Celebrating the Rubber Band
March 17, 2014
My rubber band ball
On this day in 1845, England’s Stephen Perry patented his invention, the rubber band. In honor of this remarkable and handy fastener, I made a rubber-band bracelet from instructions I found on one of the New York Public Library’s blogs. I don’t know whether Perry intended his invention to be used for jewelry making, but some creative soul stretched his or her imagination to come up with this crafty pattern. The bracelet isn’t hard to make at all, and it looks quite nice.
Rubber-bands link to form a chain
Finished bracelet
March 18, 2014 at 4:35 am
Oh! Thanks for bringing one of my very favorite, up-beat, happy songs to mind. Remember The Spinners’ “Rubber Band Man”? It’s terrific morning music – and your bracelet’s pretty amazing.
March 18, 2014 at 9:07 am
Oh yes. An oldie, but goodie.