How To Read Friendship Bracelet Patterns ♥ Tutorial

For those of you who are just learning how to make friendship bracelets, I made this in this more in-depth tutorial I will show you how to read friendship bracelet patterns, how to do forward, backward, forward-backward, and backward-forward knots. If you haven't seen my video on how to tie the four types of friendship bracelet knots, this one is a little shorter, and might answer your questions: • How to Make Friendship...
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[@janetturbat1697]

FINALLY!!! thanks a million for making me understand those patterns I where trying to figure out since ages ;)

[@Susi-qc4zb]

Janett Urbat same

[@nichola3729]

Same

[@Mono007_]

yeah i agree 😁

[@EvoletAngel]

Yes it was confusing to read these patterns and others videos don’t explain it well like this one

[@tufftuff4676]

No offense but it’s spelled were where is a place your at but same

[@kaylee8209]

i think i figured it out guys!! everybody is calling them “vsco bracelets” because they don’t have friends to give them to!!! edit: some of y’all can’t take a joke💀

[@laurenm4348]

Kaylee Wilcox bahaha you made my day

[@mary_indes2761]

Kaylee Wilcox wow ur like a genius with the no friends thing

[@priscillakate9508]

Kaylee Wilcox orrrr maybe because they wanna make them for themselves. But you do you

[@kaylee8209]

Priscilla Kate it was a joke, but you do you 😂

[@priscillakate9508]

Kaylee Wilcox well you must be fun at party’s. But you do you!

[@llexliftz]

the forward backward knots at 9:03

[@moo2981]

alexis arianne Thanks!!

[@ashleyirwin7093]

THANK YOU!

[@kiarablades6289]

Thank you so much

[@avawolfe8862]

THANKS!!!!!

[@kensingtonjohnson7951]

I am very familiar with friendship bracelets but I never use those sheets!!

[@kathymoreno2736]

KJ Studios same

[@briannashepherd782]

KJ Studios same

[@paulinacoc2059]

How to make letter z

[@Victoria-ly9le]

Yellow Jello Ye but you need to know how to read it to be professional

[@lunamoone5231]

vivi Royale high but she STILL knows how to ACTUALLY MAKE THEM. Also, you can’t be professional, you can just be good at it.

[@emilymorford2393]

I have been watching a bunch of video on how to read these and none makes sense except for this video now I can read them! thank you!

[@Kiki-xr5xs]

AGREED!!!

[@maxzelin4042]

I agree as well!!!

[@laurenmeissner2673]

Me too!

[@eva.1795]

a g r e e d .

[@mikkigoodman]

This lady does it the correct way if you want to check it out. This girl does every knot backward. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHTPeIF6mNOXg8k

[@miamigliore6388]

Thanks to your videos, I just finished a 30 string bracelet with 28 rows!!!

[@Katrinaosity]

[@laurathomas6633]

hi sure

[@laurathomas6633]

I'm kidding good job

[@mckinnleycat1849]

Dang I would love to be able to do that

[@hamsterz_76yt42]

Sure...

[@mercywalschek2695]

Thank you for making this video. I used to make friendship bracelets back in the 90's (yes. I'm aging myself). There were no complicated patterns back then. All we did were candy stripes and chevrons. My son wanted a 4 leaf clover bracelet for St. Patrick's day. After printing out a pattern, I realized this was definitely more advanced than what I knew. I know this video is pretty old. And, I'm so happy it's still here. Happy Knotting!

[@Albanez39]

Use a dark background, or lower the ISO on you camera!!!!

[@Haven232]

thank you

[@mayazaref5277]

Before watching this, I only knew how to make candy stripe, forward chevron, and backward chevron. But after watching this, I can now make anything because I am about to read patterns. Thank you @Katrinaosity for helping me.

