Crafts With String

Crafts with string are a great timeless tradition. If you are new to making string bracelets, before you read this page, you should visit our how to make string bracelets page to learn the basic knots (forward knot, backwards knot, etc.) that will make the stitches on this page very simple and easy to follow. Crafts with string make great projects that can be done anywhere on the go, at home, indoors, and outdoors and the finished crafts make great gifts for any occasion. Follow our simple directions with accompanying pictures to make string bracelets with beautiful stitches that look very complicated but secretly are very easy, quick, and fun to make. There are no specific age suggestions for stitches because some children can pick them up faster than others. However, after explanations and a few tries, younger children can usually complete the stitches with little to no help. Start off with the candy stripe stitch and then once you are good at that, the v stitch is a piece of cake.

Candy Stripe

Candy stripe is probably the easiest stitch to learn. If you are just starting out, this is a great first stitch!

1. Tie the tops of all of the strings together with a simple knot.

2. Put the strings in the order that you want.

3. Take the color you want first, and make a forward knot (discussed on the how to make string bracelets page) on each of the other colors.

4. Once you are finished with that the colored string you started with should now be all the way on the right of the line. Take the next color that should now be on the far left and make a forward knot on each of the colors.

5. Repeat step 4 over and over again until the bracelet is at a desired length. 

Setup for Candy Stripe Stitch.


Finished Candy Stripe Bracelet

The V-Stitch may seem difficult but if you follow the directions correctly and used the pictures, it won't seem hard at all. A lot of our crafts with string are related, therefore to make doing the v-stitch easier, we suggest that you learn how to do the candy stripe stitch and are comfortable with it.

For this stitch you need at least 3 colors.

1. Take all the colors that you have chosen and fold them over, so you have 2 of each color. Line each color up so they are in the same order , opposite of each other. (Use picture for reference.)
2. Find the first color you are using (the color all the way on the far left) and do a forward knot on each of the other colors up until the middle.
3. Take the same color, but on the other side (the color and the far right), and make a backwards knot on each of the other colors up until the middle.
4. Tie both colors in the middle. It does not matter whether you tie them with a forwards or backwards.
5. Repeat until the bracelet is at a desired length.

Setup for V Stitch


Finished V Stitch Bracelet

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