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Well… this wasn’t the plan. 😅 After designing and making the 12-string version of this Pinterest-inspired bracelet, I finally pulled out the string bundle I thought I’d been saving for this project. Turns out it wasn’t 12 strings at all. Instead of three shades of …
Sometimes inspiration comes from unexpected places… especially when friendship-bracelets.net is down! 😅 In today’s pattern design session, I found a bracelet on Pinterest that caught my eye and decided to adapt it into a 12-string friendship bracelet. The original design uses 10 strings, so I …
Today’s video is less about following a pattern and more about exploring an idea. I started with one of the simplest bracelet structures possible: a two-color split design where each color dominates one side of the bracelet. Then I started asking questions. What happens if …
Today’s pattern looked simple at first glance. It wasn’t. I started with Friendship-Bracelets.net pattern #6946, expecting a variation on the zigzag bracelets I used to make back in the early 1990s. Instead, I found myself staring at a design that behaved completely differently from anything …
Today I’m taking a closer look at Friendship-Bracelets.net pattern #6469 and rebuilding it piece by piece inside GIMP. Rather than simply following the pattern, I wanted to approach it as a puzzle. Imagine seeing only a small section of a bracelet on Instagram and trying …
Today I’m experimenting with a pattern from Friendship-Bracelets.net (#5347) and using it as the starting point for something a little different. Rather than recreating the original design exactly, I import part of the pattern into GIMP, break down how the strings work, and then start …
Ever finish a bracelet and end up with just enough string left for another project? That’s exactly what inspired today’s design! After finishing a bracelet, I had eight strands left over and started wondering what the same pattern would look like as a much thinner, …
Today we’re taking Pattern 5921 from friendship-bracelets.net… and completely transforming it into something brand new. 😄 The original pattern only used a few colors, but I wanted to expand it into a full 6-color design with warm colors flowing around cool colors to create a …
Today we’re experimenting with friendship-bracelets.net Pattern 5739 — and this one already came with a built-in diamond center design that looked really promising. 😄 Instead of following the original layout exactly, I decided to redesign the flow of the bracelet and create a more symmetrical …
Today we’re diving into friendship-bracelets.net Pattern 3982… and this may be the strangest zigzag bracelet I’ve ever analyzed. 😅 Normally zigzag patterns are pretty straightforward, but this one constantly changes direction in ways that don’t feel intuitive at all. The spacing shifts, the colors bounce …
Today we’re diving into friendship-bracelets.net Pattern 3929… and honestly, this one might be one of the most complicated bracelet layouts I’ve looked at in a while. 😅 In this video, I break down the pattern step-by-step inside GIMP, tracing string paths, experimenting with color placement, …
After that last pattern… I needed a break 😅 So today we’re working on Pattern 3536 from friendship-bracelets.net—and this one is a much nicer change of pace. It’s simple, clean, and actually a really great design if you’re not looking to melt your brain with …