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oppelte12
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4 years, 9 months ago by oppelte12
What bracelets can i do to get better at making them?
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22graffeod
Bracelet King
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4 years, 9 months ago by 22graffeod
The number one tip i can personally offer is practice. Not a great answer but it certainly has helped me. All of the pictures under my profile have come within the last year or two. I’ve obviously improved quite a bit, and that comes with time. However there’s a couple things I’d recommend. One, don’t try something you’re not ready for (too big, too complicated, etc.) It results in the complete disaster of a bracelet that’s taking too long and you begin to hate it. Two, watch YouTube videos!!!!! They’re super helpful for learning new techniques and patterns that you can try. Three, figure out what your setup for making bracelets is. Mine is personally a clipboard because I’ve always found it the easiest to control, but i know plenty of others who love safety pins just as much. Once you figure out which you like better, the process will be much easier. Four, you have to want to make most of your bracelets. Especially at the beginning, if you’re making a pattern that you aren’t particularly interested in doing with colors that you don’t really like, it will be much more difficult to finish it. Wait until you find a pattern that you really like, then spend the couple of minutes figuring out what colors you’d like. Especially if you have an attention span like mine, focusing will be hard unless you want it. I know it’s kind of a long comment, but i really do hope these tips helped! Good luck with your bracelet making!!!!!
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halokiwi
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4 years, 9 months ago by halokiwi
I don't know how much of a beginner you are. #1 and #2 are good as the first bracelets. If you have a bit more experience I can recommend patterns that look like them but have little changes. I looked at your to-dos and there are some good easy patterns.
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KrazyKnotz
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4 years, 9 months ago by KrazyKnotz
Are you looking for Normal and/or Alpha patterns?
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Someone_
Bracelet King
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4 years, 9 months ago by Someone_
For normal patterns (which I struggled with for the longest time), you could look up a couple of 12 strings bracelets, complete them and then work your way up to 14, do a couple and then work up to 16. This not only helped me so I was confident in making them, but also it helped to practice techniques that worked for me, for example; tension.For alpha patterns, start small and again work up. So maybe start with 12 strings and 2 colours, once you feel confident move up to maybe 14 strings and 3 colours, etc. Just like everything, it all comes down to practicing; you can watch as many videos as you like, but it won't improve your actual knotting method. If you take the time, and knot regularly you'll figure out your method of knotting and what works for you. Good luck! 😊 |
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livife0816
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4 years, 9 months ago by livife0816
Candy Stripes, Chevrons and Diamonds are great ways to practice all the knots and figure out what tension works for you best.
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Sarah246
Bracelet King
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4 years, 9 months ago by Sarah246
I would recommend doing a bunch of smaller bracelets of many types at first (so like 6-10 strings). This way you can gain experience with all types of knots and bracelet techniques quicker and on more varieties of bracelets, rather than spending a bunch of time on a larger bracelet and growing frustrated with it. If you want specific patterns, my to-do list has a bunch of smaller patterns. 😊
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So_Knotty
Bracelet King
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4 years, 9 months ago by So_Knotty
Practice frequently, once you get down the chevron candy stripe and braided stitch you can really do any of them as long as your getting in that practice
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unicorn13
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4 years, 9 months ago by unicorn13
When I first started making bracelets, I made a lot of candy stripes, Chinese staircases, and chevrons! It really helped my technique develop!
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sillpickle
Bracelet King
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4 years, 9 months ago by sillpickle
once you get the chevron down, there are some great variations you can do like the fishbone chevron, refracted chevron, and the half-n-half chevron!
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sillpickle
Bracelet King
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4 years, 9 months ago by sillpickle
for learning to read patterns, I suggest 12-string bracelets to start off with! they are simple and quicker to do than other larger patterns.
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daisyellen
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4 years, 9 months ago by daisyellen
just practice and take it slow, so you really focus. try chevrons and candystripes etc, and when you're good at them then you can try other patterns too! following along to a masha knots or a kinsey b tutorial helps too 🙂
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