Woven Basket

Woven Basket

Learn a simple weaving technique, using colorful Friendship Cord to create a beautiful basket. Give the basket as a gift, or keep to decorate your room or desk.

Step 1. Gather your supplies.
	Step 2. Using the heavy duty scissors, have an adult cut the top off of a paper cup, leave about 2 inches on the bottom of the cup.
	Step 3. Glue a Wooden Craft Stick to the side of the paper cup as shown.
	Step 4. Continue gluing Craft Sticks around the cup. The number of Craft Sticks that fit around the cup will vary depending on the size of the cup. You will need an odd number of Craft Sticks around the cup in order for the weaving to be successful. You might need to adjust the spacing between the Craft Sticks so that you can fit an odd number. In our example, we used 17 Craft Sticks.
	Step 5. Paint the outside of your basket and let it dry.
	Step 6. Pick a color of Friendship Thread Sailor Cord that you want to use. Tie an end around one of the Wooden Craft Sticks, pressing the cord down, until it touches the paper cup.
	Step 7. Start weaving the cord around the Craft Sticks. To do this, start with the Sailor Cord behind one stick, and then pull it around the front of the second stick. Bring the Cord behind the third stick and continue this pattern of "over, under, over, under."
	Step 8. Continue this pattern around the basket until you are almost out of the Cord. As you go around the basket, you will see the woven pattern start to take place.
	Step 9. When you have about 3 inches of Cord left, pick another color of Cord. Tie the ends together with a small knot and keep weaving. When you start to weave in the knot, do your best to tuck the pieces of the knot behind one of the Craft Sticks. Continue weaving and adding the other colors of Cord.
	Step 10. When you are ready to end the weaving, cut off any extra Cord. Glue the end of the cord in place, to keep the weaving from coming undone.
	Step 11. Your basket is complete. Use it to hold pencils or flowers crafts. It makes a great gift for a teacher or parent!

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Thread Painting Bookmark / Marcador de Páginas Pintado con Hilos

Thread Painting Bookmark / Marcador de Páginas Pintado con Hilos

Use Friendship Thread in a new way to create a colorful painted bookmark. Learn more about the art of painting with yarn or thread. Usa hilo de la amistad de una nueva manera para crear un marcador de página a todo color. Aprende más sobre el arte de pintar con estambre o hilo.

