How to Make an Easy "tri-stitch" Bracelet

by Mumu545 in Craft > Jewelry

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How to Make an Easy "tri-stitch" Bracelet

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 Making bracelets can be extremely difficult, (at least for my somewhat uncoordinated fingers :) ) but this stitch was one I picked up pretty easily. The "tri-stitch" can be made into any piece of jewelry, but this time we will make a bracelet. I hope you enjoy it!

Materials

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 These are the few things you need to make the bracelet:
 - needle and thread
 - beads
 - scissors (just to cut the thread)

  

 optional:
 - clasp

Starting Step

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Begin by stringing three beads onto your thread. (Be sure not to let them fall off the end.)
Go back up through the bottom two beads. NOT the third bead, or top bead. It should end up as a small triangle protruding to one side. This becomes your stop bead, and what you build off of.

Build Off of Starting Triangle

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Next, string on two more beads.
     This next part is a bit trickier, so I've included a series of photos, from the start of the step to the end of the step.
 

Keep Stringing

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 Do the same thing. (Add two beads, pull through. Add two beads pull through...) As long as you want. 
           In my intro picture, every so often, between the red beads, there were two white beads. How I did that? I did a few triangles, then simply strung on two beads, then did step 2 again. (Three beads, not two)

Finish

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 At the end, you should leave the bracelet a little big.
         I can't really show you how to put a clasp on, because I looked it up online, myself. And, there are many ways of doing it.
  
             I hope you thought this was as fun and simple as I do. Feel free to leave comments.