How to Make Stretch Bracelets That Won’t Break
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- Опубліковано 23 лис 2024
- Today we’re addressing one of the most frequently asked questions when it comes to making beaded jewelry: how to make stretch bracelets that won’t break!
The good news is that avoiding broken stretch bracelets is simple! All it takes are a couple of quality supplies and some knotting tips.
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• Beads: bit.ly/3PG5RYw
• Stretch Magic String: bit.ly/3oOft8l
• Bead Board: bit.ly/3qAJr3z
• Beading Needle: bit.ly/441ftV7
• Washi Tape: bit.ly/43Uk6Ab
• G-S Hypo Cement: bit.ly/3zuISct
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• Crimp Bead Covers: bit.ly/3OWZ7ot
• Jewelry Pliers: bit.ly/3CoZBzO
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:30 Supplies
4:06 Getting Started
4:41 Prepare Your String
7:00 Add Your Beads
8:34 Knotting Your Bracelet
10:30 Surgeon's Knot: Step-by-Step
11:50 Finishing Your Bracelet
13:05 Add a Crimp Cover
Thank you for including that knot tutorial using a rope so that it can be easily seen! Now I finally understand how to do the knot! I couldn't see it just using the tiny elastic string which so many people demonstrate in their videos. Using a rope was genius!
Glad you demonstrated larger, I GET IT NOW. APPRECIATE
4:56 - Measure the string
5:22 - Pre-stretch the string
6:20 - Washi tape (or binder clip) the end of the string
7:09 - Beading needle and starts beading
8:40 - Tying the bracelet together (Stretch Magic package instructions)
9:28 - Surgeon's Knot (Demonstration with bracelet)
10:51 - Surgeon's Knot (Demonstration with rope)
11:55 - Finishing up the bracelet, snip off excess string
12:03 - Finishing up the bracelet, use G-S Hypo Cement glue to secure your knot
13:10 - Use a crimp cover to hide your knot (optional)
Very clear concise with not a lot of needless chatter. Perfect for someone with ADHD like myself. Love this video wish others would learn from you on how to make a DIY video that teaches a person exactly how to do something without endless blah blah blah lol. One of if not the best DIY videos ever made!!!!
I love how simple and straight to the point this video was. Not confusing and was super easy to follow! Thank you!!
The example with the pink cord was really helpful thank you. Nice video
Thanks for making this video! I’ve been having a problem with bracelets coming apart.
I've had 2 of my favorite bracelets break and go everywhere at church. It took me forever to find all the beads. I was worried a small child would find one. So this tutorial is excellent! Thank you!!
First video I found explaining the knot so clearly. Thank You.
This is the best video out there for showing the knot, crimping and the glue. Thank you so much 🙌. I'm new to bracelet making and was struggling with the knots, I'm a leftie but I'm right hand dominant. All the tutorials were so fast, my brain was arguing with my hands which themselves were disagreeing 😂 what a mess I was in. Showing the rope and at a slower speed solved everything, now both hands are friends again and my brain is ready to work with them 😅
Genuinely, thank you so much 🙌 💕
Best “how to” friendship bracelet vid I’ve seen. Thank you!!
Thanks I have stretch magic 1mm and I am so glad I finally found someone to show me how to tie it well
I always had problems with doing a knot that would not come off after a few wears and stretching. Now i know a proper knot! Thank you.
Just starting to make bracelets.. this is the best tutorial I have seen. Thank you for going slow and showing how to tie the end with the big string … that really helped !!!! ❤
I am so happy to have found your video!!!🎉 I used to make stretch bracelets...and they either stretched out or broke. So I stopped making them. But I've wanted to try it again and have been looking locally for a class. No success. Tried again today by doing an online search and TA-DA ...I found you. I feel excited to try again. Thank you. And I will be checking out your site.
Very helpful video thanks. I did the crimp bead over the knot and it looks great. Thanks for the tip.😊
Love the knot tieing demo with the big pink cord. Made the procedure so clear.
This was very helpful. Thank you for showing with an easier to see cord on how to do the double surgeon's knot. I enjoyed your video!
I love you explaining using the big rope can definitely understand what you are doing and see clearly. Thanks
Double surgeon knot didn’t work for elastic cord
Thank you for the surgeon's knot demonstration! I 've never been able to follow the pictures on the back of the cord container.
Great tips, I will definitely try them on repairing a broken bracelet.
Great video. Could understand more from the way you explained everything. Very helpful. Glenis
This is 100% the best video for this out there. Thank you!
I love you, I could not figure out for the life of me how to do that knot..thanks Queen.😍
Nicely done, easy to see and repeat, thank you!
ty! bought a few things from u all because I qm new to this and feel more confident now!!! love the stretch jewelry! my kind of craft! and new to Swiftie bracelet exchange!!!
Excellent demonstration!
I love it! Thanks for the knot technique. Very helpful.
Question: Can I stretch the entire roll of the elastic or should only stretch what I need at the moment?
Thank you so much! Awesome video and really appreciate the knot tutorial. 👌
Thank you for the video! Very straightforward and clear - Love the tip about tape!
