Easy Braided Bracelet DIY
Make this easy DIY leather cord bracelet with two cords, jump rings, and a clasp. A quick handmade jewelry project you can customize with color.
Equipment
- Bend nose pliers
- Flat Nose Pliers
- scissors
Ingredients
- 2 Leather cord strands – I used 3mm.
- Lobster clasp
- About 10 to 15 jump rings the size should be twice the width of the cord – I used 6mm.
- 1 3mm jump ring for the clasp
- 2 Cord crimp clasp ends the size should be twice the width of the cord – I used 6mm.
- Fabric glue *optional.
Instructions
- Line up the two leather cord strands and insert them through the first jump ring in opposite directions, one from front to back and the other from back to front.
- Add a second jump ring, reversing the direction of each cord.
- Continue adding jump rings and alternating the cords until the bracelet reaches the length you need.
- Trim the excess leather cord, leaving a few millimeters at each end for the crimp ends.
- Place both cords inside a crimp end. Add a small dab of fabric glue if desired, then secure it firmly with flat-nose pliers. Repeat on the other end.
- Open a small jump ring with your pliers and attach the lobster clasp to one end of the bracelet. Close the jump ring securely.
- Attach another jump ring to the opposite end of the bracelet for the lobster clasp to hook onto.