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What happens when the pattern is already a rainbow? Normally, I take friendship bracelet patterns and transform them into rainbow versions—but this time I had a completely different challenge. I already had six strings cut and ready to go: three pinks and three blues. Instead …

Today’s project is a little different… literally! Instead of starting with one of my usual string bundles, I’m working with a tiny six-strand braid that was made over a year ago as an experiment. Mandy figured out how to use a kumihimo disc to create …

Another mystery string bundle, another pattern challenge! I still have several kumihimo loops that I prepared long ago with no notes about what I planned to make with them. This one is a 16-string bundle with four shades of blue and four shades of brown, …

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 …

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 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 …