handy dandy / thread charm bracelet

Took a break from the madness of essay writing to make thread bracelets, inspired by the Rugby and Co ones our friends have been sporting. Here is a modified version of a project by Operation Overhaul, tweaked a bit to make it a charm bracelet, too.

You will need to start with a basic charm bracelet - I made it using chains, jump rings and lobster clasps fastened using long-nosed pliers. (You can add more jump rings to make the bracelet adjustable.)

Cut your embroidery thread to four times the length of your chain, and tie it in knots of eight to ten pieces for each colour (depending on the size of your chain links - I used eight pieces for mine), two colours per set.

Here's where my braiding differed from OO's (getting loopy patterns instead of braids). Pull the pink set under the first chain link, then cross the grey set over and into the same chain link.

Repeat for subsequent chain links (pink going under, grey crossing over).

Once you reach the end, tie a neat knot, and cut off excess thread. You could stop here if you wish, the bracelet is completed!

Alternatively, you could add charms onto the chain links - here I added a matryoshka doll to each bracelet using jump rings. And there you have it, a cute twist on traditional friendship bracelets!

threads / checks and balance

We had so much fun taking shots with boys we bribed with the promise of food, and that the both of us turned up in monochrome checks was not the most deliberate but it was the most fun! Checks and tartans are pretty easy to dress up and dress down - here's how we wore this cute basic print for the weekend.

waffle watch / department of caffeine

today was a sunday and we were insistent on waffles for late lunch, which unfortunately meant a 20 minute wait in the approximately 200 degrees sun because this really popular new place was Really Popular. got a queue number, sweated buckets and eventually sought refuge between the shelves at Littered With Books. but when the waiter placed the valrhona chocolate waffle and peanut butter and jelly waffle gloriousness on the table, all was forgiven. we also had a spot of shepherd's pie that was really good, a brownie, elderflower lemonades and ice chocolates all for the price of $(a satisfactory bang for buck). i don't describe food as well as you think i should. you would do better sitting on the other end of this screen if i gave you the food gum that violet beauregarde got to chew and programmed it to taste like newborn unicorn glitter tears which is possibly the closest thing to these waffles. but while we wait for science to catch up, go waffle watching for yourself at department of caffeine!

Department of Caffeine
15 Duxton Road
Singapore 089481
+65 6223 3426
deptofcaffeine@gmail.com

hit and mix / cupid bows, afghan throws

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