Friendship bracelet
A friendship bracelet is a bracelet given by one person to another as a symbol of friendship. Friendship bracelets are often handmade, usually of embroidery floss or thread. There are various styles and patterns, but most are based on the same simple half-hitch knot. The making of friendship bracelets is a version of macrame.
The amount of thread used in bracelets varies depending on the pattern. The smallest pattern, a double chain knot, requires two strings. The candy stripe can have as few as three strings and as many as forty, based on the desired thickness.
Friendship bracelets first became popular in the United States during the 1970s, and are commonly worn by both male and female teenagers.[1] They are popular throughout the world.[2][3][4]
Patterns
Pattern names vary slightly from place to place, but overall they are fairly similar. * Alpha bracelets (with letters/symbols)
- Basic diagonal stripe
- Bordered chevron
- Broken ladder
- Candy Stripes
- Chevron
- Chinese Staircase
- Diagonal threes
- Dog den
- Double chain knot
- Double chevron
- Hearts
- Inverse chevron
- Rag rug
- Swirl and braids (a combination of a braid and chinese staircase)
- Totem pole
- Zig zag[5]
- Diamond
- Flip Flop Zig Zag
- Flip Flop Candy Stripe
- The Egyptain
- Hearts
- Knitted
- The Wrap
- Christmas Tree
- Pumpkin
- Easter Egg
- Star of David
- Angel
- Menorah
See also
References
- ^ Buchanan, Andrea J.; Miriam Peskowitz (2007). The Daring Book for Girls. New York: Collins. p. 99. ISBN 0061472573.
- ^ Robinson, Russell (November 6, 2010). "Weekend: Mums on a mission". Herald Sun. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lUBBAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2agMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3899,4275950&dq=friendship-bracelet&hl=en.
- ^ Johnson, Dirk (August 13, 1993). "Despite rain, Denver is a mile high for the Pope". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aA0kAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_tAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6544,3852443&dq=friendship-bracelet&hl=en.
- ^ Glascock, Stuart (April 13, 2008). "Dalai Lama draws 65,000 in Seattle". Common Dreams. http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/04/13/8251.
- ^ Torres, Laura, Friendship Bracelets, Klutz, ISBN 1591747007