Hi my dear reader! Have you ever wonder what is a Kandi bracelet?
A Kandi bracelet is a type of friendship bracelet that originates from rave goers, where they trade stacks of handmade bracelets among each other.
If you are a new Kandi kid in your area, I have curated 9 Types of Kandi Bracelets Design and Pattern Ideas for you to get started.
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9 Types of Kandi Bracelets Design and Pattern Ideas
1. Kandi Starter Kit
If making a DIY Kandi bracelet is intimidating for you at the start, you can always buy ready made starter kits from your local rave or music festival vendors.
They may also offer Kandi making station on the event day, where you can learn to craft your own bracelet and make new friends.
If you prefer to prepare way ahead of your event, you can find Kandi bracelet for sale online and support local creators as such KandiCali303 on Etsy.
To start making your own Kandi bracelet, Nishita shared a video tips for beginners where she highlights helpful tools and materials as follow:
- Fabric elastic cord,
- Super glue or clear nail polish,
- Buy charms online,
- Get presorted letter bead kits,
- Use threading needle for cuffs.
Kandi bracelets are easily spotted for their signature Pony Beads.
Typically, you can find everything that you need in a pony bead kit which includes colorful pony beads, letter beads, charm beads, plastic hooks, colorful elastic cords and string.
You can buy the kit from online stores such as Festivacart and so on.
After assembling your first masterpiece, Mariana shared an effective way to tie off your Kandi bracelet using the Surgeon’s Knot in the video below.
2. Kandi Bracelet Inspo
Now that you have your Kandi making kit ready, let’s look at some design and pattern ideas.
This classic single neon Kandi bracelet stack made by Kandivoid perserves the original design and it is suitable for rave, emo and scene music festival.
3. Funny Kandi Bracelet
What makes Kandi bracelet stand out is the inside jokes and meme phrase used in the letter beads.
Kailee Christine made this funny green and yellow single Kandi bracelet with the phrase “what the duck” and hung a yellow duck charm to add onto the punchline.
4. Cute Kandi Bracelet
Or you can be creative with your phrases, like how addie swap the word “candy” to “kandi” in her cute single pastel pink and blue cotton Kandi bracelet design.
5. Unique Kandi Bracelet
If you feel like challenging yourself with a unique Kandi Bracelet design, then you can try to make this Kandi star glove as reposted by abby.
6. Multi-Stitch Kandi Bracelet Cuff
Level up your Kandi bracelet making skills and technique by creating a cuff.
That_One_Kandikid shared a video tutorial that clearly guides you through each layer of your Kandi bracelet cuff.
You can train your multi-stitch skill by repeating a few times until you are familiar with the thread and bead movement.
7. Spikey Kandi Bracelet Cuff
Once you are familiar with making a basic cuff, you can start to add details and layering.
FreakyEsophagus shared a video tutorial on how make this Kandi Spiked Cuff that you can give it a try.
8. Kandi Star Cuff
If you prefer to work on a longer project that promotes slow living and patience, then you can try this Kandi Star Cuff from a video tutorial that Miya shared on her Pinterest.
9. Kandi Mini Rotator Cuff
Now that you are familiar with making cuffs, spikes and singles, why not combine them all?
Put your Kandi making skills to the test by recreating this awesome Kandi Mini Rotator Cuff reposted by Elijah.
This mini rotator cuff features a X pattern cuff with spikey sleeves that has a single bracelet at the center which glides smoothly outside the cuff.
Happy Kandi making!
