Tuesday, June 14, 2011

How to: Jersey knit bracelet


What you'll need:
Approx three strips of jersey knit fabric cut to 1" each with the length of at least 58" and a pair of scissors
*Note: Find some here: yellow jersey knit fabric...gray jersey fabric from robert kauffman

How many fingers you use will determine how thick your bracelet will end up. A photo tutorial follows.
  1. Take your 1" strips and cut on your ends a 1/4" slit
  2. Take your slits and line them up ends together.
  3. Take your bottom strip and pull it through the slits from TOP to bottom and gently pull till you get a little knot.
  4. With your connected strips we are now going to weave the strip in and out of our fingers.
  5. Start off with weaving behind the pointer, in front of the middle, behind the ring, and in front of the pinky finger. then wrap it around and behind the pinky, then in front of the ring, and behind the middle, and then in front of the pointer.
  6. Bring one big loop around to face you (from the pinky to pointer)
  7. Take your weaved loops and go over your finger and big loop.*when you get to the end, or at the end of your first chain (at your pointer finger) make a new loop and start the process all over again!
  8. Once you get like 6 chains done, take your starting tail and gently pull (while your chain is still securely placed on your fingers!) so that you can get a good feel as to how long you need to make your chain, depending on your wrist size.
  9. How to finish the bracelet is with yellow fabric in the photos below
  10. Remember to pull your tail so it makes the chain more defined and it gives you a better idea of how long you need to make your chain
  11. Once you've determined you have a long enough chain, carefully pull the loops off your fingers, making sure you don't undo any of the chain by losing the loops!
  12. Slip the extra tail into both loops. pull all the way through, and gently tug the end.
  13. Tie off your bracelet with a knot.

 



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