@lemondrink no I used one really long thread to do the loop and triangle knotting on boths sides. After the triangles were made I tucked away the two ends of the string from where the triangles were finished and used a new lead string to tie together the two halves and start the bracelet
@lemondrink I used the alpa bracelet triangle starting technique that Masha Knots did a tutorial for on youtube but I did it on both sides of the loops and then started knotting all the way across to close the loop and start the bracelet pattern