Lace Bracelets

The bracelet has always been considered a stylish accessory that adorned the wrist of not only women, but also men. Such jewelry can be purchased at any jewelry store. Salons offer products made of gold, silver, platinum and other materials. However, many girls prefer to wear handmade bracelets made of laces.

Lace is a convenient material with which you can create many things with your own hands. It is used as a decor for clothes, shoes, interiors, toys and even accessories. Many girls are happy to use shoelaces for making bracelets.

The direction hand made is always popular, because with this style you can emphasize your individuality and express your personal inner world.. Handmade bracelets are always exclusive, attractive and original. In addition to the laces, you can add different components in the form of buttons, beads, pendants and special accessories to the bracelets. Such additions help to transform the product and make it even more interesting.

When you learn the technique of weaving laces, you can please yourself and your loved ones with designer jewelry with the help of your imagination and ideas only..

Bracelets can be made from a cord for various purposes. The most popular are accessories made of waxed lace, which can be used as a base on which beads, beads, natural stones and other elements are strung. The cord has the strength, the ability to withstand a lot of light beads, along with weightless beads. The weight of heavier metal jewelry and natural stones such material is also able to withstand, even if the accessory is quite massive.

This quality excludes allergic reactions. Durability, exclusion of rubbing of leather from wearing makes this material the most popular among needlewomen.

Nylon cord bracelets also belong to a unique material., with which you can create jewelry in a modern style. They can be used in sets with bright crystals and glass, as well as used as a basis for metal components of jewelry. Such elastic cords can be used to string buttons and hangers that will set you apart from the crowd.

Suede bracelets will help to collect the original jewelry for the wrist. There are many ideas for creativity. You can use the material as a base or alternate it with a chain. Currently suede watch straps are popular.

Leather bracelets made of flat lace are another type of jewelry that occupy high positions of popularity in the world of women's and men's fashion. Such products are characterized by a wide variety - you can use thin, dense skin, patches and stripes. Leather lace can be the only basis or only a separate fragment of the decor.

When creating bracelets with your own hands, you can use all sorts of "raisins" that will give the jewelry originality and unusualness. For example, you can add tenderness using beads. They will dilute the rough material and emphasize your femininity. In addition to beads, you can add metal pendants, nuts, buttons and even ordinary ribbons to the product.

The Regaliz accessories used in leather bracelets have gained wide popularity. Many stores sell finished products, which are based on sturdy leather with ceramic and metal sliders. If you want to create an accessory with your own hands, you can purchase accessories separately and add it to the design of your “brainchild”.

Weaving bracelets can be made from laces of any color. To date, the material is available for sale in any interpretation, so you can create any accessory for your wrist. Based on the invented image, you can do weaving a monochromatic bracelet or use laces of different colors.

When creating your accessory watch for the compatibility of shades. Widespread white bracelets with elements of red. They are versatile and can be worn with different outfits. You can alternate not only the color of laces, but also inserts. For example, buy a black leather cord, diluted with blue glass inserts.

The choice of color depends on your imagination and style of the bracelet, as well as taste preferences. Someone loves classic low-key models, someone likes the colorful summer options.

If you decide to make a bracelet of laces yourself, the instruction described below will help in mastering this technique. With this guide, you will learn simple types of weaving that will help create cool homemade jewelry for your wrist.

To create an accessory you will need laces of different colors. As an example, we will make a decoration of two colors of the classical direction: silver and black. This bracelet will be relevant for any style of clothing. Take one black cord and 4 silver ones. Keep in mind that the latter should be more subtle, you can even use the strings from the guitar.

Carry out a competent selection of the black cord so that your bracelet does not fly off your hand and does not squeeze your wrist. You should also make the calculation and prepare the area for fastener

After the preparatory activities you can begin to weave.

• Place the laces on a flat surface. Black color should be in the middle, and silver on the sides (two pieces on each side). The knot is called "pigtail" and only silver threads are involved in the weaving. You need to braid them around the main lace.
• Now you should have 2 silver cords under the black, cross them and firmly tighten. Make a similar procedure with the other two laces on the opposite side. In the end, you should have free ends of silver threads, and the black cord is completely braided.
• Now you can make a clasp. To create it you need a piece of black leather, from which a small square is cut. Take a button, the size of which is slightly smaller than the standard one and attach it to the square, pressing the element with your fingers. Using scissors, make two holes in the square and pass two silver cords in each hole. Now it is necessary to fix them with a knot on a black cord.
• On the second side of the bracelet you need to create a loop of silver threads. Make sure that the loop fits the size of the button. After you have fixed all the components and removed the extra parts, you can put on a new bracelet and show off the work to your friends.

If you want to make a men's bracelet, this weaving is also quite easy. These accessories are multi-layered and volume.

Weaving technique:

• You will need to measure 60 cm of one cord of green.Black must be taken 4 times more than the volume of the wrist. Fold the green thread 4 times and tie a knot in the style of Macrame;
• now you need to raise green on one side and push black in to form a normal knot. A similar node is created on the other side;
• weaving continues with ordinary knots from one and the other end. At the end you will need to tightly tighten the knot, singing the edge of a dark cord;
• tie a green knot at the end, cut off the excess and sing it. This node will enter the loop at the beginning of the jewelry, thereby closing the bracelet.

A wide variety of styles of bracelets from laces allows you to choose an accessory for any image. Many girls wonder what you can wear such bracelets to look stylish and original.

Stylists recommend using several recommendations if you have a similar piece in your collection:

• if you have a bracelet made of beaded laces, It will be the perfect complement for summer overalls, coarse-knit dresses, as well as knitwear sweaters. You can make a bracelet in tone or more contrast;
• Jeans, a lightweight top and an accessory made of laces will help you complete the look. Wearing similar clothes together with an accessory, you can be sure that simple bracelets carry a lot of value;
• in the hot season you can take advantage of a light sundress. A bracelet made in antique or ethnic style and with an original clasp will be the perfect combination of such an image;
• if you created a classic bracelet, combine it in a pair with a strict skirt, blouse, complementing the image of a business woman or an active woman of fashion of the megalopolis.