Braided Leaves Design Tutorial

1. Pick 3 different colors. (The example uses pink, green & yellow). You will need 2 strands of pink, 2 strand of green and 2 strand of yellow.

2. Align string, fold in half, and tie knot ½ inch from fold forming a loop.

3. Attach your ½ inch loop to MYFBM the butterfly clip.

4. This pattern has 12 strings and My Friendship Bracelet Maker has enough holders for only 10 strings. This means you will have 2 loose strings at each end, one to the left of slot 1 and one to the right of slot 10. The strings hanging loose will be referred as #0 and #11. Separate strings by placing one string per slot. Note: Use the same color in slots 0,2,4 & 6 (pink), slots 1,3,5 & 7 (green) and slots 8,9,10 & 11 (yellow). This will align the colors of your bracelet pattern.

5. To begin, take string#0 (pink) and make right hand double knot with string#1 (green). String#0 (pink) will now be in slot 1.

6. Take string#2 (pink) and make a right hand double knot with string# 3 (green). String #2 (pink) will now be in slot 3.

7. Take string#4 (pink) and make a right hand double knot with string#5 (green). String#4 (pink) will now be in slot 5.

8. Take string#6 (pink) and make a right hand double knot with string#7 (green). String#6 (pink) will now be in slot 7.

9. Take string#1 (pink) and make a right hand double knot with string#2 (green). String#1 (pink) will now be in slot 2.

10. Take string#3 (pink) and make a right hand double knot with string#4 (green). String#3 (pink) will now be in slot 4.

11. Take string#5 (pink) and make a right hand double knot with string#6 (green). String#5 (pink) will now be in slot 6.

12. Take string#2 (pink) and make a right hand double knot with string# 3 (green). String #2 (pink) will now be in slot 3.

13. Take string#4 (pink) and make a right hand double knot with string#5 (green). String#4 (pink) will now be in slot 5.

14. Take string#3 (pink) and make a right hand double knot with string#4 (green). String#3 (pink) will now be in slot 4.

15. Take string#8 (yellow) and make 4 left hand double knots. Make one left handed double knot on each string, moving from left to right on string #7(pink), #6(pink), #5(pink) and #4(pink). String#8 (yellow) will now be in slot 4.

16. Take string#9 (yellow) and make 4 left hand double knots. Make one left handed double knot on each string, moving from left to right on string #8(pink), #7(pink), #6(pink) and #5(pink). String#9 (yellow) will now be in slot 5.

17. Take string#10 (yellow) and make 4 left hand double knots. Make one left handed double knot on each string, moving from left to right on string #9(pink), #8(pink), #7(pink) and #6(pink). String#10 (yellow) will now be in slot 6.

18. Take string#11 (yellow) and make 4 left hand double knots. Make one left handed double knot on each string, moving from left to right on string#10(pink), #9(pink), #8(pink) and #7(pink). String#11 (yellow) will now be in slot 7.

19. Take string#3 (green) and make 4 right hand double knots. Make one right handed double knot on each string, moving from right to left on string#4(yellow), #5(yellow), #6(yellow) and #7(yellow). String#3 (green) will now be in slot 7.

20. Take string#2 (green) and make 4 right hand double knots. Make one right handed double knot on each string, moving from right to left on string #3(yellow), #4(yellow), #5(yellow) and #6(yellow). String#2 (green) will now be in slot 6.

21. Take string#1(green) and make 4 right hand double knots. Make one right handed double knot on each string, moving from right to left on string #2(yellow), #3(yellow), #4(yellow) and #5(yellow). String#1 (green) will now be in slot 5.

22. Take string#0 (green) and make 4 right hand double knots. Make one right handed double knot on each string, moving from right to left on string #1(yellow), #2(yellow), #3(yellow) and #4(yellow). String#0 (green) will now be in slot 4.

