Last time when I visited my parents, I found my beloved bead loom and decided to take it home with me and create some amazing stuff again. I had this idea to make a cool, tribal-looking bracelet first so I started to look up patterns on the internet and found this one that was exactly the type of pattern I had in mind. I went to a few different diy stores to pick up the items I needed: loads of different beads, threads, bead needles, some wide textile bands to cover the backside at the end and some snap fasteners.
Based on an older bracelet I made, and how it fit my wrist, I was able to determine how many rows of beads there will be altogether and which row will be the middle one. I started to draw a pattern plan starting from the middle as I wanted the end result to be symmetrical. I only had to make a plan for one side fortunately because of the symmetry. Making the main body of the bracelet went quick, it was easy to just follow the drawing as I did so many times before.
I did have this idea though that I wanted fringes on both ends and I had to plan it out in my mind how I can make it look nice and relatively seamless. Same goes for the backing textile band and fasteners. I tried to cover up the knots and thread endings as much as I could so the bracelet would look nice not only when it’s on my wrist but also when I take it off.
I’m quite happy with how My New Fringey Bracelet turned out and I’m alredy working on the next creation which will be a bright yellow bracelet, featuring some nice silvery details.
art from scratch 