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DIY Macrame Charm Bracelet

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As a young girl, I loved trying on my mother’s jewelry.  Her penchant has always been simple elegance and when I reached the age where I could accent my outfits, I mirrored her jewelry style. Sometimes, she’d receive a handmade bracelet or hair accessory from one of her craftier friends and those were the pieces she would celebrate and wear most often. There is something uniquely meaningful about all-things handmade, but particularly when it comes to jewelry because very often, the person making the gift is personalizing it to reflect the recipient’s personal style and preferences.

Macrame Charm Bracelet

To celebrate my own mother, I decided to make her a simple Macrame Charm Bracelet. I absolutely love how simple and elegant appearance of this “knotted” bracelet and once you’ve mastered the square knot, you can easily personalize the bracelet to your liking.  This particular bracelet can be made in one sitting and likely in an hour or two once you’ve mastered the technique, making it the ideal project for those just beginning DIY jewelry making. I used this tutorial as an inspiration but changed it by adding charms and adapting the closure so that it’s easy and adjustable.

Macrame Charm Bracelet Supplies

Everything you’ll need for this project can be found at your local Michael’s including the following:

  • Hemp Cord (in the color of your choice)
  • Chain finding (I opted for rings)
  • Charms
  • Fine Pliers
  • Scissors
  • Embroidery Needle
  • Lobster clasp and chain extension

Macrame Bracelet

Before you begin, I highly recommend watching a square knot tutorial on YouTube. This will help familiarize you with the easy, two-step process.

Instructions

  • Cut 2 30-inch pieces of hemp cord and 2 20-inch pieces of hemp cord.
  • Fold the 20-inch piece piece of hemp cord in half and pull the loop through the ring, folding it over.
  • Pull the remaining cord through the loop
  • Repeat this process on the other side of the ring
  • Secure the top part of your hemp cord with tape

How to Make a Square Knot

  • Square Knot:
  1. Begin by centering the 30-inch piece of hemp cord under the two middle strands
  2. Fold the right cord over the middle strands and under the left cord
  3. Pull the left cord under the right and middle strands through the loop on the right side
  4. Slide the securely tightened knot to the top
  5. To complete the square knot, fold the left cord under the middle strands and under the right cord (the reverse of step #2)
  6. Pull the right cord under the left and middle strands and through the loop on the left side (the reverse of step #3)
  • Pull tightly and repeat for 5 complete square knots
  • Thread the first charm through the two middle strands and complete a full square knot
  • Continue until you’ve reached the 10th and thread the next charm
  • To close the bracelet, thread the two middle strands through the end of the lobster clasp and secure with 2-3 knots.
  • Trim excess hemp cord and repeat with the chain extension.

DIY Macrame Charm Bracelet

Despite the lengthy instructions, this bracelet is incredibly easy to make, particularly once you’ve mastered the Square Knot. The results look amazing and you can alter the types of findings and charms you use to create unique bracelets.

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63 Responses to DIY Macrame Charm Bracelet

  1. I would like to make my mom some photo coasters. But this bracelet is super cute and would love to make them for my daughters who are Moms.

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  16. Although my mom is not around my grandmother has been wonderful to me, my husband, and our son. She is like a mom to me at this point. I would love to make her a painted frame to put a picture of my son, her great grandson, in it. That would make her so happy! 

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  17. the DIY project i would love to do would be to make a picture frame collage using multiple different shapes and shades of colors that my mother-figure could use and see on a daily basis and know that she would absolutely love it. 

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  20. Well, my mom and I are really messy so I found a DIY car trash can that I’m going to make for both she and I!

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  24. I love to make my mom gifts with my three boys handprints on them, it’s nice to see stuff like that from one year to the next.

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  26. I will make her a photo book! 

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  38. What a pretty bracelet. I have always loved handmade jewelry. Currently I am working on re-creative a painting that belongs to my mom that was given to her by her grandmother. It is so beautiful and that is what I am working on at this time! I know she will love it!

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  42. I would make her a photo book of all her grandkids and her kids so she can remember everything when she can’t remember anymore! lol

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  45. To be honest, I am not crafty but my oldest twin girls are and they love making all kinds of bracelets

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