In this video, we will teach you how to make 3 different styles friendship bracelets: the four strand round braid, the six strand flat braid, and the spiral knot braid. All of these are really easy and really great for using leftover scraps.

To begin the 4 strand round braid, you need to cut 2 strands that are each 200 cm long. Fold them so you have 4 strands to work with. Tie a knot loosely at the end, this will be the bit which you tie your friendship bracelet. You only need it for the start of your braid, you can untie it later if you’d like.

Space out your 4 strands so they resemble a cross. Think of your strands as A, B, C, D (reading clockwise from the top).

Take Strand A and fold it over Strand B.

Take Strand B and fold it over Strand A and Strand C. You are crossing it over to the left.

Take Strand C and cross it up so is passes over Strand B and Strand D.

Take Strand B and pass it through the loop created by Strand A.

Before you pull your strands tight, it will look something like this.

Take all 4 of your strands and gently pull on them to tighten.

Keep repeating steps 5-10 until you have reached your designed length in your 4 strand round braid pattern.

To begin the six strand flat braid, begin by cutting 3 strands each 130cm long. Fold them in half and lay them each vertically. Make a knot at the end of your work by tying 1 of your strands around the rest of them. That will just keep the top of your friendship bracelet nice and secure. We also recommend sticking this down with tape onto your table for extra security.

Spread out your 6 strands evenly so that they are nice and clear to see.

Find your 2 central strands and pass the left one over the right one.

Now take the left centre strand and pass it over the strand to the left of it. Take the right centre strand and pass it under the strand to the right of it.

Find the new 2 strands in the centre and pass the left strand over the right.

Take the 2 outer strands and bring them to the middle by passing them over the next strand and then under the next strand.

Find the new 2 strands in the centre and pass the left strand over the right.

That was your set up sequence, you can now pull on all of your strands to tighten.

You will repeat steps 18 and 19 until you have reached your desired length, gently tightening between each sequence.

To begin the spiral knot braid, cut 3 strands which are each 150cm long and fold them in half. Secure the start of your friendship bracelet by making a knot at the end of your work using one of your strands around the rest of them. That will just keep the top of your friendship bracelet nice and secure. We also recommend sticking this down with tape onto your table for extra security.

Begin by taking one of the strands on the left and lay it over the other strands to form a loop.

Take the same strand and pass it underneath the other group of strands and up through the new loop we just formed. Pull it tight. Making this knot tight will make your bracelet neater. For our friendship bracelet we repeated this step 10 times for each bar of colour. Continue working this step until you have reached your desired length.