Bead bracelets, necklaces, and more!/Getting Started

Getting Started

Firstly, decide on what pattern you’re going to make. You can make any pattern, like a rainbow, or a two color pattern, or even use just one color in a whole project.

Then begin running each bead one by one into the string.

Be sure to measure someone’s wrist or your wrist by wrapping the string around it to get a good feeling of how your bracelet should fit, and be sure to leave a little extra that you can then tie around and cut later. (See the bottom on a tip on how to measure it yourself.)

I am measuring a bead bracelet.

Here’s a tip: If you are measuring by yourself, make a knot snugly around your wrist that you can easily unknot later.

Then, once you’re done making the rest, get someone to measure it and be sure it fits around your wrist. If you are measuring by yourself, see the tip above.

Once you’re done, and you are confident in your design, make a secure and tight knot around your wrist (you may need to a make extra knot below the first one you made) and cut off the extra string.

Where to tie and cut a bead bracelet.

And you’re done! you’ve successfully made your first bracelet!