Forum - Newbies - keychain when alpha base strings are an odd number

mayamarino

Professional

8 months, 4 weeks ago by mayamarino

Im sure this question has been asked before but I can't seem to find it.

How do I set up the base strings on a keychain if there is an odd number of base strings?

like in pattern #143275 by @lilpiggy11 - the photo they posted of their pattern has less than 17 base strings attached to the keychain, and the first 2 or so rows have less than 17 knots across. How do you build up to 17?

thank uuuu 😊

trini2211

Bracelet King

8 months, 4 weeks ago by trini2211

You could watch

https://youtu.be/cJdSRJoSbKs?si=GECpfAG877WCYUTk

This helped me a lot!

Str1ngz

Professional

8 months, 4 weeks ago by Str1ngz

If you wanted your base strings to be a different colour, then what you can do is cut half the amount of base strings required and start your alpha like a regular alpha, but treat two of the strings as one singular string. For example, the pattern you want has 17 strings, so you would cut 9 base strings, which will leave you with 18 strings total. Then you would take two of those strings and tie a knot around both of them as though they were one string. This may affect your knot size, however once you've done this for a few rows, you can cut one string short so that your knot thickness isn't affected too much. I hope that made sense 😂

halokiwi

Moderator

8 months, 4 weeks ago by halokiwi

You can also use one end of your leading string as the of base string.

EggMan

Bracelet King

8 months, 4 weeks ago by EggMan

You got a couple good answers to the general question of setting up odd-numbered based strings, so if you are satisfied with those, awesome. I hope the keychain goes well.

In regard to @lilpiggy11's method of adding base-strings - I've never actually seen this technique before. If I had to speculate, I would guess they had some of the base strings added without tying them to the keychain - probably by just taping them to their work surface - then built up the number of base strings using the shaped alpha/triangle start technique. This is an educated guess, though, so if you want certainty, I suggest sending them a message asking how they did it. Hopefully this makes sense.

Thank you so much for bringing this up, this technique looks super cool, and I genuinely want to give it a try myself. I hope you have fun making your keychain 😄

mayamarino Professional	8 months, 4 weeks ago by mayamarino Im sure this question has been asked before but I can't seem to find it. How do I set up the base strings on a keychain if there is an odd number of base strings? like in pattern #143275 by @lilpiggy11 - the photo they posted of their pattern has less than 17 base strings attached to the keychain, and the first 2 or so rows have less than 17 knots across. How do you build up to 17? thank uuuu 😊
trini2211 Bracelet King	8 months, 4 weeks ago by trini2211 You could watch https://youtu.be/cJdSRJoSbKs?si=GECpfAG877WCYUTk This helped me a lot!
Str1ngz Professional	8 months, 4 weeks ago by Str1ngz If you wanted your base strings to be a different colour, then what you can do is cut half the amount of base strings required and start your alpha like a regular alpha, but treat two of the strings as one singular string. For example, the pattern you want has 17 strings, so you would cut 9 base strings, which will leave you with 18 strings total. Then you would take two of those strings and tie a knot around both of them as though they were one string. This may affect your knot size, however once you've done this for a few rows, you can cut one string short so that your knot thickness isn't affected too much. I hope that made sense 😂
halokiwi Moderator	8 months, 4 weeks ago by halokiwi You can also use one end of your leading string as the of base string.
EggMan Bracelet King	8 months, 4 weeks ago by EggMan You got a couple good answers to the general question of setting up odd-numbered based strings, so if you are satisfied with those, awesome. I hope the keychain goes well. In regard to @lilpiggy11's method of adding base-strings - I've never actually seen this technique before. If I had to speculate, I would guess they had some of the base strings added without tying them to the keychain - probably by just taping them to their work surface - then built up the number of base strings using the shaped alpha/triangle start technique. This is an educated guess, though, so if you want certainty, I suggest sending them a message asking how they did it. Hopefully this makes sense. Thank you so much for bringing this up, this technique looks super cool, and I genuinely want to give it a try myself. I hope you have fun making your keychain 😄

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