[@graciec.3688]

Same

[@mya_1843]

Not trying to be rude but.... you kinda lost me when you did a couple rows off camera

[@addiegeary2715]

M Bevans same I could not do it after that

[@raymondsiguas72]

M Bevans i

[@josiecurran3531]

Same

[@naiemapierce7368]

M Bevans same lol

[@johnganovski5182]

ikr same te hen i just gave up

[@ellagerrard-jones1453]

When i tell you i have been looking for this video my whole life...

[@dreamlesssleepart]

This literally helped so much. I'm glad that you went into detail and slowly explained things. I've tried and failed and lost so much string trying to figure out how to read some patterns, so I'm glad I won't have to lose more now!

[@Grace-yd3ku]

thank you so much! i just ordered some string and i saw these all over pinterest and i had no idea how to read them

[@aliciahawe3053]

this is sooo helpful!!! but once you reach the end of the pattern, if the bracelets not long enough, do you repeat from the very beginning??

[@agmo8132]

Yes! If the pattern repeats itself ( like a bracelet with puppy faces) You just start again from the beggining. :)

[@ally7609]

AGMO what if the strings don’t match up like if their in the wrong place

[@agmo8132]

@@ally7609 Firstly, make sure you are following the pattern correctly. If you are, that means that your pattern is a little off. You need to find the row that you are that matches another row from the beggining of the pattern. Or find the part of the pattern that suits well with the end of your bracelet, and then follow it normally. It's a little bit tricky, I hope you understood It. :)

[@graceehouse6775]

Ok I’m doing pattern #925 and I finished the instructions but it’s WAY to short but I can’t just repeat bc it’s not the same as the beginning HELP

[@AnneVKooij]

Planet Alice some patterns end with different colors (most arrowheads do) then you wil need te repait the patten only with the different colors

[@reginacordium275]

It's the first time I'm being able to understand a pattern, so thank you!

[@kateflanagan1942]

i should be doing homework but instead i’m making bracelets..

[@no-de2kp]

Yeah buts it fun so it should not be homework

[@Ryleethebest]

She skipped rows and it threw me way off 😤😤

[@addiegeary2715]

Rylee Rockwell me to

[@pastakaots]

Yes!!!!

[@samari6613]

Same

[@anissamaldonado9291]

Rylee Rockwell IKR GOT ME MADDDD

[@Susi-qc4zb]

Rylee Rockwell yup :(

[@jessicadiazpr]

Finally a video that explains how the strings end up after doing the knot. I always wanted to know if after one knot the order of the colors in the pair of strings, stay the same as I started or if they switch sides. Thank You!!

[@CreativeExpress87]

Same here. Every knot tutorial just puts them on the same sides as before. That sucks because you can't follow a pattern with that.

[@dorianbailey7314]

I stopped making embroidery thread keychains/ bracelets for a while and came to make sure i was doing the knots on my patterns right. I was doing them backwards! Thank you for this😅 it made much better results

[@katiemontgomery1367]

Thank youuuu for this!!!! I’m just getting back into friendship bracelets and never learned to read a pattern when I was younger! I only knew how to do like 1-2 types!

[@emichuri]

Tried so hard doing those complicated patterns while only knowing forward and backwards, now it makes sense why it never worked xD this tutorial is definitely easier when you already know the basics

[@justarandomredditor7954]

POV: you're here after making 723,523,044 of the same standard candy cane striped bracelets and have no idea what's happening

[@giasimonsbecerra9805]

This tutorial was to helpful. Finally now , I know how to read and understand the braceletbook. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

[@laurahaas8109]

Oh my goodness! This was so helpful! I've been seeing patterns like this all over the place. I have some familiarity with friendship bracelets, but only the very basics of them. I want to try a slightly more complicated one, but I had no idea how to read the pattern for it! Thank you so much for this tutorial! Now I'm not so daunted by trying the more complicated patterns!! Thank you! Thank you!!

[@KassiaNeve]

u LITERALLY just made my day 😂 I’ve been trying to figure this out for sooo long and have had BraceletBook downloaded but have just used it to look at the pretty patterns 🤪 so thank you sooo much 💗

[@wendyhughes2234]

Thank you for sharing. Your video did answer some of my questions, but I will be trying the Chevron and Candy Stripe patterns first. Thank you, once again.

