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I'm not good with handicrafts. I doubt I'd give this book to fellows or invite a bunch of guys over on Super Bowl Sunday to make friendship bracelets. The former happening is tacky, but so often we wish to remember people who don't have time to be remembered. I could do what are considered the easiest bracelets. This is not a typical activity for men or young men.
My son enjoyed some of the patterns. But these are fun. This book is not only for middle school and younger girls. This is a nice little book to send to people one rarely sees and of whom we have happy memories, especially if we know that they do any sort of handicraft. You just have to know your audience. My husband is pretty good at the weaving. I can't even remember how I learned about it.
What is so nice about this book is that in addition to the nice photographs and illustrations, the book includes embroidery floss, beads, and a little clip on the cover of the book that gives one a place to make the bracelets. My son was already a teenager. This is where Klutz is a good deal. From what I understand, many other books with the same theme do not include the supplies to make the bracelets. I bought one of these friendship books about eight years ago out of curiosity. My husband and my son got involved with this book as well and enjoyed making some of the more complicated patterns and helped me weave the complicated patterns also. I bought this book with the idea of giving it to one person, but then sent it as a forget-me-not present to someone else.
My cousin loved this. There was a lot of nice patterns to choose from and a nice set of starter colors.
Now I make them everyday. once you know how to do the knots backwards and forwards and master it. It has excellent diagrams and the instructions are clear. Klutz has great books and I loved it. The book is great. It explains everything perfectly. all the patterns become easy.
I'VE MADE SO MANY BRACELETS THAT I HAD TO PURCHASE MORE STRING. EVERYBODY WANTS A HANDMADE BRACELET.
My 8 year old was able to follow the directions and spends hours making bracelets for family and friends.
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