Friendship bracelets

Afun and inexpensive activity for the whole family, the Brazilian bracelet requires very little equipment and can be made anywhere (just follow the colored threads in the garden, on the beach, in the mountains, in the living room, at Grandma's...).

The famous friendship bracelet comes in many different designs. Fromflat woven bracelets to round Brazilian bracelets, herringbone patterns and ears of wheat... There's a wide variety of techniques for weaving your bracelets.
The best way, however, is to wear several on your wrists, or to mix them with other kinds of bracelets.

How to make a Brazilian bracelet

There are a wide variety of techniques for making your own lucky bracelets, also known as friendship bracelets.
The best-known Brazilian bracelets are :

• The classic Brazilian bracelet:
  This bracelet is knotted on the right side and made with as many wires as you like, the more the merrier.
  The patterns are simple diagonals of color.
• Herringbone pattern Brazilian bracelet:
  Also known as the Brazilian V bracelet, its pattern represents interlocking chevrons.
  How to make a Brazilian V bracelet? Simply tie the knots forwards and backwards. Watch our video to learn how to make a chevron pattern bracelet.
• The wheat ear pattern:
  This is done in the same way as the herringbone bracelet.
  For the chevron, the middle wires are tied together with a knot at the right side.
  For the herringbone, knot the wires so that your main wire makes the knot around the second.
  Getting started? Make your own herringbone bracelet.
• Diamond pattern:
  To make this bracelet, we use half-key knots as in macramé.
  If you'd like to make a diamond bracelet, follow our tutorial!

These bracelets are flat Brazilian bracelets. But there's also the round Brazilian bracelet, which is the easiest to make.