23. Take string#8 (pink) and make 4 left hand double knots. Make one left handed double knot on each string, moving from left to right on string #7(green), #6(green), #5(green) and #4(green). String#8 (pink) will now be in slot 4.

24. Take string#9 (pink) and make 4 left hand double knots. Make one left handed double knot on each string, moving from left to right on string #8(green), #7(green), #6(green) and #5(green). String#9 (pink) will now be in slot 5.

25. Take string#10 (pink) and make 4 left hand double knots. Make one left handed double knot on each string, moving from left to right on string#9(green), #8(green), #7(green) and #6(green). String#10 (pink) will now be in slot 6.

26. Take string#11 (pink) and make 4 left hand double knots. Make one left handed double knot on each string, moving from left to right on string #10(green), #9(green), #8(green) and #7(green). String#11 (pink) will now be in slot 7.

27. Take string#3 (yellow) and make 4 right hand double knots. Make one right handed double knot on each string, moving from right to left on string #4(pink), #5(pink), #6(pink) and #7(pink). String#3 (yellow) will now be in slot 7.

28. Take string#2 (yellow) and make 4 right hand double knots. Make one right handed double knot on each string, moving from right to left on string #3(pink), #4(pink), #5(pink) and #6(pink). String#2 (yellow) will now be in slot 6.

29. Take string#1 (yellow) and make 4 right hand double knots. Make one right handed double knot on each string, moving from right to left on string #2(pink), #3(pink), #4(pink) and #5(pink). String #1 (yellow) will now be in slot 5.

30. Take string#0 (yellow) and make 4 right hand double knots. Make one right handed double knot on each string, moving from right to left on string #1(pink), #2(pink), #3(pink) and #4(pink). String#0 (yellow) will now be in slot 4.

31. Take string#8 (green) and make 4 left hand double knots. Make one left handed double knot on each string, moving from left to right on string #7(yellow), #6(yellow), #5(yellow) and #4(yellow). String#8 (green) will now be in slot 4.

32. Take string#9 (green) and make 4 left hand double knots. Make one left handed double knot on each string, moving from left to right on string #8(yellow), #7(yellow), #6(yellow) and #5(yellow). String#9 (green) will now be in slot 5.

33. Take string#10 (green) and make 4 left hand double knots. Make one left handed double knot on each string, moving from left to right on string #9(yellow), #8(yellow), #7(yellow) and #6(yellow). String#10 (green) will now be in slot 6.

34. Take string#11 (green) and make 4 left hand double knots. Make one left handed double knot on each string, moving from left to right on string #10(yellow), #9(yellow), #8(yellow) and #7(yellow). String#11 (green) will now be in slot 7.

35. Take string#3 (pink) and make 4 right hand double knots. Make one right handed double knot on each string, moving from right to left on string #4(green), #5(green), #6(green) and #7(green). String#3 (pink) will now be in slot 7.

36. Take string#2 (pink) and make 4 right hand double knots. Make one right handed double knot on each string, moving from right to left on string #3(green), #4(green), #5(green) and #6(green). String#2 (pink) will now be in slot 6.

37. Take string#1 (pink) and make 4 right hand double knots. Make one right handed double knot on each string, moving from right to left on string #2(green), #3(green), #4(green) and #5(green). String#1 (pink) will now be in slot 5.

38. Take string#0 (pink) and make 4 right hand double knots. Make one right handed double knot on each string, moving from right to left on string #1(green), #2(green), #3(green) and #4(green). String#0 (pink) will now be in slot 4.

39. At this point you have completed one rotation of the pattern. Repeat steps 15-38.
40. Once you bracelet is long enough to fit your wrist use strings 0-5 to make one braid, tying a knot at the end. Then use strings 6-11 to create another braid, tying a knot at the end of that braid. These two braided strands will be used to tie on your friendship bracelet.

41. Unclip your friendship bracelet from the butterfly clip and cut off the extra string after the knot on your braids. Your new friendship bracelet is now ready to wear or share!