How to Make an Easy Keychain Friendship Bracelet

Once handling the basic ladder braiding skill, you can finish off this beautiful keychain friendship bracelet within a few minutes. Read on and you will know how to make this keychain bracelet. It is really fun to have a try!

Materials and tools for making keychain friendship bracelet:

2mm colorful nylon thread
Acrylic alpha beads
Suede cord
Lobster clasp
Jump rings
Key ring
Round nose plier
Flat nose plier
Scissors

Instructions for making keychain friendship bracelet :

Step 1: Make ladder braiding pattern

1st, cut a piece of suede cord measuring twice length of your wrist plus and nylon thread 4 times of your wrist size;
2nd, make a lark's head knot over a large jump ring and insert nylon thread in between;
3rd, weave thread over, down and again at both sides, forming ladder pattern;
4th, get a few length, and slide alpha F bead on;

Step 2: Complete the rest part of keychain friendship bracelet

1st, repeat above step and get the final “FUN” pattern;
2nd, knot the suede cord ends firmly, cut off the excess and singe them;

Step 3: Finish the keychain bracelet

1st, open a small jump ring and hook cord knot with lobster clasp;
2nd, open the large jump ring in step 1, and slide key ring into;

Till now the braided keychain friendship bracelet is done. In this item, the colorful string jewelry can be worn as a decorative friendship bracelet and meanwhile is able to function as a useful key chain.