If you've ended up here and this isn't what you were expecting, I've probably unpublished the post you were looking for.

I stopped posting here around the end of 2014 after 9 years of craft-blogging.  Since then, I've unpublished most of the posts (900+), leaving the ones people still find useful (~50).

REMAINING POSTS:

• tutorials
• video crochet-a-longs
• details about my patterns

REASONS YOU MIGHT HAVE LANDED HERE:

• in my heyday, a lot of bloggers linked to (pinned etc.) my posts
• my remaining post may have links to unpublished content
• Google Search may still index some of the unpublished content

Sorry if what you were looking for is gone!

There is at least one of you who has been waiting over 7 years for this pattern to be published!  There are many more of you that have emailed over the years asking for this pattern.  And now, here it is, the Lucky Wristlet, available as a free download.

I can't wait to see all the creative personal twists that you put on the pattern.  There are so many ways to customize this using colors, materials, ribbons, etc.  Plus it's a very quick project.  You could have it done in a weekend.  So far, no one's posted a project  on Ravlery.  Will you be the first?  ;)  

This is the photo tutorial for making a ribbon strap for the Lucky Wristlet.

The tutorial is broken down, step-by-step.  Let me know if something isn't clear.  I will be happy to help you out.

Detailed instructions (text is above its corresponding photo)

1.  You'll need a crocheted Lucky Wristlet using my free PDF crochet pattern and one yard of ribbon.


2.  Find the side of your wristlet that doesn't have a spike crochet "belt loop" for your ribbon.  This side has a spike.


3.  This side does not have a spike.  This is the strap side.


4.  Fold your ribbon end so you can easily thread it through the first spike stitch.


5.  Keep threading your ribbon under the spike stitches ...


6.  ... until you've gone all the way around.  Adjust the ribbon so both loose ends are the same length.


7.  Take one ribbon end and wrap it around the other ribbon end.


8.  Make a simple knot.


9.  Pull the knot tightly against the wristlet.


10.  Here is what the strap looks like with the first knot completed.


11.  The other strap is now  longer than the knotted strap.


12.  Take the longer strap and wrap it around the shorter strap.


13.  Make a simple knot near the end.


14.  Pull the knot tightly.


15.  We are going to finish the ribbon ends now.


16.  Trim both ends on a diagonal.  I trim them separately, not at the same time.


17.  Here they are trimmed.


18.  I use Fray Check™ to secure the threads at the end of the ribbon so they don't fray and look a mess.


19.  The strap is done.


20.  Now you can use your wristlet.