Forum - Newbies - making patterns plz help

uni22play

Bracelet King

4 years ago by uni22play

how do I make a normal pattern on the website. I just don't know how to do it plz help.

sydneydani

Bracelet King

4 years ago by sydneydani

Do you mean how to create one on the website, or designing the pattern itself?

uni22play

Bracelet King

4 years ago by uni22play

@sydneydani I want to know how to make a normal pattern on the website

uni22play

Bracelet King

4 years ago by uni22play

someone plz help

bsoftball

Bracelet King

4 years ago by bsoftball

First of all big shoutout to @arf820 because I just copied her explanation to me, meaning this is in her words. I am in no means trying to take credit just trying to answer your question because I know this amazing answer is very hard to come by. Here it is: be prepared for a very long answer to your question😂 😂

ok so first, i'm going to be completely honest: i usually don't have a specific design in my head when i'm creating patterns. i kinda decide, for example, this is going to be a celtic pattern, or this is going to be a dovetail style pattern, or this is going to have diamond-shaped gaps, etc.

once i have a general idea, i choose generally the colors i want in my pattern, by adjusting the color hexes at the top and adding colors.

then i work on my color order. each color as you could see has a letter of the alphabet associated with it. color 1 is color A, color 2 is color B, etc. basically you just write out the letters in the "color order" space. to start out, i recommend making your color order symmetrical. so, for example, if you have three colors and you want it to be six strings, you could write out your color order as abccba.

now, it's time to write out the actual knots. this is something that took me a long time to figure out. keep in mind that when writing out the knots, you don't write out how many knots as there are strings. for even number of strings, you write out half the number of knots as there are strings in all the odd rows; in all the even rows, you write out half the number of knots as there are strings minus 1. for instance, if your string order is abccba, you'd have three knots in the first, third, fifth row etc, and 2 knots in the second, fourth, sixth row. if you have an odd amount of strings you take number of strings minus 1 and divide by two. so, if you have 7 strings, you'd have 3 knots in every single row.

also, for the knots, you write in f for forward knot, b for backward knot, fb for forward backward knot, and bf for backward forward knot. each knot should be separated by a comma.

in terms of making a cohesive pattern, it's hard to explain. as a moderator, i review so many submissions of distorted normal patterns that seem like the user just entered in a bunch of random knots 😂 but my suggestion is to make your pattern as symmetrical as possible. learn how to generate simple patterns, such as chevrons, candystripes, dovetails, diamonds, etc because a lot of beautiful patterns can result from modifying these basic patterns to make them your own.

to make a chevron with the same string order (abccba):
1) f,f,b
2) f,b
3) f,f,b
4) f,b cont... (you can also reverse the knots to make an inverse chevron by turning the f's to b's and the b's to f's)

to make a candystripe with the same string order (abccba):
1) f,f,f
2) f,f cont... (you can also use backward knots)

dovetails will be something like this:
1) f,f,f
2) f,f
3) f,f,f
4) fb,fb
5) b,b,b
6) b,b

diamonds will be something like this:
1) b,b,f
2) b,f
3) b,b,f
4) bf,fb
5) f,f,b
6) f,b

side note: be sure to click "save and test" after every two lines that you write, so that you could see your progress. try not to click "save and test" if you only have an odd number of rows, because it can't generate your pattern if you have an odd number of rows.

sorry if this explanation was really overwhelming! again this is something that can take a long time to explain and comprehend. once you get it though, it becomes so much fun and so much easier! hope this helps and let me know if you have any more questions! 😊

uni22play Bracelet King	4 years ago by uni22play how do I make a normal pattern on the website. I just don't know how to do it plz help.
sydneydani Bracelet King	4 years ago by sydneydani Do you mean how to create one on the website, or designing the pattern itself?
uni22play Bracelet King	4 years ago by uni22play @sydneydani I want to know how to make a normal pattern on the website
uni22play Bracelet King	4 years ago by uni22play someone plz help
bsoftball Bracelet King	4 years ago by bsoftball First of all big shoutout to @arf820 because I just copied her explanation to me, meaning this is in her words. I am in no means trying to take credit just trying to answer your question because I know this amazing answer is very hard to come by. Here it is: be prepared for a very long answer to your question😂 😂 ok so first, i'm going to be completely honest: i usually don't have a specific design in my head when i'm creating patterns. i kinda decide, for example, this is going to be a celtic pattern, or this is going to be a dovetail style pattern, or this is going to have diamond-shaped gaps, etc. once i have a general idea, i choose generally the colors i want in my pattern, by adjusting the color hexes at the top and adding colors. then i work on my color order. each color as you could see has a letter of the alphabet associated with it. color 1 is color A, color 2 is color B, etc. basically you just write out the letters in the "color order" space. to start out, i recommend making your color order symmetrical. so, for example, if you have three colors and you want it to be six strings, you could write out your color order as abccba. now, it's time to write out the actual knots. this is something that took me a long time to figure out. keep in mind that when writing out the knots, you don't write out how many knots as there are strings. for even number of strings, you write out half the number of knots as there are strings in all the odd rows; in all the even rows, you write out half the number of knots as there are strings minus 1. for instance, if your string order is abccba, you'd have three knots in the first, third, fifth row etc, and 2 knots in the second, fourth, sixth row. if you have an odd amount of strings you take number of strings minus 1 and divide by two. so, if you have 7 strings, you'd have 3 knots in every single row. also, for the knots, you write in f for forward knot, b for backward knot, fb for forward backward knot, and bf for backward forward knot. each knot should be separated by a comma. in terms of making a cohesive pattern, it's hard to explain. as a moderator, i review so many submissions of distorted normal patterns that seem like the user just entered in a bunch of random knots 😂 but my suggestion is to make your pattern as symmetrical as possible. learn how to generate simple patterns, such as chevrons, candystripes, dovetails, diamonds, etc because a lot of beautiful patterns can result from modifying these basic patterns to make them your own. to make a chevron with the same string order (abccba): 1) f,f,b 2) f,b 3) f,f,b 4) f,b cont... (you can also reverse the knots to make an inverse chevron by turning the f's to b's and the b's to f's) to make a candystripe with the same string order (abccba): 1) f,f,f 2) f,f cont... (you can also use backward knots) dovetails will be something like this: 1) f,f,f 2) f,f 3) f,f,f 4) fb,fb 5) b,b,b 6) b,b diamonds will be something like this: 1) b,b,f 2) b,f 3) b,b,f 4) bf,fb 5) f,f,b 6) f,b side note: be sure to click "save and test" after every two lines that you write, so that you could see your progress. try not to click "save and test" if you only have an odd number of rows, because it can't generate your pattern if you have an odd number of rows. sorry if this explanation was really overwhelming! again this is something that can take a long time to explain and comprehend. once you get it though, it becomes so much fun and so much easier! hope this helps and let me know if you have any more questions! 😊

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