been a while since I've done a bracelet DIY and you know that I love making bracelets.

So I am going to show you how to make an adorable heart friendship bracelet. You only need some

thread and a button. Seriously? Yeah, let's do this! To make our heart friendship bracelet

we need some embroidery floss, tape, a needle, which is handy if you make a mistake with

a knot and scissors. Chose two colors of the embroidery floss and also take a small button

for an awesome closure to the bracelet. Cut two strands of each color approximately fifty

inches or one point two meters long. Put the four strands together, fold them in half and

then make a knot like this. Tape the knot onto a flat surface and divide the threads

into two sets. You need to have two threads of each color on each side. Colors should

alternate and you must have a mirror image with the left and the right set of threads.

The outside thread color will be the color of the hearts, for me it's yellow, and the

red will be the background. Now let's first see how the heart will look

like and how to achieve the pattern. Each heart consists of four rows: Two special rows

for the upper half of the heart and two normal chevron rows for the bottom part. Then you

just continue these same steps: two special, two normal, two special, two normal and so

on until your bracelet is long enough. I am going to start with two normal rows,

just because it's easier to first learn the basics. Start on the left side with the outermost

strand. Make a forward knot by creating a four shape over the second outermost strand,

go under that strand and back out through the loop. Pull the thread to tighten. Make

sure you always knot twice. Continue making forward knots over the remaining two strands

until the working strand reaches the middle. On the right side we will be making backward

knots, so let's quickly see the difference between a forward and a backward knot. For

the forward knot you have the working strand on the left and you are knotting over the

strand on the right. With the working strand you make a four shape over the strand beside

on the right like this. Take the end of your working strand, loop it under the red strand

and back out through the opening. Remember to knot twice before moving to the following

strand. When making a backward knot you have the working strand on the right and you're

knotting over the strand on the left. Make a reverse four shape like this. Loop the working

strand under the red one and back through the opening. Now that forward and backward

knots are clear, let's continue with the bracelet. I am taking the outermost strand on the right,

which will be my working strand for this half of the chevron row. Make a reverse four shape

over the second outermost strand. Loop the yellow working strand under the red one and

through the opening. And of course don't forget to always knot twice. Continue making backward

knots over the remaining two strands towards the left, until the yellow working strand

has reached the middle. Make two backward knots with the middle yellow strands to connect

the two halves. Our first normal row is finished. We need to make another row in exactly the

same way. Since now our outermost strands are red, we will get a red chevron row instead

of a yellow. Make two forward knots over each of the three strands of the left set, until

the working strand reaches the middle. Now go to the right set of strands. Take the outermost

strand and make two backward knots over each of the three strands, until the outermost

working strand reaches the middle. Make two final backward knots with the two middle strands

to connect the two halves. Now we've finished the second normal row.

It's time for the first special row. Again start on the left side. Take the second outermost

strand, mine is red and make a backward knot over the outermost strand, which is yellow

in my case. Knot twice and leave the red strand on the left. Take the second outermost strand,

which is now yellow and make forward knots over the remaining two strands of the left

set, until the yellow strand reaches the middle. Now go to the right set of strands. Take the

second outermost strand, mine is red and make a forward knot over the outermost strand,

which is yellow in my case. Knot twice and leave the red strand on the right. Take the

second outermost strand, which is now yellow and make backward knots over the remaining

two strands of the right set, until the yellow strand reaches the middle. Make two final

backward knots with the two yellow middle strands to connect the two halves. We have

finished our first special row. Now it's time for the second special row,

so let's repeat the steps. Start on the left. Take the second outermost strand, and make

a backward knot over the outermost strand. Knot twice. Take the second outermost strand

and make forward knots over the remaining two strands until the second outermost strand

reaches the middle. Now go to the right set of strands. Take the second outermost strand

and make a forward knot over the outermost strand. Knot twice. Take the second outermost

strand and make backward knots over the remaining two strands of the right set, until it reaches

the middle. Make two final backward knots with the two red middle strands to connect

the two halves. And we've finished our second special row.

As you can see the two special rows represent the upper half of the heart, now we need to

again make a normal row to finish the heart. So take the outermost strand and make forward

knots over the three strands of the left set until it reaches the middle. Now take the

outermost strand on the right and make backward knots over the three strands of the right

set until it reaches the middle. Connect the two halves by making backward knots with the

middle yellow strands. Next make a second normal row, then two special rows again and

so on. So just keep repeating two normal and two special rows until your bracelet is long

enough to fit your wrist. I loved making friendship bracelets when I

was younger, but back then I only knew how to make the standard diagonal lines pattern.

I was so happy when I learned how to make this heart one. It is actually super easy

to make and it takes only about three hours to finish it.

When the bracelet is long enough make a simple knot at the end to secure your work. Now I'll

show you how to make a button closure, which allows taking the bracelet on and off your

wrist easily, without damaging it. Choose one strand of embroidery floss and thread

the button on like so. Make two to three knots to secure the button as close to the ending

of the bracelet as possible. Cut the excess thread and you're finished. Now you have this

lovely closure to your bracelet that isn't just extremely practical but also super-duper

adorable. Whether it's a gift to yourself or someone you love it always feels nice to

create something useful and beautiful from scratch. You can wear your heart friendship

bracelets on their own or you can stack on some other pieces that you have. Here I combined

mine with some gold bracelets and I think they look amazing together. This was already

my fourth bracelet DIY. No Way! Yeah Way! Check the previous ones out if you haven't

already. Stay happy and see you next time! I really hope you'll make this bracelet yourself,

it's so simple once you get the hang of it... so happy knotting.