Rainy Day Craft Ideas- How to Do a Love Heart Design Friendship Bracelet with Black and Red Strings

If you feel crumby in rainy days, you may want to find something interesting to do. Here's an easy rainy day craft idea for you- a cute love heart friendship bracelet.  All you need are 2 colored nylon strings, a pair of scissors and a lighter. OK, let's get started to do this heart pattern friendship bracelet.

Materials and tools for making love heart design friendship bracelet:

1mm black nylon thread
1mm red nylon thread
Scissors
Lighter

Instructions for making love heart design friendship bracelet:

Step 1: Make the loop end of heart design bracelet

1st, snip 2 pieces of 3m length for each color, twist the center part and tie an overhand to secure the top loop;
2nd, arrange 8 strands as picture shows;
3rd, use leftmost black strand to tie forward knots from left to center;
4th, use rightmost black strand to tie backward knots from right to center;
5th, tie forward knot with center two strands;
6th, repeat to make another V shape with red strand.

Step 2: Braid the love heart shape pattern

1st, in the same method to make another black V shape;
2nd, use left black strand to tie a backward knot over left red strand, meanwhile use right black strand to tie a forward knot over right red strand;
3rd, use left red strand to tie forward knots from left to center, and use right red strand to tie backward knots from right to center;
4th, use left red to tie backward knot over leftmost black strand and right red to tie forward knot over rightmost black one;
5th, use black strands to tie forward / backward knots from sides to center;
6th, braid red strands from sides to center, so the heart shaped pattern is finished once.

Step 3: Finish the rest of heart design bracelet

1st, repeat step 2 to braid the remaining bracelet;
2nd, when the length’s fit to wear, separate stands into 2 groups;
3rd, respectively do 4-strand-braiding.

Here, the full love heart friendship bracelet looks like this:

Our heart design friendship bracelet ends up now. Even in the dull and gloomy days, you can harvest joviality and happiness from handmade craftworks. Have a try!