

Above all, swatching is key and a fun way to play with braid and base color combinations. These DIY Friendship bracelets are perfect for beginners, using simple knotting patterns and string for easy to make style 1. Take it a step further by exchanging minis or bits of yarn with dear friends and create some customized stacks for your own sweater! These braids highlight the cuffs, hem and collar of this cardigan. I wanted to capture the feeling of those friendship bracelet stacks for this cardigan, using the Latvian Braid technique often reserved for mittens and handwarmers. Do you remember exchanging friendship bracelets, braided from your favorite colors of embroidery floss, with friends from school and summer camp? I remember wearing them everywhere and never-ever-taking the stacks of bracelets off, even to jump in the pool.
