Bonbon bracelets
02.Sep.16 / Kirsten BalleringIf you want to get summer-proof and colourful, this is the perfect pattern. You can whip these lovely bracelets up in under an hour.
Materials and preparation
Yarn
Bracelet 1
Scheepjes Maxi Sweet Treat (100% cotton, 25g/240m)- Colour A: 238 x 1 ball
- Colour B: 786 x 1 ball
Bracelet 2
Scheepjes Maxi Sweet Treat (100% cotton, 25g/240m)- Colour A: 280 x 1 ball
- Colour B: 208 x 1 ball
- Colour C: 115 x 1 ball
- Colour D: 519 x 1 ball
- 2x 12mm silver Lobster Clasp
- 4x 6mm silver eyelets
- 4x 9x4mm silver cord ends
- pliers
Shop the yarn
You can purchase the Scheepjes Maxi Sweet Treat or Maxi Sugar Rush from Scheepjes retailers, such as:
Crochet hook
1.5mm (US size 0/1.5mm).
Measurements
Bracelet 1 (with pink arcs) is 18cm. Bracelet 2 (with 5 colours) is 17cm because the moss stitch pulls slightly inwards.
Gauge/tension
Gauge is not critical for this project.
Abbreviations (US terms)
- ch: chain
- ch-4 sp: chain-4 space: the number denotes the amount of chains above the space
- RS: Right side
- sc: single crochet
- ss: slip stitch
- st(s): stitch(es)
Crochet pattern
Bracelet 1
With colour 238, ch58, turn.
Row 1 (RS) Start in second ch from hook, crochet 57ch, cut yarn.
Row 2 (RS) Join colour 786 with a ss, *1sc in st, ch4, skip 3 sts; repeat from * another 13 times, 1sc in last st, ch1, turn.
Row 3 (RS) *(3sc, ch2, 3sc) in ch-4 sp, 1ss in sc; repeat from * another 13 times. Cut yarn. Attach a lobster clasp to a 6mm eyelet. Use the yarn ends to attach the eyelets to the bracelet by weaving through the eyelets and the bracelet, and weave in the ends in the bracelet when you finish.
Adjusting length: If you want to adjust the size of the bracelet, work in multiples of 4 + 2 ch.
Bracelet 2
With colour 280, ch57, turn.
Row 1 (RS) Starting in second ch from hook, *1sc, ch1, skip 1 st; repeat from * until one st from end, 1sc, cut yarn.
Row 2 (RS) Join colour 208 with a ss in first st, *ch1, 1sc in ch-sp*, repeat from * until one st from end, ch1, 1ss in last st, cut yarn.
Row 3 (RS) Join colour 281 with a ss in first st, *1sc in ch-sp, ch1*, repeat from * until one st from end, 1sc in last st, cut yarn.
Row 4 (RS) Join colour 115 with a ss in first st, repeat Row 2.
Row 5 (RS) Join colour 519 with a ss in first st, repeat Row 3.
Weave in all ends. Squeeze the cord ends onto the ends of the bracelet. Attach a lobster clasp to an eyelet, and attach this to the cord end. Attach another eyelet to the other cord end.
Adjusting length: If you want to adjust the size, work in multiples of 2 + 1 ch.
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