hello!! if you could answer these questions, I WOULD LOVE IT!!!
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KenzieKnot
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4 years, 7 months ago by KenzieKnot
okay so I get confused very easily so please please try to explain with as much clarity as possible I would love love love it!!! I hope that doesn’t sound rude, I don’t mean to come across that way!! Q1: what is the straight edge technique? Q2: What in the world is segment knotting? Q3: how the heck does one do a teardrop loop in the beginning?! Again, I’ve watched a video and I’m just so confused!! Q4: lastly, how do you do a triangle end and start? Thank you, I’m so sorry if I really asked far too many questions or questions that are too hard to explain. I’ve tried watching every video out there, I’ve rewatched Masha Knots videos at least 7 times. I would love any help and I would appreciate it so so much. Thank you in advance! Also, you guys may think I’m a bit silly for asking these questions and having so many challenging bracelets in my To Do’s, those are just things I wish I could make one day! Let’s be friends!! Feel free to shoot me a message or a friend request!! |
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halokiwi
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4 years, 7 months ago by halokiwi
Don't give up on watching videos. Sometimes you need to watch them several times before you get the hang of it. I remember being so confused when I started to make friendshipbracelets. You could try watching videos by a different person with a different way of explaining.Take little steps. Don't try learning everything at once. It's alright to take your time. Try to ask specific questions. Sometimes understanding what you don't understand can help you understand it on your own. I tried to answer your questions as well as I could but I stayed a Little vague because it's already a lot at once. Q1: what is the straight edge technique? You do bf knots on the left edge of your bracelet and fb knots on the right edge of your bracelet. This way the edges are straighter than they would normally be. To do this technique you need to add an extra string on each side of the bracelet. When you look at the pattern there's always string that sticks out to the sides. At the places where the string sticks out you now do fb and bf knots onto the extra string. Q2: What in the world is segment knotting? Segment knotting is when you knot in segments instead of rows. If you have done a chevron or candystripe bracelet before you have most likely already done it. It's when you go in diagonals instead of row by row. Q3: how the heck does one do a teardrop loop in the beginning?! Again, I’ve watched a video and I’m just so confused!! First you start your loop in whichever colour you like. Here's a tutorial: https://www.braceletbook.com/tutorials/35_all-purple-buckle-tutorial/ you Need to follow it until step 6 You take your pattern and draw a downward facing triangle into it. You look at the order of the strings that cross the left side of the triangle. You take a string of the first colour and make a b knot on all the strings on the left. Then you take the string of the second colour and do a b knot on all the strings on the left except the first one. With the third string you do the same and also leave the previous strings out. You continue doing this until your strings are in the right order You do the same Thing on the right with f knots instead of b knots Once you're done with both sides you make a knot between the two strings in the middle to connect both sides After that you can knot your bracelet Q4: lastly, how do you do a triangle end and start? For a triangle end you draw an upward facing triangle onto your pattern. Again you look at the strings that cross the sides of the triangle. It's almost like the teardrop loop but instead of b knots you need f knots on the right and instead of f knots you need b knots on the left. You take the first colour on the left side and do a f knot on all other strings on the left side. You take the second string and do a f knot on all the strings on the left except the first. You continue until all your strings are in the same order. For the right side you do the same thing but with b knots. Once you've done that you look at the pattern to see what knots are inside the triangle and then you do them. For the tringle end you draw an downward facing triangle. You do all knots within the triangle. To make the left side of your triangle end you take the second string and do a b knot onto the first string, then you take the third string and make a b knot on the first and second string together, with the fourth string you do a b knot on all the previous strings and so on On the right side you do the same thing with f knots |
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Sarah246
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4 years, 7 months ago by Sarah246
The straight edge technique is a way to keep your bracelets from curling by having your edge knots be fb and bf knots, if that makes sense. Segment knotting allows you to do multiple knots with the same string, rather than going row by row and making a bunch of individual knots. If you have made a chevron or candystripe, you have segment knotted by doing each stripe of v rather than going row by row. Hopefully any of that helps! 😊
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Sarah246
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4 years, 7 months ago by Sarah246
Oh sorry, I didn’t see that someone already posted before me 🙂
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halokiwi
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4 years, 7 months ago by halokiwi
@Sarah246 it's alright. It's good to have different people explaining it in different ways I think
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Someone_
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4 years, 7 months ago by Someone_
Hey there, I'll try answer these as best as I can.1) The straight edge technique helps to the keep the edges of the bracelet straight (not bumpy) and makes the overall bracelet straighter. It works on both Normal patterns and Alpha's. Basically, on the left edge you keep one string that is going to be the string for the edge, and you only make backward-forward knots onto it and on the right side you also have a string and you only make forward-backward knots on this string. (Some recent patterns here on BB already have the straight edge technique built into them, so there's no need to add another string) 2) Segment knotting is basically what it says, knotting in segments. This helps to complete the bracelet much faster. You basically look at the pattern and look at its structure and look at how its interlocked, looking for segments you can complete. It definitely takes time and practice to get used to, but it is worth if you want to complete bracelets faster. If you've done Candy-stripes and Chevrons, then you've more than likely done segment knotting for those bracelets. 3) For a Teardrop Loop, you make a loop as you normally would. You then look at your bottom and locate a triangle (I usually use the triangle at the start of the pattern, which is marked with the first A circle). You then look at the lines between each circle within that diagonal row and that will be the order of your strings. You take out each string and do a forward-backward knot (on the left side), and continue but always leaving the string you knotted with out of the way, reducing the quantity of string you hold each time until you reach one at the end. You then do the exact same on the right hand side, but you make backward-forward knots. With the two strings that are then in the middle you make a forward or backward knot with them to connect the two sides. You then start the pattern as you wish. 4) Triangle Starts and ends are a little tricky to explain and it will probably just confuse you more if I try, hopefully someone else can. For the start you basically just locate a triangle in the pattern, separate the strings in half so they mirror. The knots on the edge of the triangle you do with forward knots (on the whole of the left bundle) bringing the string in, do the same on the right side but use backward knots, and then do the knot the pattern suggests. And you keep doing that. To end it you just again locate a triangle at the end of the bracelet, on the left you do backward-forward knots bringing in each string one at a time forming a bundle.. On the right you do forward-backward knots for form a bundle. I am so sorry if all this doesn't make sense, or is very confusing. I hope I at least helped in some areas. I know you said you've watched videos, but there are tutorials out there that people have done with pictures if that is any help to you. Alex's-innovations is another great YouTuber (in my opinion) so you could also check her videos out and see if maybe they help you. |
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Someone_
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4 years, 7 months ago by Someone_
Oops @halokiwi already answered 😂
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cbb_knots
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4 years, 7 months ago by cbb_knots
Segment knotting is when you split up a pattern into segments, or groups of knots, and knot in those groups instead of by rows. Examples of this are chevrons, candystripe, or any bracelet that you aren’t going row by row for. My favorite way to spilt the bracelets up that I do is into chevron style groups... but everyone has different preferences!!!!👍😁
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KenzieKnot
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4 years, 7 months ago by KenzieKnot
thank you all so so much!! all of the help has really made me understand everything more!!! @cbb_knots @Someone_ @halokiwi @Sarah246
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