- 1). Measure the floss with the ruler. Cut two different colored strands, such as red and white, about 28 to 30 inches long each. Make sure that they're both the same length. Set two ends together equally. Tie a knot about 2 inches from the top of the strings to hold them in place. Set the knot beneath the clip of the clipboard to hold the strings steady during use.
- 2). Separate the two strings for a Chinese staircase weave. With the right-most string vertical (for this example, the red), take up the left string (the white one) and bend it into a "4" shape across the straight red string. Tuck the white string beneath the red. Holding one string in each hand, pull the white string toward the knot at the top.
- 3). Repeat the same steps with the white string over the red. Keep track of the number of knots you make so that the beads will be even.
- 4). Take a bead from your container an thread the bead through the white string on the left (the knotting string). Push the bead to the top of the white string where it meets the knots. Reverse the two strings so that the white is now on the right along with the bead.
- 5). With your red string, repeat the knotting procedure by making a "4" shape over the white string, tucking it beneath, and pulling it to the rest of the knots. Repeat this ten times (the number of knots you began with the white string).
- 6). Take another bead and thread it through the red string (the current knotting string). Slide it up to the top, move it to the right, and switch the strings as before. Continue knotting with the white string once again. Reverse with each bead.
- 7). Leave approximately 2 inches at the bottom after the closing knot. At the end of the knotting, when the bracelet is done, tie it off with a knot as you did in the beginning.
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