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Cutting Threads
When cutting your threads, make sure you leave enough thread to compensate for the extra thread used on the pumpkin stems. For my bracelet (5.5 inches long with 3.75 inches of tie), I cut my stem thread to be 88.5 inches, my outer pumpkin thread to be 52 inches, and my inner pumpkin thread to be 39 inches. I then folded them as shown in the picture (all threads will be longer on one side than the other, except for the center pumpkin thread).
Starting the Bracelet
Tie a hitch knot onto your other threads with the stem-colored thread. Make sure your longer pumpkin-colored threads are in the center.
Make 8 backward-forward knots on the right of your hitch knot, and 8 forward-backward knots on the left of your hitch knot. You should have 16 knots total.
Knotting the Start of a Pumpkin
Between your center two pumpkin-colored threads, make a forward knot. After you make it, double check that the longest pumpkin-colored thread is the leftmost thread of the knot, and the second longest pumpkin-colored thread is the rightmost thread of the knot.
With your rightmost thread coming from the center forward knot, make a forward knot onto both the other right pumpkin-colored and stem-colored thread (at once). With your leftmost thread coming from the center forward knot, make a backward knot onto both the other left pumpkin-colored and stem-colored thread (at once).
With your rightmost thread coming from the center forward knot, make a forward knot onto both the other right pumpkin-colored and stem-colored thread (at once). With your leftmost thread coming from the center forward knot, make a backward knot onto both the other left pumpkin-colored and stem-colored thread (at once).
With your rightmost stem-colored thread, make a forward knot onto your rightmost pumpkin-colored thread.
With your leftmost pumpkin-colored thread, make a forward-backward knot onto your leftmost stem-colored thread.
With your leftmost pumpkin-colored thread, make a forward-backward knot onto your leftmost stem-colored thread.
Make a forward knot between your center two pumpkin-colored threads.
With your center right pumpkin-colored thread, make a forward-backward knot onto your rightmost pumpkin-colored thread.
With your center left pumpkin-colored thread, make a backward-forward knot onto your leftmost stem-colored thread.
With your center left pumpkin-colored thread, make a backward-forward knot onto your leftmost stem-colored thread.
Make a forward knot between your center two pumpkin-colored threads.
Making a Stem
Make a twist with your rightmost stem-colored thread. To do this, twist your thread in the same direction as its current twist (my thread has an s-twist, so I twisted it to the right). Do this fairly close to the bracelet, so it twists onto itself right where the stem should be.
Finishing a Pumpkin
With your rightmost stem-colored thread, make a backward knot onto your rightmost pumpkin-colored thread. Make sure you don’t allow the twist to come undone in the process.
With your leftmost pumpkin-colored thread, make a forward-backward knot onto your leftmost stem-colored thread.
With your leftmost pumpkin-colored thread, make a forward-backward knot onto your leftmost stem-colored thread.
With your rightmost pumpkin-colored thread, make a backward knot onto both the rightmost stem-colored thread and the center right pumpkin-colored thread (at once).
With your leftmost pumpkin-colored thread, make a forward knot onto both the leftmost stem-colored thread and the center left pumpkin-colored thread (at once).
Make a forward knot between the new center two pumpkin-colored threads.
With your leftmost pumpkin-colored thread, make a forward knot onto both the leftmost stem-colored thread and the center left pumpkin-colored thread (at once).
Make a forward knot between the new center two pumpkin-colored threads.
Making a Dividing Chain
With your rightmost stem-colored thread, make seven backward-forward knots onto the two rightmost pumpkin-colored threads.
With your leftmost stem-colored thread, make seven forward-backward knots onto the two leftmost pumpkin-colored threads.
Make sure your pumpkin-colored threads stay in the same order and positions they were in right after finishing the pumpkin.
With your leftmost stem-colored thread, make seven forward-backward knots onto the two leftmost pumpkin-colored threads.
Make sure your pumpkin-colored threads stay in the same order and positions they were in right after finishing the pumpkin.
Finishing your Bracelet
Alternate making pumpkins and dividing chains until your bracelet is as long as you would like it to be (finishing with a pumpkin).
With your rightmost stem-colored thread, make one backward-forward knot onto your two rightmost pumpkin-colored threads.
With your leftmost stem-colored thread, make one forward-backward knot onto your two leftmost pumpkin-colored threads.
With your rightmost stem-colored thread, make one backward-forward knot onto your two rightmost pumpkin-colored threads.
With your leftmost stem-colored thread, make one forward-backward knot onto your two leftmost pumpkin-colored threads.
Make whatever ties you would like. I made twisted ties, but twisted three strands instead of just two.
