My daughter, Bekah, is going to walk us through a tutorial on how to make a more advanced version of the Gospel Threads bracelet.  

It takes a little patience to get the hang of it at first, but it’s worth the work!  Take it Bek!

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What you will need:

    • A 2×4 board with two nails hammered into it about 10 inches apart
    • Black string (we used craft lace)
    • A white, red, green, and yellow plastic bead
    • A black plastic heart bead (a regular black plastic bead can be used if desired)
    • Scissors
    • A lighter

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Instructions:

Cut a piece of black string approximately 15 inches long and another piece approximately 3 feet long.

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Tie one end of the short string onto one of the nails by wrapping it around the nail a couple of times before tying it in a single knot.

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Then string the beads onto it in the order pictured below.

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Tie the other end of the string onto the second nail in the same fashion as the first so that there is no slack.

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Tie the long string onto the short string with a single knot about 2 inches from the nail furthest from the beads. Try to make the two sides of the long string equal.

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Take the left side of the long string and drape it over the short string so that it creates a u-shape.

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Take the right side of the string and hold it over the  left piece of string.

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This is the trickiest step! With the right string, thread it under the X created by the short string and the left side of the long string and thread it through the U created by the left long string.

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Pull both ends tight.

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Repeat the steps above, starting with the right side of the string this time: drape the right side of the string over the short string…

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…hold the left side of the string over the right side of the string…

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…thread the left side of the string under the X and through the U…

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…and pull it tight.

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Continue with this process, alternating the side you start with until you have completed a total of five knots.

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Slide the first bead up the string so that it is against the knots you just made.

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Do the same type of knot (starting with the opposite side of the string than you did the previous time) around the bead.

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Make three more knots, alternating the starting side, and push the next bead up.

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Continue this process until you have slid up the yellow bead.  Then tie five more knots.

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Cut the extra string off and burn the ends so that they do not unravel.

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BE CAREFUL NOT TO BURN THROUGH THE BASE STRING!

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Untie the string from the nails.

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Tie the bracelet around the child’s wrist and cut/burn the ends of the string as needed.

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Voila!  You now have another memory device for learning the meaning of the Gospel Threads colors.

Find a summary of the colors HERE.

And finally, here are a few pictures of how this process can look “on the field”.

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