[@emilylieberman7506]

Please do an alpha pattern! I'm a beginner, but I just found your channel and absolutely love it! Thanks so much!

[@emilylieberman7506]

I just saw that you already made a video about reading alpha patterns! Thank you for helping me! It's so great that you listen to your fans!

[@maia5679]

I had made some cool bracelets about a year ago, and once I took a break from them i completely forgot how to read them! Thanks kat for the tutorial 😁

[@cynhwon]

Amazing! You are one of the few tutorial video makers who does actual beginner tutorials - clear and easy to understand! So thank you so much:)

[@danlavrich4164]

Great tutorial... Nice pace, well described what you were doing. Daughter and I found this very helpful thanks... Nice nails by the way :)

[@jessicalemoine1213]

You do an incredible job at explaining how to follow these patterns. All the other videos out there are not as well explained as yours are. Thank you so much.

[@renatemonkeymoo]

I just looked up patterns and got SUPER confused! Then I found your video and everything makes sense now! Thank you!

[@amandalauby5259]

I’ve done many bracelets and never used a pattern to look off of before and this was extremely helpful! Thank you so much!

[@melissasibbald4617]

Your videos are really clear in explanation and visual. Thank you.

[@deeraines9416]

Thank you so very much. After watching several other channels and not getting it...finally it was your calling the circles buddles that made it click.

[@nienkevisser9725]

This actually makes sense! I'm gonna practise a bit more with the simple patterns first but thanks for this tutorial! Gonna try it out

[@tashialangrin232]

This is very helpful. I have a question. When choosing a pattern how can you tell if it will be a 1-2 pattern or not?

[@versosydrogas]

Finally someone who can explain this properly. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!

[@sky-hd9sq]

I wish I had youtube when I was a teenager... You made this so simple to understand!!! Now I can easily make them for my little girls. Thank you :)

[@katieelizabeth834]

Thank you, I knew how to do a forward knot, backward knot, backward/forward, square knot and forward/backward but had no idea how to read patterns. I'd made some bracelets by watching videos but will be nice to read patterns myself ❤

[@artsygirl5552]

Thank you so much for showing us how to read patterns!!! I always get frustrated and mess up my Bracelets, but now I'm able to create some pretty good looking bracelets! Thank you!!!!! 😆😆😆😆😆😆

[@josephinecondoleo2855]

I’ve been looking at different videos and they just confused me even more.. once I watched this video it helped so much! I can now do so many different patterns thanks so much!!

[@laceyy3106]

Thankyou for this! I’ve been trying to read the patterns!!

[@leonorflorr]

I've start doing this cute bracelets in the quarentine, and this video helped a lot because in youtube there only appears some of the simple bracelets and with this patterns you can do a lot of more types of bracelets. Thanks! :)

[@serban8893]

Omg thank you so much I've been trying to figure this out for months . Thank you for helping out😁

[@sarahmiller2521]

This video was everything! Thanks to you (I shall call u the bracelet master) I know how to read patterns!

[@EvoletAngel]

She just explain it. You have to pay attention to strings, if they have the symbols is going into the knots, and if it doesn’t it’s left out. In this case, the white strings in the second are out because it doesn’t have the knot symbols.

[@mckennamurray2096]

THANK YOU SO MUCH! i am making a business and i saw this anchor design which has one of these paper things and i didn’t know how to read it lol! this helped a lot tho (the anchor is from scoops ahoy from stranger things 3)😂❤️✨ + you gained a new subscriber!

[@bananabread5218]

mckenna OMG I NEED TO MAKE THAT 😂

[@mckennamurray2096]

Chocolate Pudding ikr if u go on too bracelet book and u put at the top where it says pattern # put 15531 then there it is!

[@caseynutting5577]

mckenna murray how’s the business coming along?

[@lexylavoie4714]

I’ve been making these bracelets since I was 9 years old and only recently discovered that patterns exist, thank you for the explanation!!!

