Forum - Newbies - what’s an alpha?

nlysaught

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2 years, 5 months ago by nlysaught

I keep seeing people saying this and I have no idea what it is. I’m not super new to making bracelets but I just downloaded BraceletBook.

E_56782

Bracelet King

2 years, 5 months ago by E_56782

hey! I recommend checking out masha knots flat alpha tutorial on youtube. I personally found it helpful

Goldfish15

Bracelet King

2 years, 5 months ago by Goldfish15

There are two types of bracelets on braceletbook. These are referred to as normals and alphas. Alphas often show pictures, images, lettering, etc. Alphas also have knots that move horizontally while normals have knots that move diagonally. This information is just to tell the difference between the two types when you look at them but if you plan on making an alpha I would recommend watching Alex’s Innovations or Masha Knots.

Hope this helps 😄

ibexe

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2 years, 5 months ago by ibexe

Alphas contain only forward and backward knots (unless you are doing the straight edge technique) and normals contain forward, backward, forward backward and backward forward knots also there is a difference between the back or normals and the back of alphas. 🙂

I really recommend you check out some tutorials, do some research there are a lot of helpful tutorials on YouTube on this 😄 (i recommend you watch Masha knots or Kinsey b or Alex's innovations for this)

minutcraft

Bracelet King

2 years, 5 months ago by minutcraft

“Alpha” is a shortened form of the word “alphabet” which is what alpha knotting was originally used for (Megan Morris mentioned this in her classic two-town alpha tutorial on YT). These days, an alpha is basically the knotting craft version of pixel art; like cross stitch patterns, it can make almost any picture/design one knot at a time (except, unlike cross stitching, alphas also involve knotting the canvas/background of the ‘picture’ even where there are ‘blank spaces’ in the picture).

nlysaught Advanced	2 years, 5 months ago by nlysaught I keep seeing people saying this and I have no idea what it is. I’m not super new to making bracelets but I just downloaded BraceletBook.
E_56782 Bracelet King	2 years, 5 months ago by E_56782 hey! I recommend checking out masha knots flat alpha tutorial on youtube. I personally found it helpful
Goldfish15 Bracelet King	2 years, 5 months ago by Goldfish15 There are two types of bracelets on braceletbook. These are referred to as normals and alphas. Alphas often show pictures, images, lettering, etc. Alphas also have knots that move horizontally while normals have knots that move diagonally. This information is just to tell the difference between the two types when you look at them but if you plan on making an alpha I would recommend watching Alex’s Innovations or Masha Knots. Hope this helps 😄
ibexe Advanced	2 years, 5 months ago by ibexe Alphas contain only forward and backward knots (unless you are doing the straight edge technique) and normals contain forward, backward, forward backward and backward forward knots also there is a difference between the back or normals and the back of alphas. 🙂 I really recommend you check out some tutorials, do some research there are a lot of helpful tutorials on YouTube on this 😄 (i recommend you watch Masha knots or Kinsey b or Alex's innovations for this)
minutcraft Bracelet King	2 years, 5 months ago by minutcraft “Alpha” is a shortened form of the word “alphabet” which is what alpha knotting was originally used for (Megan Morris mentioned this in her classic two-town alpha tutorial on YT). These days, an alpha is basically the knotting craft version of pixel art; like cross stitch patterns, it can make almost any picture/design one knot at a time (except, unlike cross stitching, alphas also involve knotting the canvas/background of the ‘picture’ even where there are ‘blank spaces’ in the picture).

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