Double Cross Long Heart Stripe Bracelet

Summary:

Skill Level: Intermediate

Supplies Required: 114 Red, 9 White, 1 Clip

Description: This is a nice bracelet for a Valentine's gift. It is a very thick bracelet, and has 9 white hearts throughout the band. It is also known as the triple fishtail bracelet. You will need about 20 elastics per inch for this bracelet, so make sure you have plenty of elastics handy for this pattern.

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A video tutorial to make the Double Cross Long Heart Stripe Bracelet

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Step-by-Step Instructions for the Double Cross Long Heart Stripe Bracelet

1) Double Cross Long Heart Stripe

2) 114 Red, 9 White, 1 Clip"

3) Position the loom into a grid pattern by moving center column to line up with outside columns

4) We will be working with these 6 pegs

5) Place an elastic in a figure 8 (single twist) between opposite corner pegs

6) Place an elastic in a figure 8 on the remaining 2 pegs

7) Push the elastics down onto the pegs

8) Place 3 more red elastics, corners to corners, then across, then push elastics down

9) Place 3 more elastics as before, corners to corners then across

10) Loop the bottom elastics over the top 2 elastics on all 6 pegs

11) Repeat this process again with 3 red elastics.

12) Place 2 red elastics on the corners, but a white elastic across

13) Loop as before, and repeat the following sequence:

- Place 4 sets of 3 red elastics

- Place 1 set of 2 red, one white

14) Check for the desired length

15) Loop the bottom elastics over the top elastics on all 6 pegs

16) Hook one of the corners elastics, and an adjacent elastics, and pull the corner elastic through the adjacent elastic, then place the loop back onto the loom. Repeat this process 2 more times

17) Gather the 3 loops onto the loom tool

18) Place a Clip onto the 3 loops on the loom tool

19) Remove the loom tool, and hook the other end of the pattern onto the Clip

20) Double Cross Long Heart Stripe