Crochet Bracelet
1 – 2 hours
Ages 8+
What Will You Make?
We will create a crochet bracelet for our micro:bit communicator. (https://youtu.be/weXGG8nBNjY) From our wrist we can send, receive and translate the Morse code.
What Will You Learn?
You will learn a Tunisian crochet style to create the bracelet of our spy communicator.
Grab your materials...let's get making!
Step 1
We will start with a slipknot, we will make 9 chains this will be the thickness of our bracelet.
Step 2
Now we are going to do something similar to the half stitch or half single crochet, we take our hook passing it through the second chain from the hook now we put our yarn on it and we take it out, we will have two lines on it, now place on the hook the yarn and pass it through one of these lines, you should keep two lines on your hook, repeat this step until you reach the end.
Step 3
You should have the same amount of chains as you did at the beginning, on your hook, now you will take the short end and pull it through all the chains, then carefully, you will take the chains back on your hook. Take the other end, put it under the hook and pass it through all the chains.
Step 4
This step is very interesting, among the chains you will see 3 threads the first, with the help of our crochet hook, we will take it around our piece, leaving the same number of chains from the beginning. Now we will place the end under the crochet hook, and we will pass it through all our chains.
Step 5
Repeat the last step around the following rounds, until reaching the thickness of our wrist. Tip: Add a few extra rounds when it’s the thickness of your wrist to make it easy to put on.
Step 6
Now we are going to cut off our yarn end, remember to leave some yarn as we will use it later. Then place both ends on the 3D base.
Step 7
To close our piece, with the help of our crochet hook we will repeat our step 4, having all our chains on the hook, we will place the end on our yarn needle and we will cross the first chain of the opposite end to our crochet hook, then the first chain inside this, and so we will advance with the rest of the chains.
Step 8
Finally tie a knot and cut off both ends.
Add your Micro:bit
To place our Micro:bit on the 3d printing base, slide the battery on one of the sides, it presses in, finally slide the micro:bit above the base and connect it.
Finished Project
Resources
Construction
3D Design
You can find the 3D model here:
Complete Code
You can find the full code below to compose and decrypt messages here:
https://github.com/Diego-Luna/Maker-Camp-2022/tree/main/Microbit%20-%20morse
What Is Happening Here?
Tunisian Crochet
Using our crochet hook and yarn or yarn we make loops and knots we manage to create an amazing piece.
What Is Next?
Try these projects
You can experiment with the thickness and length of your bracelet.
Don’t forget to check out the MoonMakers “Morse Code” project to experiment with blocks and develop a Morse code to letter or number translator.
About MoonMakers
MoonMakers — led by Camila and Diego Luna — are a community of creators passionate about knowledge. A Makerspace, an open space with different digital manufacturing machines. And a YouTube channel where we promote science, technology and the maker movement.
MoonMakers have collaborated with companies such as: Sesame Street, Make Community and in Mexico with Educational Television and Fundación Televisa, creating educational content.
We have given workshops throughout the Mexican Republic with: Talent Land, Secretary of Education in Jalisco, Conacyt, Centro Cultural España.
Materials:
- Yarn or wool, we will use bulky thickness.
- Needle
- wool needle
- scissors
- 3D printed base: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5411677
- 2 Micro:bit.
- 2 battery bases.
- 2 Batteries.
- 2 micro usb to usb cable
