First Hemp Bracelet

This week I made my little brother a hemp bracelet. I used the navy blue hemp and a white clay bead that was left over from my keychain project last week. Ever since my little brother has heard about the hemp projects I am doing this semester and seen my first couple of projects, he has been begging me to make him something. He told me he wanted a bracelet that was very simple and did not have a bunch of beads on it. So, I told him I had some navy blue hemp I could make him a little bracelet out of so it wouldn’t be too plain and boring and he loved the idea. I started out measuring the hemp around my wrist because I figured we have relatively the same sized wrists. I then made this length twelve times its size because remember the two outer twines must be six time the length of the final product since they are the ones that are being knotted. I wanted to make a loop at the end so it can work as a clasp with the bead at the other end. I folded this twine in half and I had my loop and the two outer twines six times the size or the final product. Then, I cut another twine that was twice the size of the final product, folded it in half, and I had my two inner lengths of hemp. I made the bracelet with the flat hemp pattern again because I thought it would look more masculine and professional. I am getting very good at these knots. I did not make a single mistake in this project! Last, but not least, I tied on a white clay bead at the end so it would serve as a clasp with the loop. The bracelet looks awesome and I can’t wait to give it to my little brother. I am going to get lots of hugs for making it.
During this project my brother was kind of like the patrons we spoke of in class and I was the artisan. He told me what kind of hemp jewelry he would like me to make him and gave me some guidelines about what to include and what not to include. I, in turn made some of my own subjections and we came out with a product that he will really love. During this project I was in the Lifestyle DIY category that Atkinson speaks of in his article. It was construction with a conspicuous consumption. I made the bracelet for a class project, as well as to get hugs from my little brother and be his favorite sister for the weekend since I do not get to see him that often.