Semi-Permanent Braided Bracelet

This braided bracelet is quick and fairly easy to make - all you need is a piece of string or rope and maybe 10 minutes. I say it's "Semi-Permanent" because in order to take it off you will have to untie the braid.

If you know how to braid and want a quick video, here you are!

Step 1 Learn how to braid

If you know how to braid, congratulations! - move on to step 2.

If not, there's an instructable about it here and I will cover it briefly in pictures.

Braiding is basically putting 3 ropes side-by-side, and alternately taking each outside rope over the middle rope.

I remember what to do because there are always two ropes that are close together in a 'V' shape and one that is all alone(Picture 2). The lonely rope wants to be with the others so he goes over the middle rope, splitting the other 2 apart, making a new 'V' shape(Picture3).

Comments

[transplendent]

You should really add some tags like "turk's head" or "sailor knot." I made something similar, only I wrapped it around an ordinary soup can and kept knotting to make it triple stranded. Then, to make it permanent, I cut the cords and used school glue on the inside to hold them in place. After thorough drying, it's a great bangle!

[Strombergundy]

Thanks, I had no idea. I will tag it now.

[pcisek67]

Thanks this is awsome!

[Typogoddess]

yay! haha photoshop guys unite!!!!

[Phatoon]

Why do u have it???

[Phatoon]

oh yeah

[diy man101]

if you hay a certain type of rope you could mealt the ends down or just glue them

[sthealthraider]

Its a turks head knot

[ChaplainAugustus]

Any ideas how to make this permanent? This looks awesome but it´s pretty annoying that you always have to tie and un-tie it...

[Strombergundy]

One simple solution (which I think jackfr0st said he did) would be to use material like climbing rope so that you could melt the ends together. Just be super careful!

[ChaplainAugustus]

Ok thanks :D

[Ebzent]

if you want to look up more variations of this, the knot being tied is a Turk's Head, knot # 1303 in The Ashley Book of Knots.

[capt. caveman]

I just made out of spare time with twine which works as well

[tervnut]

great tutorial - but how do you finish it off so it stays? This part eludes me :) ... thanks!

[ikke_1206]

I just braided the ends further and finally pushed it under the bracelet. You don't see it apart from some double strands.

[Strombergundy]

With mine, I left it as you can see in the last picture with the loose ends poking out on opposite sides. - The loose end that you started with should be sticking out of a 'hole', when you finish, put the other loose end into the same hole. So both the beginning and the end will be in the same hole, but they will be pointing in opposite directions.

It kept together for me, but I imagine it depends on what material you use. If you use a smoother rope, You could either melt the ends together (if it melts) or just tie it off with a Sheet Bend or a Square Knot.

Let me know if it doesn't work, or if you have anymore questions.

[tervnut]

Excellent, thanks for the details.

[acloer]

this is awesome!!! i cut strips off of a white t-shirt and twisted them so they kinda stayed in a rope form and made the bracelet with that....it is kinda strechey so i can take it off and put it back on without having to untie it or cut it!!!

[aoriodoragon]

thats a good idea man! good thinking

[Strombergundy]

Nice! It can really be a pain having to untie it everytime you want to take it off.

[yellow elephant]

I did this with the ultimate material.....DUCT TAPE!!!

[jackfr0st]

i did this but repeated the weave using the free end and following the braid to produce a bracelet that is the same as this but is 3 rows thick instead of this one... i also fused the two ends together for a permanent bond (i used a nylon paracord type rope) so you have to cut it to get it off. ive had it on for almost a year lol

[Strombergundy]

Hey cool! Yea I got this hemp from some guy and I had no idea what to do with it. I'd never seen anyone do this and I don't know why, it's pretty easy. So is yours wide like a net or something? I thought it would be cool to try to braid on the side of another braid but I had no idea how.

[threecheersfornick]

Lovely. I got it to work by braiding around a lamp, but I couldn't get it to work around my own wrist.

[threecheersfornick]

Okay, scratch that last. With some different material I got it to work. I decided to skip the paperclip step since it was driving me nuts. And I think that this might be easier if the string was waxed first, since mine kept sticking together

[GorillazMiko]

Awesome! I myself might try this out, it looks awesome, great job!