The bracelet or also called a bracelet, is a cylindrical jewel or ornament that is commonly worn on the wrist (today there are models for the feet), its objective is to highlight the wrist by contrasting it with the hand. They are made of various materials and can be manufactured automatically or manually and by hand, or made by a person, as in the case of hippie bracelets. The bracelets can be soft or rigid.
Thread is widely used among hippie bracelets, since it gives the possibility of a great variety of sizes and colors.
The knots and the textures of the threads allow us to make different types of bracelets, achieving beautiful works of art according to their color and design. They even make bracelets called friendship bracelets.
The hippie movement was very characteristic of the 70s, where the clothes were quite colorful and striking, as were the accessories to use, the latter are still in force and are very popular today, that is why we will see How to make hippie bracelets in case of that you like this style or want to give a gift to someone who likes it a lot.
The most common thing is to use threads and leather, give them a lot of color and put some decoration on them, such as a stone. These types of bracelets are out of the traditional and are totally informal and fun, they look good on both women and men.
Below we explain how to make a hippie bracelet style, but remember that there are thousands of possibilities.
What do you need to make hippie bracelets?
Woven bracelet (macrame) with diagonal design.
- A table with a clamp (those that are used to write)
- Embroidery thread, cotton, 4 colors of your choice.
- Scissors
- A ruler or meter (to measure more than 70 centimeters)
- Thongs
- Copper wire
- Shells and small decorative stones.
Instructions for making hippie bracelets
- Take some color of thread and measure 76 centimeters with your ruler or meter. If the rule is short, you have to measure several times until you add up to 76 cm, once you have this measurement, cut the thread.
- Take a thread of another color and measure it with the one already cut so that it is the same size. Join tip to tip and cut.
- Take another color and repeat the previous step, so you should end up with 3 threads of the same length and of a different color.
- Take the last color(if you want it can be a repeated color) and do the same step above, you should have 4 threads of the same length.
- Arrange the 4 threads so that they are very even end to end, measure 5 centimeters from the end and make a simple knot that is tight.
- Take the board and put the thread in the clothespin, making the knot behind it.
- Arrange the colors in the order you want them to appear on the bracelet.
- Take the first color and pass it over the second color, take the tip and pass it under again, pull without pressing too much.
- Repeat the same previous step with the same color.
- Continue with the other colors, always tying the knot twice with the same color. It’s a bit long but simple process.
- Follow the procedure until it gives you the measurement of the wrist and leave a bit of thread to tie it.
- Remove it from the clip and tie a knot, your bracelet will be ready. In the steps below you will see how you can make another type of hippie bracelets in a simple way.
- Shells: Remember that the possibilities of making hippie bracelets are many; You can make different shapes of braids with the thread, you can make bracelets with ornaments such as shells and shells, for this you only have to make holes for the thread to pass through.
- Leather: get leather strips of the thickness you prefer and also braid them as if they were threads, decorate them with objects to your liking such as small stones or coins. You can also leave the leather unbraided.
- Copper: this type of wire is very useful to make this kind of bracelets since you can mold it completely to your liking and accompany it with the decorations that you most want. There are people who may be allergic to this type of material, if this is your case, remove it and see a doctor.
Tips for making hippie bracelets
- Because these types of bracelets allow for many styles and colors, you can use your imagination to make what you like best.
- It is preferable that the thread be made of cotton, but if you want it made of another material, you can also do it.
- If you want you can make it with more than 4 colors and that way it will be thicker.
- Surely you may also be interested in these articles that explain
- How to Make String Bracelets
- How to Make Macrame Bracelets
- How to make bracelets
- If making bracelets interests you, surely our category in the leisure section dedicated to bracelets will interest you.