Fig. 10
The pattern shown above is made with three colors according to the direction illustrations. Checkerboard patterns are made by using one color on the band and a second color for weaving. Four more two-color patterns are made by placing the lighter color at the center of the band or at the edge, and by using a dark or a light weaving strand. Three-color patterns have six additional possibilities for variation on the same principle.
Standard Gimp Basket-Weave Bracelet
Materials required: 5 strands of narrow gimp, 12″ each 1 strand of narrow gimp, 3¼ yds. ¾″ steel bracelet core
Fasten the five short strands to the band as shown in [figure 12]. Then weave across the band in any of the ways shown [below], bringing the strand through the center after each row. ([Fig. 13].) Several two-color combinations of these stitches are suggested here, but do not let these limit your originality, as there are very many possible patterns. Finish off the bracelet as described on [page 2].
Fig. 12
