What’s a hex nut you ask?
If you can braid, you can make a hex nut bracelet.
Materials
- Gold or silver hex nuts (gold are significantly more expensive- 4 for $1.07)
- household twine
- vice grips
If I did it again I would tie in 4 strings. I ended up adding a 4th string to wrap around the knot.
The twine ball will be your clasp… don’t be scared to add another string if you don’t like the shape of your yarn ball!
I used the vice grips to weight the string down. I tried using my toes, but it didn’t work so well. Side note: how do you feel about my green tow nail polish? I’ve decided I really like it!
This part can be frustrating….the braid will want to flip around a little and this will mess up your flow! All you are doing is a simple braid adding a hex nut after each strand is crossed…use your fingers to manipulate the hex nuts!
I made my braid long enough to wrap around my wrist 3 times…
Make sure loop is a good size for your twine ball to fit through… not too small, not too big…just right, you know like Goldilocks 🙂
I’ve made 2: a silver only and a mixed silver and gold…which one do you like better?
I’m sure there are cuter ways to make clasps, but I kind of like my rustic simple, free approach. What do you think?
Comments & Reviews
ha! you're right… i changed it 🙂
It's goldielocks. Not little red riding hood. Just sayin…
Love the silver and gold together! Thanks for sharing.
Wow–this is beautiful! Now off to find some hex nuts! 🙂 thanks for sharing.
Love, love, love it! Simple, genius and perfect for summer!
This is so cute! I love it! And I'm very impressed you managed to take pictures while making any kind of jewelry… that's one of my latest major blog-related struggles and I'm crazy-impressed when people do it well! : )
So creative and imaginative
like so much that i tweeted it. @juliecache
When I was little, and used to make friendship bracelets with my friends, I used to use my feet to hold them still… or I would stick a safety pin through the knot and stick them to my jeans to hold them down.
I have been wanting to try some sort of braided bracelet. I love yours.
I love this! Seems pretty simple too.
I love this! A nutty twist to an old style! 🙂 I've been looking for a new, simple bracelet idea. Thanks for sharing!!
I love this, love it truly! I collect washers from the bike inner tubes my husband goes through and I plan to use those instead of the hex nuts, thank you for a great idea! Pinned it so I won't forget!
This is super cute…and I was just browsing her blog last night. Awesome stuff.