Step 1. / Paso 1.  Gather your supplies. Reúne tus materiales.
	Step 2. / Paso 2.  Start by lightly drawing a design on a piece of card stock. A simple design will work the best. Avoid creating a design that has lots of little details, it will be difficult to cover all the details with the thread. We started by drawing a simple fish shape. Empieza por dibujar ligeramente un diseño sobre un pedazo de cartulina. Tendrás mejores resultados con un diseño simple. Evita crear un diseño que tenga muchos detalles pequeños, ya que será difícil cubrir todos los detalles con el hilo. Nosotros empezamos dibujando la sencilla forma de un pez.
	Step 3. / Paso 3. Run a thin line of glue along the pencil outline. Pon una línea delgada de pegamento a lo largo del contorno que dibujaste con el lápiz.
	Step 4. / Paso 4. Starting with the loose end of your Friendship Thread, press it gently into the glue. The Thread will stick to the glue. Empezando con el extremo suelto de tu hilo de la amistad, presiona el hilo suavemente sobre el pegamento. El hilo se pegará al pegamento.
	Step 5. / Paso 5. Continue pressing the thread into the glue. We outlined the whole fish with the red Friendship Thread and then cut the Thread when complete. Sigue presionando el hilo sobre el pegamento. Nosotros pegamos hilo de la amistad rojo a lo largo de todo el contorno del pez, y cuando terminamos cortamos el hilo.
	Step 6. / Paso 6. Run a small amount of glue along the top of the fish, under the top fin. Cut a small piece of red Friendship Thread and place on the glue to separate the top of the fish from the fin. Pon una cantidad pequeña de pegamento a lo largo de la parte de arriba del pez, debajo de la aleta de arriba. Corta un pedacito de hilo de la amistad rojo y colócalo sobre el pegamento para separar la parte de arriba del pez de la aleta.
	Step 7. / Paso 7. Place a small dot of glue where the eye should go. Cut a small piece of green Friendship Thread. Using both fingers, add the Friendship Thread to the glue and wrap it around to create a spiral for the eye. Pon una gotita de pegamento donde irá el ojo. Corta un pedacito de hilo de la amistad verde. Usando los dos dedos, pon el hilo de la amistad sobre el pegamento y dale vueltas para crear una espiral que será el ojo.
	Step 8. / Paso 8. Add Glue to the inside of the tail. Place green Friendship Thread in the glue and press back and forth, in the glue to fill in the tail, as shown. Pon pegamento en la parte interior de la cola. Pon hilo de la amistad verde sobre el pegamento y haz presión sobre el hilo de un lado a otro del pegamento hasta rellenar la cola, tal y como se muestra.
	Step 9. / Paso 9. To make waves, first glue some pieces of blue Friendship Thread along the bottom in straight lines. Next, add curvy lines with the glue and gently press the Friendship Thread into the glue. It helps to use both fingers to guide the Thread into the glue so that the Friendship Thread stays curvy. Para hacer olas, primero pega unos pedazos de hilo de la amistad azul a lo largo de la parte de abajo en líneas rectas. Luego, añade líneas curvas con el pegamento y presiona suavemente el hilo de la amistad sobre el pegamento. Te ayudará usar ambos dedos para guiar el hilo sobre el pegamento, para que el hilo de la amistad permanezca curvo.
	Step 10. / Paso 10. Add different colors of Friendship Thread to finish your bookmark. Add straight lines and curvy lines to make the design on your bookmark more interesting. Coloca diferentes colores de hilo de la amistad para terminar tu marcador. Haz líneas rectas y curvas para hacer más interesante tu diseño.
Further Discussion: / Más detalles: This project was inspired by the Latin American art of “yarn painting”. Yarn painting is traditionally done, by adding a special wax to a flat, wood surface. Then yarn is pressed into the wax, similar to how we pressed the Friendship Thread into the glue for our project. The yarn paintings are extremely colorful and showcase designs that are common in Mexico, especially images of birds and fish. The majority of yarn paintings are created by artisans of the Huichol people, ancestors of Aztecs.  Pair this craft with a cultural lesson on the Aztec people and yarn paintings. Este proyecto fue inspirado por el arte latinoamericano del “pintado con estambre”. Tradicionalmente, el pintado con estambre se hace colocando una cera especial sobre una superficie de madera plana. Luego se presiona el estambre sobre la cera, de manera similar a cómo presionamos el hilo de la amistad sobre el pegamento para nuestro proyecto. El pintado con estambre es sumamente colorido y consta de diseños que son comunes en México, en especial imágenes de aves y peces. La mayoría de las pinturas con estambre son creadas por artesanos del pueblo Huichol, antepasados de los Aztecas. Añade a esta artesanía una lección cultural sobre el pueblo Azteca y el pintado con estambre.

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VIDEO: Friendship Bracelet Pattern: Chevron Stripes

VIDEO: Friendship Bracelet Pattern: Chevron Stripes

A chevron friendship bracelet pattern uses both forward and backward spiral knots to create little chevrons, which look like "v"s or arrows. Watch our instructional video to learn how to create this technique.

	The Chevron Stripe friendship bracelet uses forward and backward spiral knots to create the pattern. To become familiar with the forward spiral knot, we suggest you first watch our video named "Friendship Bracelet Pattern: Diagonal Stripe" found here.

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VIDEO: Friendship Bracelet Pattern: Diagonal Stripes

VIDEO: Friendship Bracelet Pattern: Diagonal Stripes

Watch this video to learn one of the basic knots in friendship bracelets: the forward spiral knot. Once you've mastered this knot, learn how to make an easy pattern: the Diagonal Stripe.

