friendship bracelet patterns

The nimble hands of the Wakami cooperative of Guatemala weave blue and sea green beads into a classic bracelet, bound by two cords of leather used to form the button clasp. The beads are made of glass and reconstituted turquoise and woven into a kind of checkerboard pattern, with colors and sparkles reminiscent of the ocean.

It takes talented hands and an eye for detail to weave tiny beads into jewelry that truly captures attention. Weaving Hands of Atitlan of Guatemala do just this with myriad glass beads in shades of rose, pink and brown braided by hand that results in a bracelet that wraps around the wrist multiple times.