Last week I had the opportunity to learn how to make a Sami bracelet. For years I had admired my neighbor Lynette's Sami bracelets. So when she told me her cousin Laurie who had made the bracelets for her was going to be in town in a few weeks and would be more than happy to have a small class on how to make them, I jumped at the chance! I find them just the perfect mix of handmade yet polished.
Below are the steps in pictures. The materials are tin thread, Reindeer leather, and a shed Reindeer antler button. Laurie special ordered the supplies from Sweden. Interrupted only by a delicious cup of hot chocolate and some butter cookies, we got down to work and as is typical when working hard on learning a new skill, the four of us fell silent. We worked for two hours and I left with my bracelet only about half done. I stitched the tin-braid down, closed up the leather in the back of the bracelet and sewed in the braid button loop and the button on the next day.
I love my bracelet and am trying to find a couple of hours of un-interrupted time... (huh?) so I can start another one, or two or twenty...
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