and I cut all of the strings way too short. I was finished almost before I began. I was disappointed, but not deterred. Surprisingly, I was actually really liking this! So I looked for another pattern, found one I liked, and tried again, with longer strings this time. Again, somehow, I managed to cut them too short, and the bracelet was hardly long enough to wrap around my wrist, but I was proud. I mean, how cool was that, I just tied a few knots and now I had a bracelet (...sort of)?!
So, to make a long story as short as I can, after a few more bracelets, I am a little wiser. I am by no means an expert (YET) but I think this is a great hobby and I am definitely going to keep at it.
These are two of my more recent bracelets. The sheep one (above) was my first Alpha that actually functioned as a bracelet, and the white and blue one with the Hebrew writing (it says "joy") is the most recent one I have made.
So, that is what I have been doing lately. I have a few Alphas and a few Normals going on right now. I'll make another post in the next few days on how to get started making bracelets of your own!
Until then! 🤗