I Doubled This Friendship Bracelet Pattern… and It Got REALLY Cool!
What happens when you take a friendship bracelet pattern, double it, flip it, and start adding your own ideas?
In this video, I’m using pattern #93211 from Friendship-Bracelets.net as inspiration, but instead of simply following the original pattern, I’m redesigning it into something completely different.
I start by rotating and scaling the original pattern in GIMP, then use my bracelet template to rebuild one section at a time. Because my version uses eight strands going into the loop instead of four, there’s a lot more room to experiment with the design.
Once I finished one side, things got interesting.
I copied it, flipped it across the center, and suddenly the pattern turned into something I wasn’t expecting at all. After another flip, the finished design almost reminded me of a Turkish or Middle Eastern lantern pattern.
Now comes the difficult part: actually knotting it!
This friendship bracelet is probably going to be a pretty complex build, but that’s part of the fun. Sometimes the best bracelet designs come from taking an existing pattern, experimenting with it, and seeing where the strings take you.
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What happens when you take a friendship bracelet pattern, double its width, mirror it from side to side AND top to bottom, and then add your own design through the middle?
Apparently, you get a bracelet that keeps you checking almost every single knot. 😅
For this bracelet, I started with pattern #93211 from Friendship-Bracelets.net. Instead of simply putting two copies of the pattern side by side, I mirrored the design so it looks like there’s a mirror running straight down the center of the bracelet.
Then I took it a step further.
The original design didn’t fill the entire bracelet template, so I created a new section through the middle that borrows elements from the original pattern. That helped turn what could have looked like two separate patterns into one complete friendship bracelet design.
The finished bracelet uses 16 strings — 8 strands going into the loop — and only two contrasting colors. I’ve been told the blue and gold combination has some serious Ravenclaw vibes!
This one took me right around 2 hours to knot, and it was considerably trickier than I expected. The pattern has little shifts and changes that make it very easy to lose your place. I spent a LOT of time looking back at the pattern and double-checking my knots.
If I made it again, I might open the pattern in GIMP and mark off sections as I completed them. That would make following a complex friendship bracelet pattern like this much easier.
I definitely wouldn’t recommend this particular bracelet for a beginner, but if you already know your friendship bracelet knots and enjoy a challenge, this is a fun one!
This month I’m experimenting with doubling friendship bracelet patterns and seeing how far I can push the original designs. I already have a few more planned, so make sure you subscribe if you want to see what happens next.
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Let me know what you think of the finished bracelet in the comments!
And as always…
Don’t get your strings in a bunch!
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