Reverse River Bar Bracelet

Here we go again. The River Bar Bracelet. This is the same as the River Bar Bracelet, but just flipped around. Frankly, I think it looks better.

River Bar Bracelet

                Here is a nice bracelet called the River Bar Bracelet. I chose my colours so that it would look kinda like Hot-Rod Flames (atleast a bit).

                JD of TIAT (Tying It All Togther) had posted a video entitled "How to make a ( Paracord ) River Bar Bracelet", using a loop-and-button type closure.

                So for this I used 2 pieces of orange and red macrame cord, each around 5 feet long. Using this I made my bracelet around 7" (excluding the buckle) and 9" with the buckle. When you are using a buckle, just start by looping the end that was supposed to be the loop for the button-loop closure over one end of the buckle. Then start the knot. Once you have reached the desired length, loop both the ends of THE SAME colour over the other end of the buckle. Then tie a Cobra Stitch. That is a good tip I found while searching the net. It helps a lot when you dont know how to finish a bracelet making it look good.

Cobra Stitch Bracelet

This is my first creation using a decorative knot. This is called the Cobra Stitch. When I first saw it, I was like," I MUST make one!" So I looked around the house and found a pack of shoelaces. I sewed the two shoelaces together and started the the stitch. And I even cut the side release buckle from an old school bag.

 This bracelet is 8 1/2 " long excluding the buckle. So I used around maybe 6 ft of this shoelace. First I hitched it on one end of the buckle, then hitched it around the other end of the buckle, leaving a 8 1/2 " in between. Then I started the cobra stitch. Once I reached the ends where I started from, I cut off the excess lace and super glued the ends in place. You can add some beads, tags, etc. if you want.

This is no perfection (forgive me for that), but hey, it was my first try. And since I don't want you all to scavange the items you need from around the house, I have posted some links to the materials. Hope you are patient enough to wait till they arrive (unlike me).