The basics:

Hold the
second string with your
left hand as you use your
right hand to take the
first string
over and then under the second string. Pull the first string through so
that it forms a 90-degree angle as you guide it away from you, towards
the knot holding together the bracelet. Do this
two times to make each knot. Hold on to that first string with your right hand! For the
next knot
going right, repeat these steps holding the third string in your left
hand. Keep working with the first string as you work your way to the
middle – for this pattern you will need to make
three knots across in each direction. After three knots, make another knot to
join the
first and
eighth strings in the middle.

Hold the
seventh string with your
right hand as you use your
left hand to take the
eighth string
over and then under the seventh string. Pull the first string through
so that it forms a 90-degree angle as you guide it away from you,
towards the knot holding together the bracelet. Do this
two times to make each knot. Hold on to that first string with your left hand! For the
next knot
going left, repeat these steps holding the sixth string in your right
hand. Keep working with the eighth string as you work your way to the
middle – for this pattern you will need to make
three knots across in each direction. After three knots, make another knot to
join the
first and
eighth strings in the middle.
The pattern:
1: Lay your strings out as shown. The color of the first and eighth thread will be the color of the heart shape.
2: Make your first row by following the instructions
for making a row of knots going right and then left. Remember to join
the two threads you were knotting with in the middle.
3: Make a second row of knots in the same way, this time with the second color.
4: Take the second string and knot it around the
first string going left. Then, take the seventh string and knot it
around the eighth string going right.
5: Fill in the space between the knots you made in
step 4 with the first color by knotting the second string around the
third and fourth strings going right and then the seventh string around
the sixth and fifth strings going left. Join them in the middle. This
step forms the top of the heart.
6: Take the second string and knot it around the
first string going left. Knot the seventh string around the eighth going
right. This step forms the outermost points of the heart.
7: Fill in the heart with the second color by making
two knots to the right with the second string and two knots to the left
with the seventh string. Join them in the middle.
8: To form the bottom of the heart, take the first
string and knot it around the second and third strings going right.
Next, take the eighth string and knot it around the seventh and sixth
strings going left. Join the first and eighth strings in the middle.
9: Keep repeating these steps until you’ve made a bracelet. Have fun!