Friendship Bracelet Knot Big Project – Compleat Coverage

It all starts with an idea of what you want to make. In this case, I wanted a wall-hanging tapestry that would showcase what I’m capable of. I worked out that there would be two rows that were different in the way the colors were laid out to help give it more variety. So if you look at the image above you’ll see the top square starts dark blue, orange, dark blue and the bottom one is orange, red, yellow. This makes each of the rows different like a checker board and makes for a bigger overall pattern for the mind to ponder over when taking it all in. Mind you I’m explaining what I did. This is over the top kind of planning and you can do a tapestry out of any pattern you choose.

So after working out how the two rows would work I needed to make a number of tiles/diamonds so that the pattern would look amazing even from a distance. I started with just the 4 (two top and two lower) but realized not only could I do more, but that more would really make it more interesting work. It also makes it more likely to make a mistake. A concern I’m constantly worried about. This was meant to be a challenge for me and I say that because I worry that a beginner might try something this intense and be upset if it fails to come out right.

So after a lot of work with graph-paper, I worked out the 6 tiles for each row. It is this image that I use to put the tiles in the right order. It’s kinda straightforward as far as what I’m doing; just have to imagine that it repeats over and over. Next, I offset the next row by 2 squares to keep it from looking too repetitive. Again this ups the difficulty level, but to my way of thinking, makes it more interesting as a whole.

There’s the video where I explain how I add strings to the project as well as answer a number of questions.

Here is a link to the live stream playlist. There are 44 videos so be sure to bring a lot of popcorn!

Check back here as I’ll try to share more insight into my process as I continue to work on this, my big project.