Questions about shaped keychains
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Esemplastc
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4 years ago by Esemplastc
I saw the tutorial https://www.braceletbook.com/tutorials/130_shaped-keychain-tutorial/ and I'm confused. When making this are we supposed to use less base strings than the pattern says, even if we could fit enough strings on a keychain? For the first row we tie the two edge strings on both sides? Let's say I want to make #53119 on a keychain. Instead of 19 base strings would it be 13? If I could fit 19 would I still be able to make the shape? |
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halokiwi
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4 years ago by halokiwi
You still need the amount of base strings like described in the pattern. If you take less base strings you won't be able to knot the pattern.The only difference is that in the first few rows you make knots onto several base strings at the same time similar to what you would do when doing triangle ends. |
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zoeyllm
Bracelet King
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4 years ago by zoeyllm
I’m assuming you can make triangle ends because you are attempting this technique. Basically, shaped keychains are triangle ends but there are colorchanging knots in the triangle end. You will need 19 base strings for the pattern.
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Esemplastc
Skiller
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4 years ago by Esemplastc
@halokiwi I think I'm slowly starting to understand. I didn't realize that in the tutorial the strings being added to the ends weren't using a lark's head knot and therefore adding a lot more base strings? I still can't figure out the math right. If I have 19 base strings to work with and the loop over strings added to the ends are 4 on each side, then that means I first make 11 larks head knot base strings? I imagine I do something differently since they're an odd number of strings. Thank you for your help! |
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halokiwi
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4 years ago by halokiwi
You need to attach all the base strings necessary to the keyring.The way you can attach an odd amount of base strings is to use the end of the first leading string as the last base string. You basically tie the leading string to the keyring using a lark's head knot and make sure that the shorter end has the same length as the other base strings. Here is how many knots you need to do in each row. The numbers in brackets () stand for the amount of base strings you make a knot onto at once. The numbers without brackets stand for individual knots onto individual base strings. (4) 11 (4) ➡️ 13 knots (3) 13 (3) ➡️ 15 knots (2) 15 (2) ➡️ 17 knots 19 knots |
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Esemplastc
Skiller
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4 years ago by Esemplastc
@halokiwi thank you very much for breaking it down for me! I think I get it now.
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