What are friendship bracelets? briefly speaking，friendship bracelets are decorative bracelets made from cotton, silk, linen, yarn, or hemp thread. They are exchanged between friends and often bought by young people. Once a period of time, they are very popular among youth.

What are friendship bracelets –introduction about its origin?

At the very beginning, friendship bracelets, invented by Indians in Central and South America, are exchanged as the symbol of friendship. They have an old tradition. That is, you tie a bracelet onto the wrist of a friend who may wish for something at that moment. The bracelet should be worn until it is totally worn-out and falls off by itself, at that moment the wish is supposed to come true. The tradition sounds more like a mysterious incantation. It is said to be the origin of friendship bracelets. Is it true? Who knows?

What are friendship bracelets—the later history:

In 1970s, friendship bracelets became faddish in United States. Later they spread throughout the world and soon become popular among teenagers. Nowadays even if some adults aged around 20~30, also like to wear such kind of bracelets. The main reason I guess is about their flexibility to male and female. And their mysterious origin may be also a good attraction.

These colorful bracelets are often handmade, and usually made of embroidery floss or thread. The making of friendship bracelets is a version of macramé, and involves making a series of small knots.

What are friendship bracelets—the craft and category

Friendship bracelets belong to the wire jewelry category, which is my point. Generally speaking, when making a friendship bracelet we need at least 2 threads, at most forty or more. If you want to braid a friendship bracelet, you must be prepared to spend plentiful time and energy on it.

Another thing about friendship bracelets is that they can be decorated by beads and other jewelry making materials. And no one can keep you from doing some original change on them.

What are friendship bracelets? They are just a kind of fashioned jewelry. If you love them, you can take a try and make one for your friend.