Peaceful Summer Macramé Bracelet

Step 1

Cut three 18 inch pieces of cord. Cut another 60 inch piece of cord. Take the ends of the three 18 inch pieces of cord and slide them through the jump ring. Slide just enough cord through so you can knot it. Wrap all the cords around your finger and slide the jump ring through the loop your finger created. Pull the jump ring to tighten the knot. If you don't want to use a clasp I would leave at least 4" of cord tails before I knotted. Then I would finish with a sliding square knot.

Step 2

Clamp down the jump ring and the cords at the bottom. This allows for easy maneuvering of the cord.

Step 3

Image 1: Center the 60 inch piece of cord under the strands. Tie it on. Image 2 & 3: Start creating four square knots. Cross the left strand over the center and right cords. Take the right strand over the left, under the middle strands and out. Pull both outer strands to tighten the knot. Do this 4 times switching sides. Click on the tip below if you need more help with a square knot.

See Tip: Tying the Square Knot

Step 4

String on all the beads and clamp the bottom cords down again so they don't slide off. I strung 19 beads on each strand.

Step 5

Image 1: Slide one of the middle beads up to the last square knot. Image 2: Create another square knot by crossing the outer right cord over all the cords. Bring the left cord (I just folded to make it easier to get under the middle cord) under the middle cord only. Pull the outer cords up and out to tighten.

Step 6

Slide up a sugilite bead on both sides. Image 1: Take the right outer cord, bring it under the right sugilite cord and up through its loop. Pull up and out to tighten. Do the same with the left cords show in Image 2. Image 3: Slide up the next middle bead.

Step 7

Keep repeating Steps 5 & 6 until the bracelet is long enough to fit your wrist. You should end with a dalmatian jasper to match the other end of the bracelet.

Step 8

After the last bead, create 4 more square knots like we did in step 3. Slide 3 cords through the lobster clasp. Create a secure knot, you can do over hand knots or a barrel knot. If you are not doing a clasp please follow the sliding square knot tip below.

See Tip: Tying the Sliding Square Knot

Step 9

Trim the cord and use the lighter to slightly burn the ends and seal the knots. I also used a little super glue on the knots for extra security.