The name ‘You Fifty Cents, Me Fifty Cents’ symbolizes two fifty-cent coins combining to form one yuan, representing unity. The bracelet primarily uses the sparrow head knot, which phonetically resembles ‘Magpie Bridge Festival’ in Chinese. While the Double Seventh Festival has passed, mastering this technique will be valuable for future Valentine’s Days.
This design mainly incorporates sparrow head knots with occasional diagonal and square knots. Beginners should first learn these basic knots through our homepage tutorials. Tutorial Steps: 1. Secure two 100cm No.72 threads at 20cm mark with 5mm gap. Fold another 100cm thread at 20cm point and tie a sparrow head knot on left axis, placing short end on top 2. Create another sparrow head knot on right axis, maintaining coin-width gap between knots 3. Alternate left-right sparrow head knots 14 times per side 4. Create identical second piece 5. Reverse one knot net to obtain two long threads on both ends 6. Join adjacent red axis threads with black winding threads using diagonal 7. Repeat step 6 for opposite side (video reference available) 8. Insert coin and secure with diagonal as before 9. Flip and repeat diagonal on reverse side, adjusting to encase coin neatly 10. Use crochet hook to pull long threads through side seams 11. Using central four short threads as axis, make sparrow head knot with right long thread 12. Repeat with left long thread 13. Alternate knots until reaching desired length 14. Mirror process on other end, trim and seal all winding threads 15. Cross end axes, use trimmed long thread to create square knot segment before trimming excess 16. Tie knots in remaining eight axis threads at suitable length, trim and seal to complete This beginner-friendly bracelet project welcomes all crafters to attempt.
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