• Gather all your supplies to begin working on your bracelets.

Method 1: 3-strand bracelet

• Cut three cords of different colors, each 45” long.
• Fold the cords in half to form a loop. Then, gather all six cords and make a knot about half an inch from the top.
• Clip the cords in place on a clipboard and then sort them so that the three cords on the left mirror the three cords on the right.
• Grab the first cord on the left—the leading cord—and pull it over the second cord to form a loop. Hold the loop in place with your forefinger and bring the leading cord under the second cord, then through the loop.
• Pull the knot up and secure it right below the loop knot. Go ahead and work a set of four more such knots across the row.
• You can loop the leading cord around the cords twice to make two subsequent rows at the same time.
• To measure the length, simply loop the bracelet around your wrist. When you’re happy with the length, just pull all six strands into one single knot and tighten it to secure all the ends.
• You can also attach a button at this point. Just separate the six cords into two sets of three cords each. Then pull three strands through the button loop and use the remaining three to make a double knot to secure the button in place.

Method 2: 4-strand bracelet

• Go ahead and cut four cords, each 60” long. Make the looped knot and secure it to your clipboard.
• Sort the cords with the cords on the left side mirroring the right.
• You will be following the same technique of looping and knotting your cords with a leading cord. Only this time, you’ll be working from both the left side and the right.
• Grab the first cord on the left and use it as a leading cord to make a set of three knots down to the middle.
• Next, grab the first cord on the right and make a reverse 4-shaped loop, and then proceed to knot the cords from the right all the way down to the middle.
• You’ll find that both the leading cords are right in the middle, and all that’s left to do to complete the first of your v-shaped row is to connect them. Use the right cord as the leading cord and make the knot.
• You can also loop and knot the leading cord twice to make two consecutive rows of the same color.
• Once you’re happy with the length of the bracelet, just fasten off with a single knot, same as you did earlier.
• Feel free to accessorize your 4-strand bracelet with buttons or charms!