Step 1. Gather your supplies.
	Step 2.   Cut several pieces of Friendship Thread to a desired length. Our example shown here shows 5 colors of thread each cut to 24 inches. Tie a knot about 1 - 1 ½ inches from the end with all 5 strands.
	Step 3. Clip knot under clipboard to secure while crafting. Separate strands out, arranging them in the order in which you want your colors to appear. To make the diagonal knot pattern, you will start from left to right and label the strands 1 (pink), strand 2 (orange), strand 3 (yellow), strand 4 (green), strand 5 (blue).
	Step 4.  To start the first diagonal row, take strand 1 (pink) and cross over strand 2 (orange) leaving a loop.
	Step 5.   Take the end of strand 1 and pass under strand 2.
	Step 6.   Pull strand 1 through the loop created in step 4.
	Step 7.   While holding strand 2 tight, pull strand 1 to form knot. This is a spiral knot.
	Step 8. Repeat Steps 4 – 7 with strand 1 (pink) and strand 2 (orange). You have now made (2) spiral knots.
	Step 9. You will now begin to move across the strands to create your diagonal row. Take strand 1 (pink) and strand 3 (yellow) and repeat the spiral knots shown in steps 4-7 twice. This will create (2) pink spiral knots around the yellow strand 3.
	Step 10. Repeat (2) spiral knots with strand 1 (pink) and strand 4 (green).
	Step 11. Repeat (2) spiral knots with strand 1 (pink) and strand 5 (blue). You have just completed your first diagonal row!
	Step 12. To create your second diagonal row, consider the new labels for the strands as they now appear from left to right. Strand 1 is orange, 2 is yellow, 3 is green, 4 is blue and 5 is pink. Repeat steps 5 – 12 to create a diagonal row with the orange strand.
	Step 13. Repeat steps 5-12 with each left most strand to create the continuous diagonal knot pattern.
	Step 14. Now you're a diagonal stripe pattern expert!

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Friendship Bracelet Pattern: Xs and Os

Friendship Bracelet Pattern: Xs and Os

This advanced friendship bracelet pattern is a variation of the diamond pattern made with forward and backward spiral knots to form Xs and Os. This pattern works best with only two colors so the shapes stand out. Wear this X and O pattern on valentines day or everyday and spread the love!

Step 1. Gather your supplies.
	Step 2. To create this bracelet, you will need to know how to make forward spiral knots and backward spiral knots. As well as the diamond pattern.
	Step 3. Cut (2) colors of friendship thread to a desired length. Our example uses (4) 60 inch pieces of red thread and (1) 84 inch piece of pink thread. The longer thread will be used to create the X and O shapes. Fold the threads in half, tie a knot.
	Step 4. Secure your threads for crafting. Arrange your threads so that you have the long threads, in our example, pink, on the outside.
	Step 5. Follow Steps 5-13 of the Diamond pattern to create an “X” shape with the pink thread.
	Step 6.   Starting with the two most center red threads, create (2) forward spiral knots and continue to make a reverse chevron with ALL of the strands. Repeat with each of the red threads to make (4) reverse chevrons.
	Step 7. Create one reverse chevron with the pink strands. This will be the top of your letter “O”.
	Step 8. Repeat Steps 15-18 of the Diamond pattern to fill in the diamond shape with the red strands. Tip: Make sure you do NOT include the pink strand in these steps. They should remain on the outside of the knotting.
	Step 9. As the pink strands are now on the outside, use them to create a regular chevron shape to close the “O” shape.
	Step 10. Continue your pattern by creating chevrons with each of the (4) red strands.  You have now created one segment of the “X” and O” pattern! You will notice you are now in the same place you started.
	Step 11. Repeat Steps 1-10 to create additional “X” and “O” segments for your desired bracelet length!

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