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Last week I experienced the best mail day of my life.

I don’t look forward to getting the mail really. Mostly there is just junk mail in there. Or, worse than junk mail, NOTHING. Empty mail box is like a punch in the face.

So when I opened my mailbox to find TWO PACKAGES, you can imagine my surprise.

Ohh!!

First up was a package from Rachel, owner of the yarn and fiber shop On The Round (and fun tweeter!). She held a yarn giveaway on her blog and I was the lucky winner!

Package of Patchwork!

Inside was this beautiful skein of her Patchwork yarn, a lil note, a tea bag, and one of Rachel’s cute cards.

SO PRETTY!

This is not the first time I’ve won yarn in a giveaway. I am just that lucky!

A HUGE huge thank you to Rachel for hosting the giveaway and for sending me this beautiful yarn! I can’t wait to use it!

The second package was from Amy at Things We Make. You remember I made this Icord Friendship Bracelet for Amy’s friendship bracelet swap? Well, I got mine!

Friendship Bracelets!

Melissa at the blog Little Messy Missy made me two bracelets and sent me a cute Barbie postcard!

So Cute!

I’ve been wearing the red and teal one since I got it in the mail. I love red and teal and it was kind of a play on the traditional red, white, and blue Independence Day colors.

Thanks so much Melissa!

I haven’t heard from the woman that received my bracelet, but hopefully she is just a little behind, like me, and not just super disappointed that she didn’t get a more traditional friendship bracelet.

Can you think of a better mail day? Me either!

I loved making friendship bracelets when I was younger. They came around at the perfect time; right before high school when crafting was lame and right after I became super sick of needlepoint.

When I saw Amy’s post on Things We Make proposing a friendship bracelet swap I knew I had to come out from my friendship bracelet retirement. But, since we are about knitting over here, I wanted to add a knit-spin.

ICord Friendship Bracelet

ICord Friendship Bracelet Pattern

Materials

Yarn Leftover scraps of sock weight or sport weight cotton yarn. I used Knit Picks Comfy Sport.

Needles 2 size 3 double pointed needles.

Gauge

Gauge is not important in this project

Directions

CO 3 sts, leaving a long tail. Make an icord that wraps loosely around your wrist, between 9-10 inches. Cut yarn, leaving a long tail. Pull end through sts to secure.

Make 3-5 icords in the same color or different colors.

Rocking the ICord Friendship Bracelet!

Finishing

Tie first icord together with tails. Loop second icord through first bracelet and tie it together by tails. Repeat for each remaining icord.

With a yarn needle, work left over tails into base of icord to weave in. Cut remaining tails.

Cute Friendship Bracelet!

My bracelet is four icords, two gray and two purple. The smaller your yarn the daintier your bracelet. Make a thicker, bangle like bracelet with more icords!

I’m putting this bracelet in the mail to send to Amy straight away. I hope whoever gets my bracelet likes it!

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