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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 …
This might be one of the most confusing bracelet patterns I’ve ever looked at… 😅 Today we’re diving into Pattern 3613 from friendship-bracelets.net—and honestly, at first glance, it doesn’t seem to make a whole lot of sense. But instead of skipping it, we break it …
What happens if you don’t start your friendship bracelet at the top? 🤔 In this tutorial, I take a design we’ve already explored—and completely flip the process. Instead of beginning with a teardrop loop, we start right in the middle and build outward using 6 …
I thought I knew where this was going… I was wrong 😄 Today we take a pattern we’ve kind of explored before—but this time we’re changing things up and letting the design evolve in a completely different way. Instead of sticking to a predictable color …
Today we’re going WAY back… 👀 Pattern #28 is one I’ve been making since before pattern websites even existed—and now it’s time to give it a fresh twist. Instead of the original fade style, we’re turning it into a full rainbow bracelet 🌈…but with a …
What happens when you take a simple 3-color bracelet… and double it to SIX? 👀 Today we’re revisiting pattern 3917 and pushing it further by transforming it into a full rainbow design. This isn’t just a color swap—this is about understanding how patterns flow, how …
Today we’re doing something a little different—we’re taking pattern #3917 from friendship-bracelets.net and rebuilding it from scratch using just a small visual reference. No step-by-step instructions. No pre-planned string paths.Just observation, logic… and a bit of trial and error. Here’s what we explore in this …