Posted by kkusnier on 2007-08-31 13:38:44
Post Subject: Hope this helps.
I was interested when you said finger weaving. For the life of me I could not figure out what you meant. I know how of finger knit with string. Or you can make the friendship bracelets which it the knot tying with floss. Or there is the pot holder loops someone was talking about.
So .. here are some links for you .. check them out and see if they help.
Posted by floperl on 2005-04-07 22:46:10
Post Subject: Hemp Bracelet Books
hello, do u know some good books to make lots of hemp bracelets? or friendship bracelets? please give me a suggestion, as i want to order online and cant judge whether its good or not by its cover. thanks
Posted by anati on 2004-07-03 11:55:31
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if you like making jewelery (i do too), try hemping or making friendship bracelets with embroidery thread. beads might spill, so you probably shouldnt take those along.
Posted by amaryllis on 2006-05-30 10:03:19
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I don't know that it would be considered a craft but if you're in an area that grows wild blackberries you could pick those and stew them over the campfire and bring some angel food cake or pound cake to eat with.
Posted by sarabell on 2005-05-15 18:02:33
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bad things happen with that stretchy string & babies. i've made beaded bracelets with them for people and seen babies pull them so much that the string breaks - and not at the super solid knot, either! even if you do small enough beads that they wouldn't choke on, it's a lot of work for something that will surely not last long. my son who's 2 1/2 was wanting jewelry a few months ago so i made him one of those 'V' friendship bracelets with yarn in bold colors and made it so he can slip it on and off at his leisure.
Posted by jenie on 2005-08-15 22:05:57
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I fingerweave friendship bracelets of a different sort. Mine come out round, more or less, using 5 loops. You start with 5 strands of embroidery thread (or whatever type of string/cord you want) about 31" in length for a bracelet. (if I remember correctly; it's been a long time, and I usually measure from my thumb and forefinger to the soft area just inside my shoulder) Then you double them all together and tie them at loose end.
You use a safety pin which you have poked through the knot to anchor the strands to your jeans or a towel or some other thick fabric that will take some yanking on, and then you loop 3 strands over the index, second, and third fingers of one hand (let's say the R) and 2 strands over the index and second fingers of the other hand (L).
Now you use the 3rd finger of your left hand and pass it under the upper half of the loops you are holding on your 3rd and 2nd fingers (in that order) on the R hand and then hook it *over* the top half of the loop you are holding on your right index finger, unhook that loop, and pull it through the other two loops on your R. hand. You should now have 2 loops on your right hand and 3 on your left. Pass the remaining two loops on your right hand each up a finger, so that instead of having loops on your 2nd and 3rd fingers, you have them on your 1st and 2nd fingers. Repeat the process, using the 3rd finger of your R. hand as a hook this time. Just keep doing that, passing the topmost string back and forth from each hand and moving the leftover bottom two strings up until you get to the end of the bracelet and the loops are too small to work with anymore.
Tie another knot at the loop end, and you're good to go. To tie the bracelet or anklet on, all you do is pass the loose end knot through the loops and then tie it off on the string around your ankle.
I realize this is a little hard to visualize. If anyone wants, I'll go thru the effort of pictures, but if no one cares, I'd rather not!
Posted by CraftinFool on 2004-11-06 14:45:57
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One thing I loved was that my Mom would take leftover printer paper my dad brought home from work (was dot-matrix, so it was connected), and she would lay it out in the hallway and have us lie on it, one at a time, and she would trace us on it. Then, we had a lifeline outline and we could draw and color in a picture of ourselves.
I also remember whenever my grandma babysat us, she'd make me wear the ponchos my mom crocheted for me to go out and play with the neighborhood kids, even if it was an early July evening.
Shrinky dinks. Fashion plates. Friendship bracelets. Gimp. Ribbon barettes. Those fake stained glass things you baked.
