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Alpha Edges

abby_ruth2 Advanced	4 years, 6 months ago by abby_ruth2 Hello! I have watched Masha’s knots flat Alpha tutorial, and I started making my first alpha. I use the straight edge technique(forwardbackward knots on the edge of the bracelet) and i looked this bracelet, #28603, at the last knot of row 11 and the first knot of row 12. how would you do the forward backward knot on the edge of that row when there are different colors like that. Sorry if that made no sense at all. If anybody could help me it would be much appreciated!❤️
SydneySeff Bracelet King	4 years, 6 months ago by SydneySeff @abby_ruth2 If I were you, I would just do a forward knot and a backward knot. It will still be straight. Let me know if you need more help.
abby_ruth2 Advanced	4 years, 6 months ago by abby_ruth2 @SydneySeff Thank you so much!
halokiwi Moderator	4 years, 6 months ago by halokiwi To do the straight edges technique in an alpha you need to make two bf or fb knots each time because you replace two knots! Otherwise you only have half a knot for each row and the rows will most likely curl a bit.
abby_ruth2 Advanced	4 years, 6 months ago by abby_ruth2 @halokiwi Yup! But what if there are two different colors on the last knot of one row and the first knot of the next row?

halokiwi Moderator	4 years, 6 months ago by halokiwi The first fb or bf knot is the knot for the first row and the second one is for the second row. So the first one has the colour of row one and the second the colour of row two You can imagine it like this: Bf, f,..., f, fb That's the row from left to right Bf, b,..., b, fb That's the row from right to left In my tutorial on straight edges there's a sketch where you can see it better https://www.braceletbook.com/tutorials/101_the-straight-edges-technique/ (Another question: do you know how to do alphas with more than two colours when you not do the straight edges technique?)
halokiwi Moderator	4 years, 6 months ago by halokiwi So basically each row starts and ends with a bf or fb knot. That means you have to do two of the same knots right after each other because after you ended a row with a fb or bf knot you start the next one right away also with a fb or bf knot. The general knotting structure stays the same but all edge knots are switched to fb or bf knots.
halokiwi Moderator	4 years, 6 months ago by halokiwi Did it make sense now?
abby_ruth2 Advanced	4 years, 6 months ago by abby_ruth2 Yes, I think so, thank you so much for your help!
abby_ruth2 Advanced	4 years, 6 months ago by abby_ruth2 like seriously i’m so so so grateful!! you helped me so much!

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