i don’t know what it is about this time of year that makes me just want to have my bare feet in the sand, be watching the sun setting into the ocean, and breathing in the warm salty air of the beach…
as i get older, more and more i find myself missing that place i used to go to almost every.single.day. as a teen. (my skin doesn’t miss it. as a matter of fact, i now wish i listened more and DID put SPF on my face…hindsight is 20/20). my mom calls me from her walk on the beach almost every morning…
*sigh*
yeah, i get a little homesick around this time of the year. heck on my pinterest my “dreaming of summer” has the most pictures in it. ah yes. i miss my ocean. case in point. this bracelet, brought a flood of memories, not because i used to have one like it but because i can totally see me wearing it by the beach, not caring that it’s gotten salty and wet, because i can totally make another one in like less than 5 minutes flat when i get home.

it’s simple, and it’s perfect to dress up your bathing suit, or your cute summer covering with your flip flops in tow, or wear it with your cute summer dress while you dine eating fresh fish while watching the tide come in and the sun set.

*sigh*

i guess you can take the girl out of the beach…but not the beach out of the girl.
i’m counting down to my visit to so.cal. and i can’t wait to actually wear my bracelet at the beach. but for now…i’ll wear it even if there’s snow and winds and i’m encircled by mountains.

lets get started:
*1st you will need approx three strips of jersey knit fabric cut to 1″ each with the length of at least 58″

i found my my yellow jersey knit fabric here…my blue fabric at joann’s, they have a large variety and you don’t have to buy a whole yard of it, like i did. and my gray jersey fabric from robert kauffman

*2nd you will need your fingers. that’s it, oh and a pair of scissors.

how many fingers you use will determine how thick your bracelet will end up. i’ll go into more detail on the 4 and 2 fingers…i’m assuming you can figure out 3 fingers! personally my favorite one is the 2 finger one…it’s the perfect thickness in my eyes.
okay…
*first you are going to take your 1″ strips and cut on your ends a 1/4″ slit.

*next take your slits and line them up ends together like the picture above.
*now take your bottom strip and pull it through the slits from TOP to bottom
*gently pull till you get a little knot.
now a lot of you will go back in time with me and totally remember doing this with yarn when we were in grade school or somewhere along that time. dont’ know if it was a california thing cause i asked my friend who grew up in florida what i should call this and she was like “what are you talking about? i’ve never made those.”

*with your connected strips we are now going to weave the strip in and out of our fingers.
use the next set of pictures as a guideline (next set of pictures are for 4 fingers):
start off with weaving behind the pointer, in front of the middle, behind the ring, and in front of the pinky finger.
then wrap it around and behind the pinky, then in front of the ring, and behind the middle, and then in front of the pointer.

*you should now have all fingers “weaved upon” (ha!)
*bring one big loop around to face you (from the pinky to pointer)
*take your weaved loops and go over your finger and big loop like the picture above.

*continue to do so with all the fingers going in order.
*when you get to the end, or at the end of your first chain (at your pointer finger) make a new loop and start the process all over again!
* once you get like 6 chains done, take your starting tail and gently pull (while your chain is still securely placed on your fingers!) so that you can get a good feel as to how long you need to make your chain, depending on your wrist size.

now let me show you real quick how to make a two finger chain then we will proceed on how to finish your chain and how to tie it off:

**because you are using less fingers you will need less strips. i just used 2 strips when i made my 2 finger bracelet

*just like the 4 finger chain start with a small tail (of at least 4 inches)
*starting on your ring finger, weave behind (your ring finger) and then in front of your pinky.
*then come back and loop back in front of your ring finger.
*come back around from behind (from the pinky side) to the front to make a big loop.
*repeat the steps i showed you while doing the 4 finger bracelet.
*remember to pull your tail so it makes the chain more defined and it gives you a better idea of how long you need to make your chain.
*once you’ve determined you have a long enough chain, carefully pull the loops off your fingers, making sure you don’t undo any of the chain by losing the loops!
*slip the extra tail into both loops.
*pull all the way through, and gently tug the end.

*tie off your bracelet with a knot.
*cut off excess tails!

so by using 2, 3, or 4 fingers, you get:

side view.
and top view of thickness.
and now you are so ready to hit the beach, pool, lake, or heck the grocery store. cause yeah, they are that cute.
now available: KITS sorry sold out. but thank you!
and ps: i’m making a video for the few of you needing a video…just need to get the ‘ol tri pod out. stay tuned.
FIND VIDEO HOW TO HERE
are you so ready for summer like i am?