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as_12
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4 years, 5 months ago by as_12
Hi, so the other day I posted on the forum because I always get lumps in my alphas. A nice girl asked if I was doing a whole row of forward knots and a whole row of backward knots. (Which that is correct.) Then I saw something about a substitution method for alphas like you switch direction of the knots as you switch colors. But now, I’m really confused and it’s weird because I’ve been making these for a little under a year… am I not supposed to do one row forward knots one row backward knots? I don’t know if anyone understands what I mean, but I can’t seem to get this right.
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nev_m_07
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4 years, 5 months ago by nev_m_07
@as_12 so it seems like what you’re doing is correct. What the other person may have been referring to is the Flat Alpha technique in which you use to prevent lumps in alpha bracelets. How they explained it was probably confusing as it isn’t easy to explain without a visual demonstration. I recommend watching Masha Knots’ video about this technique as she explains it really well.
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madison737
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4 years, 5 months ago by madison737
If you watch masha knots video flat alpha technique that will explain it very well! My alphas were much better after that video
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as_12
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4 years, 5 months ago by as_12
@nev_m_07 @madison737 I watched that video
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as_12
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4 years, 5 months ago by as_12
Oopsies I accidentally hit the send button but I wanted that video once before and I just watched it again and I finally understood what it meant 😂 Thank you so much
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nev_m_07
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4 years, 5 months ago by nev_m_07
Ok. No problem! Have a great day! 🙂
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Lexiloo852
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4 years, 5 months ago by Lexiloo852
How to you post a video or picture of a bracelet?
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Margaron
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4 years, 5 months ago by Margaron
@as_12 the method you are speaking of is the original method of tying alphas. Alphas originally were two-tone patterns for text, hence the name ‘alpha’ - as in alphabet. They were tied using a background string and the base strings. In order to knot in your second colour, you had to knot with your base string over your knotting string so you had something to knot on! But because you still needed your knotting string when you reached the other end of your letter, you tied your base string knots in the opposite direction of travel so your background string would still carry forward as you needed. The substitution method most commonly used now is the multi-colour alpha technique, where you don’t knot with your base strings but only knot ON them and thus left to right is forwards knots and right to left is backward regardless of colour. Both methods CAN be combined, in fact I have an alpha tutorial where I’ve done it on a shark pattern where I used grey base strings because the pattern is mostly grey. I hope that explanation helps you sort things out! 🤗
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madeleine_
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4 years, 5 months ago by madeleine_
@Lexiloo852 If you’re on the app, tap on the pattern and then tap the plus sign in the upper right corner. If you’re on the website, click on the pattern and then either click “add a photo” or “add a video” in the upper right corner
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as_12
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4 years, 5 months ago by as_12
@Margaron omg thank you so much! I really appreciate you taking your time to thoroughly explain that method. It certainly makes SOOO much sense now! Thank you!!! 😁✨
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as_12
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4 years, 5 months ago by as_12
@nev_m_07 thanks so much, you too!!
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Margaron
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4 years, 5 months ago by Margaron
@as_12 no problem! A lot of people get confused with it, especially when they view older tutorials as it wasn’t actually that long ago that multi-colour alphas became a thing. I actually made my first YouTube video on how to make multi-colour alphas because so many people on here didn’t know how! Now I don’t even think most people know how to do the original alpha method 😂
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as_12
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4 years, 5 months ago by as_12
@Margaron yes, oh boy! I’m so glad you could help me though! 😊⚡️
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