alpha help
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gemmaw621
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4 years, 7 months ago by gemmaw621
for the base strings, say there are 8, do you need to cut 8 base strings of the same length?
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kmcbride
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4 years, 7 months ago by kmcbride
yes that’s the case! I would recommend a couple inches added for ties and then the length of the bracelet! 10 rows usually = 1 inch for me!
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gemmaw621
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4 years, 7 months ago by gemmaw621
So how long in inches should my base string be if I need 8. Sorry, I have never done an Alpha
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ELKARS
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4 years, 7 months ago by ELKARS
It depends which bracelet it is , and how long you want to make it. Usually base strings do not need to be very long, like in normal patterns.
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kmcbride
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4 years, 7 months ago by kmcbride
yeah depending on the pattern number I could estimate for you
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gemmaw621
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4 years, 7 months ago by gemmaw621
number 714873. however i have never made an alpha before. i am watching a masha knots video rn.
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kmcbride
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4 years, 7 months ago by kmcbride
when I search for it, nothing comes up?
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gemmaw621
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4 years, 7 months ago by gemmaw621
it is a basketball one. sorry i gave u the wrogn one its number 36424
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gemmaw621
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4 years, 7 months ago by gemmaw621
i changed the backround from blue to gray thats why it did not come up
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kmcbride
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4 years, 7 months ago by kmcbride
yeah that makes sense! since it’s 36 rows, to make a full bracelet you’d probably want to do it twice or 1 and a half times so I’d suggest making your base strings about 12ish inches to be safe but measure you wrist and add some inches for ties
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kmcbride
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4 years, 7 months ago by kmcbride
sorry if that’s confusing but it’s better to be safer than sorry, so you can always add a couple
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gemmaw621
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4 years, 7 months ago by gemmaw621
thank you soooo much!!
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gemmaw621
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4 years, 7 months ago by gemmaw621
also one more question, can you just knot the top of the base strings to get started?
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kmcbride
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4 years, 7 months ago by kmcbride
the easiest way for me is to tie a knot and use your knotting string to make a shaped start, because if you tie a knot and start from there it could get weird! alex's innovations has a great tutorial for shaped starts with alphas, if you want to check it out. but since your bracelet is only 8 strings you might be okay with just starting from a knot!
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