This is such an incredibly helpful tutorial!! I wish I had watched it before making 25 bracelets for the Eras Tour show! 😬 I think I might take them all apart and redo them now so they don‘t break! 😂
What an excellent video! You explain and demonstrate so well. Thank you so much!😁
Great video! Thanks for demonstrating tying the knot on larger rope. Looks like a strong knot.
Not made any jewellery before after watching your video feel brave enough to try thank you Dor 😘
great video ! wished I watched it before getting supplies...
Thank you!! Appreciate the big string walk through
Well explained, thank you.
Once I had this problem all over and over again with my favorite blade bracelet
Thank you for this video. You are very fun and friendly and colorful.
Can u please show the knots , for the adjustable bracelet, i think it's the square knot with the colorful large rope.Would be so helpful.
I’m just starting my own small busdiness I love stench magic
thank you one thing you didn't say were you brought your stretch thread at. maybe I might be able to find it at Walmart.
This video is a lifesaver. Thank you!!!!
VERY nicely explained. Thank you!
Oh my gosh tysm. By bracelets always come apart. I do have one question though, instead of using that glue, would like a nail polish top coat work??
Thank you so much my beats don’t pop now, but I have one question what type of beads were you using the colorful ones
Great tip on the Washi tape!
This was so helpful! Thank you!!
What size are the crimp beads?
Thank you! for showing how to tie using the pink rope! it helped me ALOT!
love the video and its super helpful but i think im doing something wrong with the knot, when i try to do it and stretch the bracelet in the end to tighten it the knot opend up again..
Thank you very much. That was very helpful x
I love that knott
I’m new to making bracelets. What I’m finding is using a needle with the elastic and seed beads, it ends up being too thick to go through the bead. I ended up just using my fingers, however, to make several bracelets at a time, it is so time consuming. Do you have any solutions? Thanks so much!
Will the metal bead wear the elastic over time? Just wondered because it will not be a smooth as the beads.
Great tutorial! 👍👍
I didn’t pre-stretch my string for several bracelets I just made. Would you recommend remaking them to be safe? I’ve also been using the same string you are using but I doubled the string. What I have been worrying about with that is that the string weakens in the beading needle by the end of making it. A couple times the hoop that was looped in the needle snapped. I wish I could take a picture of what I’m trying to explain lol! I apologize I am a little sleep deprived hah!
This happens to me, too; I understand exactly what you mean! Wish I knew the solution!
very helpful...thank you so much!
Excellent video!
Your video is very straight forward & uncomplicated; yet fun!!!.thank you!! am new to the beading(world)
but want to learn...(keep getting headaches watching other videos (guess i'm not suppose to say that, 😜😜
Thank you,blessings!
I want to make several bracelets as gifts. How do I know how long my elastic should be & how many beads I need? I know it will be an estimate.
Measure your wrist or their wrist to compare. If you can’t guess compared to yours. Teh average length is 6in-8in
This was so helpful 👍🏾!
thank you. but my elastic knot does not hold when you put on your hand and is lose
Thank you, sweetie! ❤🙏
Can that knot work with doubled string?
Are there any good hypo cement alternatives?
How long did you make your string?
10:40 mark for the win!!
You’re my savior 😭😭
excellent video
Do you have to use glue if you don’t have it or don’t have the money for it
the double sailors knot works on every practice thread and yarn i used but not the elastic string i have for my bracelets, why is this? it's a 1 milimeter thick, clear elastic thread
Will the knot come open if you don’t use glue
Can you please tell me where you purchase the g-s hypo cement glue?
Yes, it's available in our shop! Along with all of the other supplies you see here! Anything out of stock will come back into stock soon, so you can always go on the waitlist for any item you're waiting for. :) Here's the link to the glue: shop.theneonteaparty.com/collections/beading-jewelry-tools/products/g-s-hypo-cement Thank you!!
how to hide the knots in smaller bead bracelets ?
I tried this numerous times and it would not hold. 😢 I was using 1mm cord. Could that have been the problem? So disappointed.
Soo helpful ❤
The knot, you glue it, what happened? Before it's dry, what do you do with it? The beads are sticking together, I don't know what to do?
You do not need to glue them. Make 5 single knots and then 2 surgeon knots. It will not come apart. Before you start, pull the elastic as far as you can for FORTY times. This will take the slack out but not the stretch. Your bracelet will keep its shape forever. 😊
Thank you.
Awesomeness 🌈🫶🏼🌻🫶🏼❤❤❤❤
This didn’t work for us. It fell apart and we followed instructions to the T. Any idea why? The knot comes loose immediately.
I think it depends on what brand of stretch elastic that is used.
I only have hot glue. Would that work as well?
Hi there!! Please do not use hot glue for this. You can burn your fingers and melt the string/beads! Glad you asked! -Marisa
New sub here...great tutorial...tfs...❤❤❤
I have alway wanted to make a bracelet🎉
can anyone tell me what the strongest elastic is for this type of thing?
.8 doubled
Very nice lady thankyou x
I don’t have any tape and scissors
My string slips out when I try to stretch the whole thing out at the end even though I followed the steps correctly, is it the cheap string or is it me who's the problem? 😭🤣
TFS!
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Thank you for not saying tips and tricks.
This would be a great video, but your nails are such a mess it's extremely distracting.
Real life happens 😋
Thanks so much for this. It’s an excellent tutorial!
Thank you.