Friendship bracelet
Friendship bracelets or friendship bracelets (sometimes also friendship bracelets ) are mostly homemade bracelets that are worn in many cultures as a sign of mutual friendship and affection , in Western cultures especially by young people.
Manufacturing
Friendship bracelets are made of all kinds of materials, for example wool or yarn , using a wide variety of techniques. The professional "knotter" or seaman calls this manual work with different knots plating .
Particularly popular is a variant in which horizontal and vertical rib knots in yarn etc. Ä. be used. In order to tie one's own name or that of the boyfriend or girlfriend into the ribbon, special cross patterns are used. Usually the letters are made with the vertical rib knots. An overhand knot is made at the beginning and end for fastening.
Trivia
The singer Wolfgang Petry is known for wearing a particularly large number of friendship bracelets.
