Jewelry was created to enhance a person's beauty. Nowadays wearing accessories has become a trend with an increasing number of people preferring to wear handmade jewelry. If you like handmade jewelry, you probably thought about creating your own handmade items, which match your tastes, the colors of your clothing and will be a reflection of your own personality. Handmade products are considered to be more expensive due to the extra time, work, and materials used in manufacturing them. In the jewelry-making business, tools and techniques are important to create really unique pieces that will attract the attention of buyers.
Created by a series of knots that form a woven pattern, friendship bracelets are actually a kind of macrame. Understanding how to make knots is very important for any beginner who wishes to learn how to create beautiful and colorful bracelets. Understanding the two main types of knots, the forward and the backward knot allows you to create a great variety of bracelets. You should begin with two beginner patterns, the Candy Stripe and the Chevron. By switching the cords and the knots, you will learn to create new patterns and you will be free to choose the preferred shapes and colors for your bracelets, and to express your own personality.