Braided Bracelet

So after finally figuring out the instructions and pictures for making the braided bracelets, I made my first attempt, using 1mm leather cord. Not a bad attempt overall although I did muck up the first part of the braid.



As you can see it doesn't look too bad. However when it came to finishing off the braid and glueing down the ends it went a tad wrong, I glued it on the wrong side - the front and not the inside, woops. You can see the boo-boo (and the not so good attempt at glueing the ends down)in the next photo with the clasp attached which I have now salvaged for the next one as long as that one works that is.



After my mishap I decided to try it with slightly thicker 2mm cord in different colours:



If your wondering what the orange clip is that you can just about see its a keyring clip I have hung off a pin on the wall with the braid clipped in so that it holds the braid vertically and flat against the wall for me.

Bracelets

So I decided to try making some different bracelets to what I already have made previously.
Previous bracelets have been made with memory wire, seed beads, drawbench ('oily') beads, glass pearly beads and cats eye beads:






This time I took inspiration from the European charm style bracelets and came up with this:

Winnie Update - 4

So its about time for another update on the winnie stitch which is coming along quite nicely if I do say so myself:

Parcel delivery

I was giddy like a little kid earlier when my delivery came via courier. Finally!

My leather cord - in various colours, clasps and jewellery glue arrived in the parcel so as soon as I figure out the instructions should soon see images of bracelets just like these cropping up:

Winnie Update - 3

So at the moment this blog is pretty much just updates on the stitching I am doing. Once I receive my leather cord and clasps I can post some pictures on how I get on with making the braided bracelets.

Here is how the stitching is getting on:

Winnie Update - 2

So got a bit further on the stitching and there is a very visible difference from the last image so thought it was about time to post an update on how its going.

Winnie Update

As promised here is an update on the Winnie stitch that I am doing - its a bit of a teaser though as it doesn't really show you much of what it could be: