Intermediate Course

What do you do with a 168-string color swatch after using it to start a mermaid bag? Turn it into a matching friendship bracelet, of course! In this video, I take the leftover swatch from my Mermaid Bag project and design a completely new bracelet …

This friendship bracelet pattern looks simple. It’s only eight strings. So naturally, I decided to DOUBLE it. 😂 Today I’m experimenting with pattern #8148 from Friendship-Bracelets.net. I’m taking the original 8-string pattern, rebuilding it on a 16-string bracelet template, and mirroring the design to see …

What happens if you take a simple zigzag friendship bracelet pattern and make it twice as wide? I figured I’d get some diamonds. What I DIDN’T expect was that figure-eight shape running right through the middle! For this design experiment, I started with pattern #5419 …

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. …

It’s amazing how one tiny change can completely change the look of a friendship bracelet pattern. 🧵 Today I’m experimenting with pattern #80874 from friendship-bracelets.net. At first glance, it reminded me of the almost butterfly-like design we explored recently—but this one has more symmetry and …

What happens when you take an existing friendship bracelet pattern, pull it apart, trace where the strings are going, and then start changing things? In this video, I’m experimenting with friendship bracelet pattern #85880 and using it as inspiration for a new design. I trace …

You don’t have to love an entire friendship bracelet pattern to get inspired by it. Today I’m starting with friendship-bracelets.net pattern #89003—but there’s really only ONE part of the original design that caught my attention: that little red detail surrounded by gold. So… what happens …

What happens when you stop looking at the knot chart and try to figure out a friendship bracelet pattern just by following the strings? Today I’m tackling friendship-bracelets.net pattern #92265 and doing a little pattern detective work. Instead of simply copying the original pattern, I’m …

What happens when you take a complicated friendship bracelet pattern and try to turn it into a color fade? 🧵🌈 Today I’m working with pattern #96584 from friendship-bracelets.net—and this one gets interesting FAST. I wanted to take a large section of the original pattern and …

What happens when you take an existing friendship bracelet pattern… and then stop following it? 😄 In this video, I start with pattern #100238 from friendship-bracelets.net, map out part of the original design, trace how the different strings and colors move through the pattern, and …

What if the most interesting part of a friendship bracelet pattern only happened ONCE? 🧵🌈 Today I’m starting with friendship-bracelets.net pattern #105416. I may have worked with this pattern—or something very similar—before, but this time I saw a completely different possibility. Instead of repeating the …

This friendship bracelet pattern is MUCH more complicated than it first appears. 🌈🧵 Today I’m working with friendship-bracelets.net pattern #110595—and I have to give some serious credit to whoever originally designed this one. Following where all of these strings travel took some concentration! My plan …