[@KirstenSuhr]

Great instructions! I learned to do these from friends when I was a kid before the internet. I wanted to pick up the skill again to teach some kids but was super confused by the patterns I found online.

[@Sana-gr4ug]

Can you please make a video on How to draw the pattern...i mean any pattern for bracelets as we wish

[@leigham.8392]

Sanam S if you go to friendship-bracelets.net and then click on “generator”, you can make your own pattern, any pattern you wish. ❤️

[@soph5270]

You print it out.

[@icansurviveuniversity.imra1405]

@@leigham.8392 thank you

[@chloemcgrath1129]

Tysm! I’ve been trying to figure out how to read these patterns for DAYS, and now I know how to. Thank you!

[@ginabham1]

Thank you for posting this. I get so confused when I read patterns. This is going to help me!

[@melodyjayde1971]

this video was so amazingly helpful!! ive never made a friendship bracelet before and thanks to the questions i wouldnt have thought to ask that are answered here, i was able to make a 14 string bracelet nicely! thank youuuuu

[@katehildebrant8420]

Thank you so much! This video was really helpful. I knew how to do all the knots but I couldn’t find anything showing me how to read the pattern clearly. I’m going to make lots of complicated bracelets now.

[@camryn_moerchen3439]

This video is extremely helpful!! I always got so lost looking at the patterns, thank you very much!

[@danielaleiria_]

After 15 years, I finally got it, thank you soo much

[@meowmeow5938]

There are a TRILLION bracelet tutorials but I watched this one ages ago before I got embroidery thread and I refuse to watch another bc of how easy to understand you made it!

[@Kendra__653]

Thx soooo much I have been trying to read these for months

[@elizabetholdenwikestad]

I taught myself how to make friendship bracelets when I was about 6 or 7. I'm 40 now. I just never read patterns and tried to figure it out on my own over the years. I had no idea there were 2 additional knots plus patterns! However, I had no idea how to read it lol! Thank you so much for this video because now I'm having fun making bracelets I never would have been able to before. After some practice, I'll watch your tutorials on more complicated patterns.

[@FafaDIY]

this is an awesome tutorial. I'm not very good at English, but I can understand your explanation. I am very grateful to you. You provide video tutorials that are clear and easy to understand.

[@maureen849]

this video is the most helpful pattern for friendship bracelets i’ve ever seen! thank you so much!

[@lillydetweiler4212]

Thank you so much!! I always got confused about how to use these patterns, but now they make so much sense!

[@bridgetallen257]

me here trying to become "that one nice girl thats cute" FOR SCHOOL.

[@ola8831]

I CAN IT! really thanks for this tutorial. I coudn't finding tutorial which learn me read patterns and now when im watching your video i know and understand it! THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN YOU'RE BIG!

[@campbellhollensbe6848]

this was very helpful thank you so much you are one of the only ones who said it clearly

[@aycelia2907]

your video is the only one that actually helped me, so thank youu!

[@deniserobins7512]

❤️❤️ Loves this video. I’m just learning, so I appreciate you sharing your knowledge. Please make an alpha pattern video. I need all the first hand knowledge I can get! Thank you!

[@silylily1212]

Thank you so much! You explained it so thoroughly and now I finally get it!

[@rockbiltacademy2888]

Thank you! This was amazing clear and easy to understand. Now we feel ready to tackle those neat patterns we found.

[@carolclmcm1214]

this is an exceptional tutorial and i enjoyed leaning how to read and complete the work. thank you.

[@siminmassoudi9321]

thank you so much for this amazing tutorial!...I wanted to ask that where can I find the pattern?...bcuz I'm making mine based on this pattern

[@alaynagrace7945]

I don't know where to find this pattern spefically, but Pinterest has a ton! (Sorry I'm late😂😂)

[@lunamoore5289]

She found these on bracelet book!

[@jenna4914]

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[@arielmyers4028]

nice video thank you clear and easy to understand and no extracurricular story mode, just bracelet info!

