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How to Weave a Spirit Chain

Dress Up Your Homecoming Mums with a Spirit Chain in Your School Colors

Finished Spirit Chain

Weave Your Own Spirit Love Chain

You can buy love chains for your homecoming mums or weave your
own. The spirit chain weave shown above is perhaps the easiest to do.

All you need are two lengths of 5/8-inch wide ribbon in your school colors, a stapler and about ten minutes.

Cut a strip of each school color two times longer than you want the finished chain plus 5 inches. For example, if you want a 36-inch chain, cut the ribbons 2 yards 5 inches long.

Following the pictures, we’ll call red “color 1” and blue “color 2”. Write down your school colors for reference. For example if they’re blue and white, write color 1 = white and color 2 =blue. So when I say color 1, you’ll see red but think white. Get it?

How to Weave a Spirit Chain

Step 1

Fold the color 2 strip in half to find the middle. At the middle, make a point and staple it as shown in the photo.

Spirit Chain Weaving Step 1

Step 2

Staple one end of color 1 to the back of the point as shown.

Spirit Chain Weaving Step 2

Step 3

Turn the chain to the front and begin weaving color 1 in front, behind, in front and behind the two color 2 strips.

Spirit Chain Weaving Step 3

Step 4

Just keep doing what you’re doing until you reach the desired length. Didn’t I tell you this was easy?

Spirit Chain Weaving Step 4


Spirit Chain Weaving Step 5

Staple the loose ends and trim the tails. This is the top of the chain and these staples will be hidden between the backplates of your homecoming mum.

Team Spirit! Yay!!

For more ribbon weaves, homecoming mums supplies and do-it-yourself instructions, visit our Homecoming Mums Section.

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