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Materials and Accessories

This kit contains the components you’ll need to make three double wrap bracelets: beads and cords in three colors, charms, closures and a useful “cord board” to keep the process easy. The pages that follow contain basic instructions for making the wrap. You’ll also need a few basic tools:

1 adhesive tape

2 thimble

3 clear nail polish

4 metal binder clips

5 work surface

6 tailor’s tape measure

7 beading needle

8 scissors

9 wire cutters

10 round-nose pliers

11 board

You’ll use the nail polish to seal knots, the tape measure to measure wrist circumference, the scissors and wire cutters to cut threads and cords, the pliers to fasten the charms and, lastly, the thimble for protection while you’re sewing beads onto the bracelets.

Before you begin work on a bracelet, consider different combinations of materials and then figure out what you’ll need. Use this basic formula to figure out how long the cord should be:

C x t x 2+ 5+ 20 (Formula to use with metric system units)

C x t x 2+ 2 +8 (Formula to use with US Customary System units)

First measure your wrist circumference (C), and multiply it by the number of times (t) you’ll want to wrap it around your wrist; then add another 2 in (5cm) so the bracelet isn’t too tight; finally, double the resulting length and add 8 in (20cm) (for the two loop closures). To calculate how many beads you’ll need for the wrap bracelet, simply divide the length of the bracelet by the diameter of the bead. The number you get will be the number of beads you need to make the bracelet.

1 brown leather cord

2 assortment of beads

3 lace

4 fancy trim

5 black leather cord

6 narrow silk ribbon

7 assortment of buttons

8 satin-finish oval cable jewelry chain

9 assortment of charms, jump rings and head pins

10 assorted embroidery flosses in different colors

11 assorted ribbons in different colors

12 rattail cord in different colors

Bead diameters and cord width/thicknesses are given in millimeters.