Friendship Bracelets

"LOST SOCK "

FRIENDSHIP BRACELET 

VOCABULARY

I usually teach students how to make patterns using a SHIP analogy. There is a captain and his ship mates. 

There is a lower deck of the ship where they go to rest, there is a crow's nest where they go to look out. 

The captain is always going up and on top, white the mates are always staying down and under. The ship has a sail to get it going. 

Captain- dominant color, on top, goes up, shows up. 

Ship Mates- hidden color, goes under, stays down. 

Sail- the overlap of the captain over the mate(s). 

Lower Deck- the resting area for the mates after they have done their jobs. 

Tail- end of string. 

I LIKE TO TEACH HOW TO MAKE THE BRACELETS IN ORDER OF EASE. 

1.Chinese Staircase

2. Diagonal Stripe

3. Chevron

4. Braided Stitch 

CHINESE STAIRCASE

This requires 3-5 strings about 2 feet long. 

DIAGONAL STRIPE/candy stripe

CHEVRON

This is a symmetrical V pattern bracelet. It is essentially the diagonal stripe done on both sides, 

meeting in the middle. You will learn how to pull knots from the right side now. 

YOU WILL NEED

2 or each color. I choose 3-4 colors usually. 

1-Knot them together, tape them down, and divide them in order as a reflected/symmetrical image. 

*Pull up the right half while you work on the left. 

2-Use the first left color (captain) to go across the other (mates). 

*When done, pull up the left side while you work on the right. 

3-Take the right color (captain) and go across the other (mates) pulling to the middle. 

4-When both right and left captian are together in middle, join with 2 knots. 

Continue to the next outer new captain. 

Tips & Tricks 

HOW TO MAKE IT 

ADJUSTABLE... 

1. Braid in a Braid

“Braided” Pattern

“Braided” pattern 

1-Begin with three colors of three- 9 total

I chose black, coral, and teal. 

2-Separate into 3 sections of 3

YOUR CAPTAIN COLOR SET is on the left. 

3-Begin with the first/left string of color furthest on left (mine is black). 

Using first string to do the Diagonal Stripe knots all the way through 2nd color (coral). 

Do not knot to the right color (teal).

You will do this to 5 mate strings with 2 knots each. 

4. Continue with the next color on the left (my 2nd original black)

Take it past the last middle string set (coral). 

You will do this to 4 mate strings using 2 knots each. 

5. Continue with the left color (the last black) and take it across the middle color. 

You will do this to 3 mate strings using 2 knots each.

End with all original "captain" set in middle now. 

YOU HAVE A NEW CAPTAIN CALOR SET on the right. 

Begin with the first/left string of color furthest on right (mine is teal). 

Using first string to do the backwards Diagonal Stripe knots all the way through 2nd color (black). 

Do not knot to the right color (coral).

You will do this to 5 mate strings with 2 knots each. 

4. Continue with the next color on the right (my 2nd original teal)

Take it past the last middle string set (black). 

You will do this to 4 mate strings using 2 knots each. 

5. Continue with the left color (the last teal) and take it across the middle color. 

You will do this to 3 mate strings using 2 knots each.

End with all original "captain" set in middle now. 

Totem Pole Pattern 

Indian Circle pattern 

 

Lost Sock Terms:

 Captain- dominant color, on top, goes up, shows up. 

Ship Mates- What the "captain" is tied to, hidden color, goes under, stays down. 

Sail- the overlap of the captain over the mate(s). 

Tail- end of string. 

PINTEREST- I get most of my ideas from things I pinned here. 

I have many on here that I want to do, but have not yet. 

https://www.pinterest.com/tabbyanny/friendship-bracelets/

Contour Line Still LIfe

 Contour line is a big part of Art. 

Whether we are talking about form, perspective, eye level. 

Many artist use contour line as part of their main focus. 

See below. 

ARTIST MYRORNA SWEDEN

Uses contour line, pattern, and objects to show form in her art. 

Karan Singh Art 

Dana Martin Art 

See objects in CONTOUR LINE

 

Put them together in a Still LIfe. 

Image from www.dreamstime.com

From DaVinci Art Studio

Using Contour line, cool/warm colors, primary, & secondary used for emphasis. 

From InsideOutArtTeacher on Instagram

https://insideoutartteacher.com/

Using Cross Contour, warm and cool colors. 

MMS Student Work 2023-8th grade 

Shyli Rushing 

Grayson DuPont 

Natalie Morales 

WHAT DO DO

Before you begin, Start "seeing" in Contour Line... 

if you are having trouble doing this, watch videos below to help you. 

1. Find 3 objects that you know you can draw. 

They can be around the room, pictures from Internet, or shapes you pull from your head. 

2. Draw the outside shapes of the objects. 

Define the space with a horizontal line dividing background from foreground. 

3. Use contour lines on the object. 

This can be contour in 1 direction or cross contour going both ways (more challenging).

Usually, the Center (eye level) should be a straight line. 

As the shape goes outward from center, lines gradually change to match the outer line. 

4. Color using color theory to add emphasis:

Warm and Cool

Primary and Secondary

Complimentary Colors. STEP BY STEP visuals

1 &2. 

3. 

4. 

You can color solid with lighter colors. 

then go over them with darker analogous colors to add pattern. 

Watch these videos below to get your mind on seeing in 

Contour Line and understanding Cross Contour line.