The type of string that is the easiest to use for friendship bracelet making is embroidery floss. It’s thin and while it will fray a little, you just have to get it wet and you can work with it again. It comes in every color under the sun and you can even get tye-die or fading colors. You can buy it at either craft stores or you can just pick it up at Walmart.
To start any friendship bracelet you measure out your string. the easiest way to to it is have it from fingertip to fingertip. Then fold it in half and tie a loop in the middle. You will need to either tape the loop to something or use a safety pin. The knot you’ll be using for the first two bracelets is the forward knot. It looks like a 4 and it moves right . The third bracelet also uses a backward knot which looks like a backwards four and it moves to the left. …show more content…
Once you have your string ready you pick out the first string in your pattern.You bring the string over and across then loop it back under and pull it tight. You will need to do this a set number of times, say five. Then you move to the next string in the pattern and do the same thing. Once you get to the point in the pattern where you have to work with the first color in the pattern, you use the longest string of that