Squiggle Design Tutorial

1. Pick 4 different colors and a 5th strand that you will knot your strings onto. (The example uses purple, white, pink, & black. Beige is the 5th color for the strings to be knotted onto). You will need 1 strand of each color, purple, white, pink, black & beige.

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

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

4. Separate strings by placing one string per slot. Note: Use the same color in slots 1 & 2 (purple), slots 3 & 4 (white), slots 5 & 6 (pink), slots 7 & 8 (black) & slots 9 & 10 (beige). This will align the colors of your bracelet pattern. *** You also want to be careful to not pull the strings too tight when you make your first right or left hand double knot with each strand. You want to leave to leave enough slack in the string to wrap around the knots for the “squiggle effect”.

5. To begin, take string #8 (black) and make 2 right hand double knots. One each, on string #9 (beige) & string #10 (beige). String #8 (black) will now be in slot 10.

6. Take string #7 (black) and make 2 right hand double knots. One each, on string #8 (beige) & string #9 (beige). String #7 (black) will now be in slot 9.

7. Take string #6 (pink) and make 2 right hand double knots. One each, on string #7 (beige) & string #8 (beige). String #6 (pink) will now be in slot 8.

8. Take string #5 (pink) and make 2 right hand double knots. One each, on string #6 (beige) & string #7 (beige). String #5 (pink) will now be in slot 7.

9. Take string #4 (white) and make 2 right hand double knots. One each, on string #5 (beige) & string #6 (beige). String #4 (white) will now be in slot 6.

10. Take string #3 (white) and make 2 right hand double knots. One each, on string #4 (beige) & string #5 (beige). String #3 (white) will now be in slot 5.

11. Take string #2 (purple) and make 2 right hand double knots. One each, on string #3 (beige) & string #4 (beige). String #2 (purple) will now be in slot 4.

12. Take string #1 (purple) and make 2 right hand double knots. One each, on string #2 (beige) & string #3 (beige). String #1 (purple) will now be in slot 3.

13. Now you will head back the other direction using left hand double knots.

14. Take string #3 (purple) and make 2 left hand double knots. One each, on string #2 (beige) & string #1 (beige). String #3 (purple) will now be in slot 1.

15. Take string #4 (purple) and make 2 left hand double knots. One each, on string #3 (beige) & string #2 (beige). String #4 (purple) will now be in slot 2.

16. Take string #5 (white) and make 2 left hand double knots. One each, on string #4 (beige) & string #3 (beige). String #5 (white) will now be in slot 3.

17. Take string #6 (white) and make 2 left hand double knots. One each, on string #5 (beige) & string #4 (beige). String #6 (white) will now be in slot 14

18. Take string #7 (pink) and make 2 left hand double knots. One each, on string #6 (beige) & string #5 (beige). String #7 (pink) will now be in slot 5.

19. Take string #8 (pink) and make 2 left hand double knots. One each, on string #7 (beige) & string #6 (beige). String #8 (pink) will now be in slot 6.

20. Take string #9 (black) and make 2 left hand double knots. One each, on string #8 (beige) & string #7 (beige). String #9 (black) will now be in slot 7.

21. Take string #10 (black) and make 2 left hand double knots. One each, on string #9 (beige) & string #8 (beige). String #10 (black) will now be in slot 8.

22. At this point your pattern will now repeat itself. Repeat steps 5-21 to continue the pattern until your bracelet is long enough to fit your wrist.

23. Once you bracelet is long enough to fit your wrist take strings from the slots 1-3 in your left hand and the strings from slots 8-10 in your right hand and braid with the remaining 4 center strings.

24. Take the braided strings and tie two basic knots at the end of your friendship bracelet.

25. Unclip your friendship bracelet from the butterfly clip and cut off the excess braided section. Your bracelet made with the friendship bracelet pattern Friendship Squiggle design from MyFBM.com is ready to wear or share!