DIY Friendship Bracelets

Today I ran across a fun DIY that only took me a few hours to do, not that it was particularly hard-- it was just a little time consuming.  Honestly WTF's blog detailed a fun friendship bracelet that I just had to try.  I am pretty much obsessed with layering bracelets and completely love friendship bracelets in general.  I am always looking for a new, but easy, way to show how much I enjoy someone's company.  While you can always go to Honestly WTF's blog for the instructions. I wanted to put my own personal spin on the pictures.

My choice of colors.

Knot them all together and then put them in an order.  The instructions on her blog said to either tape the threads a hard surface or safety pin them to a pillow.  I just had a bobby pin on hand so I attached it to the back of my pillow.

Take the thread on the right outside and make a 4 with the next thread and pull it tight.  (The other blog has an illustration if you need help visualizing.) Do this 2 times on each thread.  On the left side, you make a backwards 4 but make sure that the outside thread is on the top.  I had a little trouble in the beginning because I put the outside thread on the bottom.

Continue the doubled "4" knots until you are satisfied with the length.

The other blog said to get 24 inches  of each thread.  I, however, found that the threads were not going to be long enough to continue with the pointed pattern so I just braided mine the rest of the way down.  I did a fishtail braid so that the different colors would be all mixed together.  

I am tackling creating a ring out of the pattern currently and I think I might have it figured out.  At least I hope I do.  I will keep you updated with the results.  I do hope you have enjoyed this tutorial as brief as it maybe.