Forum - Newbies - Is it advisable to change the string count of a pattern?

rubypanda

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1 year, 7 months ago by rubypanda

I found a pattern I really like, https://www.braceletbook.com/patterns/normal/151497/ , but I want to double up the string count so I can add one more color to it. Is that possible? I am a beginner (well, it has been MANY MANY years since I've done anything like this).

My goal is to make two bracelets with this design, both with 4 colors, the 4th being a slight shade different from each other, for two of my closest friends. I've spent the past few days fumbling around with the search feature and this is the pattern I fell in love with, and will allow me to make a stitched loop for a button close.

Any advice would be wonderful. ❤️

Thank you in advance!
~Ruby ❤️

halokiwi

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1 year, 7 months ago by halokiwi

You can change the string counts of patterns, but often you'll need to make some kind of adjustments to the pattern so it will still work.

I think to get pattern #151497 to work with 4 colours instead of 3, you would need to adjust the pattern to use 8 strings instead of 6.

If you want to do something like this, my recommendation is to play around with the pattern generator to see, if you get it to work: https://www.braceletbook.com/create/

I just did that. Here is the knotting structure, I came up with, if you want to copy and paste it into the generator to check it out:
f,f,b,b
f,f,b
f,f,b,b
fb,f,bf
bf,fb,bf,fb
fb,f,bf
bf,bf,fb,fb
fb,f,bf
bf,fb,bf,fb
fb,f,bf
bf,bf,fb,fb
fb,f,bf
bf,f,b,fb
f,f,b

halokiwi

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1 year, 7 months ago by halokiwi

I posted two patterns
#151744
#151745

I hope one of them will work for you 🙂

rubypanda

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1 year, 7 months ago by rubypanda

Thank youuu! Sorry I didn't reply right away, I stepped away from my computer for what I thought would be a brief moment and my hubby needed my help with something and it ended up being me unable to get back to my computer until now 🙈 🙈 🙈 I'm gonna go look into those now and see how those look. I'm so excited!

rubypanda Advanced	1 year, 7 months ago by rubypanda I found a pattern I really like, https://www.braceletbook.com/patterns/normal/151497/ , but I want to double up the string count so I can add one more color to it. Is that possible? I am a beginner (well, it has been MANY MANY years since I've done anything like this). My goal is to make two bracelets with this design, both with 4 colors, the 4th being a slight shade different from each other, for two of my closest friends. I've spent the past few days fumbling around with the search feature and this is the pattern I fell in love with, and will allow me to make a stitched loop for a button close. Any advice would be wonderful. ❤️ Thank you in advance! ~Ruby ❤️
halokiwi Moderator	1 year, 7 months ago by halokiwi You can change the string counts of patterns, but often you'll need to make some kind of adjustments to the pattern so it will still work. I think to get pattern #151497 to work with 4 colours instead of 3, you would need to adjust the pattern to use 8 strings instead of 6. If you want to do something like this, my recommendation is to play around with the pattern generator to see, if you get it to work: https://www.braceletbook.com/create/ I just did that. Here is the knotting structure, I came up with, if you want to copy and paste it into the generator to check it out: f,f,b,b f,f,b f,f,b,b fb,f,bf bf,fb,bf,fb fb,f,bf bf,bf,fb,fb fb,f,bf bf,fb,bf,fb fb,f,bf bf,bf,fb,fb fb,f,bf bf,f,b,fb f,f,b
halokiwi Moderator	1 year, 7 months ago by halokiwi I posted two patterns #151744 #151745 I hope one of them will work for you 🙂
rubypanda Advanced	1 year, 7 months ago by rubypanda Thank youuu! Sorry I didn't reply right away, I stepped away from my computer for what I thought would be a brief moment and my hubby needed my help with something and it ended up being me unable to get back to my computer until now 🙈 🙈 🙈 I'm gonna go look into those now and see how those look. I'm so excited!

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