About the same time Anika mentioned making bracelets for her niece & nephew. I asked if she could recommend a tutorial and she went one step further, she created her own! Her new blog, Classettes, will house her craft, art & design tutorials and the first two posts were friendship bracelets. I finally had a bit of a lull this weekend and took that opportunity to watch this video, gather my material and give it a go.
I started by making one for my daughter. I have been wearing a friendship bracelet from Sumi Senthi's mail art package and my daughter had been requesting one of her own.
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| For the wee little. |
Anika's tutorial was easy to follow and thorough. I made an alternating red and pink strand for my daughter. Through most of the process she was hanging over my shoulder, asking questions and wondering why it was taking so long. For the record it was only a 10 minute project but that is an eternity to a 3 year old.
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| And one for me! |
I had about half of it left so I made a small one for myself as well. This one is half pink and half red.
I'd like to try this out again with other colours and experiment with adding some beads. I'll likely try out her other one and then I might be savvy enough to try the chevron bracelet.
REFERENCES
Anika's Bracelet tutorial 1
Anika's Bracelet tutorial 2
Honestly WTF Chevron Bracelet
Ah, they look great! sometimes I forget how nice pink & red look together. I like the half & half style you made for yourself! good job! I do have planned a couple more tutorials that work up to the chevron pattern. might take a few weeks to post them all, but you can also find videos on youtube if you can't wait that long! :)
ReplyDeleteSo pretty! I tend to stay away from the fiber arts, but these make me smile.
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