How to make 5 macrame bracelets step by step

This macrame bracelet uses the basic macrame technique. You can make this bracelet with macramé, waxed thread or cotton threads.

What is macramé and how can it help us to make our bracelets? Macrame is an old-fashioned art, which consists of weaving or braiding threads with your hands; through knots with various crafting techniques and patterns.

How to make macrame bracelets?

With this craft, the amounts of combinations that can be made are diverse, simply by varying the arrangement of the threads and knots; as we can see in the 5 different elaborations of macramé bracelets step by step that we will show below:

Materials that we will need:

• Macrame thread in 4 different colors.
• Scotch tape.
• A table to work with.

It may help you to read the article on how to make handmade bracelets.

1. First model of macrame bracelet

With this step by step you will learn how to make easy macrame bracelets, for beginners and to explore different options for patterns and knots.

1. For the first macrame bracelet we are going to choose the 4 colored threads that we are going to use for the bracelet and we are going to cut 130 centimeters from each of the threads.
2. We join the four threads that we cut, fold them in half and tie a knot. Now we are going to tape the bracelet to the wooden board, a table or desk or wherever you feel most comfortable to make the bracelet and divide the threads in half.
3. We are going to start with the threads on the left, making a kind of figure in the shape of a “4” and pass the thread under thread number 2. We repeat the same step and continue with thread number 3, we go back to make 2 knots as we did with the previous one and thus continue with the rest of the threads on the left.
4. Now we are going to go with the threads on the right. We will do the same as just, only this time instead of making a “4” it will be a kind of letter “P” and so we will continue doing the same with the rest of the threads.
5. Once the macrame bracelet is the length we want; we tie a knot and now we can use it.

2. Second models of macrame bracelet

You could also read the article about step by step to make bracelets with waxed thread.

1. For this second elaboration, we are going to choose the colors that we are going to use for the bracelet and we are going to cut 60 centimeters from each thread. We gather the threads that we cut, fold them in half and tie a knot.

2. We divide the threads in half and exchange a thread on the left for one on the right and thus continue crossing the threads until the bracelet reaches the length we want.

3. Once the bracelet is as long as we want, we tie a knot and now we can use it.

3. Third model to make the bracelet

1. We are going to choose the colors for the bracelet. The more threads we take, the wider the bracelet will be and we cut 160 centimeters from each thread.
2. Now we are going to make the shape of a “4” with the thread and we will pass that thread under thread number 2. We again make another knot in the same thread, just as we did in the first elaboration, we continue with the third and so we continue with the rest of the threads.
3. Once the bracelet is the length you want, we tie a knot and now we can use it.

4. Fourth model and different patterns

1. We choose the colors and cut 130 centimeters from each of the threads, we separate the threads by 2, we choose what color we are going to start the bracelet with and we form a “4” and we pass it under the rest of the threads.
2. When you have already formed a bit of the bracelet, you can change to the next thread color and thus continue to change colors as many times as you want.
3. Finally, we tie a knot and now we can use it.

5. Fifth bracelet model

1. We choose the colors for the bracelet and cut 80 centimeters from each thread.
2. On the cardboard, we are going to draw a circle; we cut it out and draw four lines through the cardboard. We go through a pencil in the center of the cardboard and make a small cut in each of the lines that we draw.

3. We pass the threads through the hole we made in the cardboard and separate the threads in each of the lines, leaving one of them empty. Now we are going to start weaving the bracelet, we will move the third thread that is from the empty line.

4. When the bracelet is the length that we like, we can remove it from the cardboard and it is ready for use.

These macramé bracelets with easy patterns and different models will help you start practicing knotting and linking techniques, and can serve as a work outlet for the sale of handicrafts.