Originally a sad story about love and death by Austrian author Franz Grillparzer. Let's stick to the love and make some friendship bracelets.

They knit up quickly in some leftovers of sport weight cotton yarn. A great last minute gift.

The bracelet comes in two sizes.

Difficulty level: advanced beginner (icord, unusual construction)

Yarn: Lana Grossa Cotone (100% cotton; 125m/50g; 137yds/1.76oz) in 2 different colors. A small leftover of each is enough. My samples used 10m (11yds) of main color and 7.5m (8yds) of contrast color.

Needles: 2 DPNs in size 2.5mm/US 1 1/2

Notions: yarn needle

Gauge: 28 stitches/40 rows in stockinette stitch = 10cm/4in. (Not really important)

Size: 15 - 19cm (6 – 7 1/2in) circumference unstretched