How To Restring a Links of London Sweetie Bracelet

With Links of London going out of business, knowing this little trick is like protecting your investment. Luckily it’s nothing a little Amazon, YouTube and previous retail experience can’t fix. Welcome to owning a Links of London ‘Sweetie’ bracelet, and the restringing process.

Sweetie bracelets are silver bracelets, made up of thin sterling silver rings, strung on an elastic. They’re cute and have the option to add charms to them.. but as with all things on a string, they’re not exactly durable. Links of London recommends getting them restrung once a year, but you can tell when it’s time because the string gets worn down and yellow.

So when the time comes, grab your Stretch Magic 1mm Cord and get stringing.

What you’ll need:

• scissors
• stretch cord

Step 1: Take way more string than necessary and double it to make a horseshoe.

Step 2: Start by the LoL bead- it’s easiest to keep track of. I removed the split rings from mine since I don’t add any charms, but you can also use those as a starting point.

Step 3: Start threading both ends of the magic cord through the rings, starting on the first silver ring past the Links of London bead. I usually like to pull the ends through 5 rings at a time- this keeps you moving efficiently while also allowing you to easily check that you haven’t missed any rings.

Step 4: Go through the entire bracelet and make sure you don’t miss any rings. Once you get to the end, tie the the two strings together. Triple knot it and pull tight as you can. The back of your magic cord packaging will also show you how to tie it properly and securely.

Step 5: Find the old string and cut it- making sure to only have the 2 old strands. (be careful not to cut your new, clean string)

Step 6: You’re good to go! Your bracelet will definitely feel tighter and like new again, but will give over time.

If you’re more of a video person, this guy does a great job of explaining how to do it as well.