[@mitchkangar9077]

You solved the puzzle. This was more than helpful. 👏👏❤

[@alisonh]

I know you posted this a while ago but this helped me so much!! thank you!! I'm excited since now I might be able to make more complicated bracelets without tutorial videos :) reading patterns was very confusing before but you explained everything super easily, awesome video!! 💞

[@dxstyxo1076]

Thanks!! I just figured out how To make chevrons and for bored with them super quick! I wanted to make something more advanced and you really helped :D

[@Kiki-xr5xs]

thank goodness someone who actually explains how to do this! I've been so lost watching other videos! you are awesome girl !!!! xo

[@ratedr8490]

Thank you. Now i can start doing other knots. Ive taught my daughter 3 types. Now we can make more . Now onto your next

[@akirrahmckee6856]

This was so helpful I understand so much better tysm!

[@maddie9947]

Thank you so much, I really wanted to learn this and you did a great job explaining. Now I have so many more options to make!

[@emilysaiko1528]

ok. why would you skip a couple of rows if your trying to learn how to read this

[@Andy-xg2tb]

Because she's only showing us how to read each one, she skipped the ones she already showed us to move to the ones she hasn't.

[@carolynellerby8907]

Thank you, you made it so easy to follow. I've just started doing these bracelets and was completely confused but you clarified it for me.

[@greycigoose631]

You’re a G at explaining things!!! Bless your soul💕

[@disproportionatewalrus9509]

How neat! I suggest you make a bracelet step by step entirely from beginning to end at completion, which I know would be tedious for you, but very helpful to us beginners following along! Really good directions. I got a little lost when you left at rows 3-5... :)

[@elor26]

TYSM! I read my first pattern today and is turning out pretty good!

[@debajode6591]

That green shirt looks great with your hair color and skin complexion. Also, thanks for the tutorial

[@evilbluekitty]

Thank you! I was following this drawn sheet that showed me how to tie the knots and the forward backwards knots were not working when following the writing directions. They wrote it wrong. 😅 I’m glad for these type of videos.

[@whitewolf240sx]

Omg...THANK YOUUUU!! Lol I'm 37 y.o and can finally read these darn patterns 🤣🤦🏼‍♀️ I've been making different bracelets for ages and now also with my daughter but if I wanna do a hard one I had to watch a step by step video bc I couldn't figure out the pattern pages 🤣🤣 thank you a bunch!!

[@Vroomu]

Thank goodness for this video, i was doing this completely wrong. Easy to understand, thank you.

[@makenzycarter5332]

Thank you for helping me understand these patterns!

[@ashleylee4699]

Wow you did a great job explaining how to read a pattern. Thank you

[@pattiseigstauffer2037]

Best video I’ve seen to understand these patterns. Thanks!

[@madi-vm5om]

thank you!!!! i now know how to read friendship bracelet patterns and this will make it so much easier!!!!

[@pookiewood]

Now I get it!!! 12:40am. To late to try but restarting my UNIA inspired bracelet tomorrow. ♥️🖤💚

[@jacquilineyang6689]

I learn a lot on this tutorial. Thank you. I’m just starting this knotting system… make sense… thank you so much… ❤❤❤❤

[@cemeteryb0y]

it took me so long to figure this out on my own i love this video

[@rayaarmouti2091]

Tysm I've been figuring this out for years and I was about to give up but u helped me sm so thank you

[@jenkinshowl]

03:10 FIRST ROW 03:38 Backward knot 05:17 Forward knot (x2) 06:46 SECOND ROW 07:30 Backward knot 08:24 Forward knot 09:03 FIFTH ROW 09:29 Backward-Forward knot 10:58 Forward-Backward knot

[@kelceyfirth]

I wish I found this ages ago, I've been able to make alphas and chevrons but never been able to follow 1-2 patterns but now I finally can!

[@mary_indes2761]

Please do a alpha pattern thank you!

[@ThuPham-ql2vw]

You are the best teacher! So clear! Thank you so much 😊