I need help!
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mel23
Skiller
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4 years, 5 months ago by mel23
So I was making a alpha and one of the strings that I was knitting just snapped. What should I do?!
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arf820
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4 years, 5 months ago by arf820
was it your base string or your leading string? either way it can be fixed. if it was your leading string, you’d do it the same way as if you were changing colors. put what’s left of the snapped string behind the bracelet and tape a new string of the same color onto your workspace behind the bracelet. then simply knot the new string onto the next base string. if it was a base string you snapped you’d do the same thing except i would recommend taping the snapped base string and the new base string to the back of the bracelet. then you simply knot with your leading string over the new base string. hope that helps! 🙂
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mel23
Skiller
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4 years, 5 months ago by mel23
Ok thank you @arf820😊
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arf820
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4 years, 5 months ago by arf820
np! feel free to message me or tag me here if you need any clarification 🙂
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mel23
Skiller
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4 years, 5 months ago by mel23
Ok thank you☺️
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stewon6969
Bracelet King
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4 years, 5 months ago by stewon6969
Make sure you are not knotting super tight! Maybe loosen your knot tension or you can buy stronger thread!
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mel23
Skiller
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4 years, 5 months ago by mel23
Ok! Do you have any brands you recommend?
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madeleine_
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4 years, 5 months ago by madeleine_
I know you weren’t asking me, but I recommend DMC and Loops & Threads. Also, if it was a base string that snapped, make sure you keep in taped down until you’ve knotted at least ten rows onto it. Because you don’t make any knots with bass strings, it’s a lot easier for replaced base strings to slip out than replaced leading strings
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mel23
Skiller
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4 years, 5 months ago by mel23
Ok thanks @madeleine this helped a lot
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madeleine_
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4 years, 5 months ago by madeleine_
You’re welcome, I’m glad I could help!
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jetsa_124
Bracelet King
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4 years, 5 months ago by jetsa_124
Since it’s an alpha, it should be pretty easy to just re-add it! However I’m not sure what to do if it’s a base string
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quartzx2
Advanced
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4 years, 5 months ago by quartzx2
what bracelets should i do next? I've done candy stripe and chevron, but I'm still a beginner and lost? what now?
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madeleine_
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4 years, 5 months ago by madeleine_
@quartzx2 Masha Knots has a YouTube playlist of beginner bracelets, and any of those would be a good one
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arf820
Moderator
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4 years, 5 months ago by arf820
@quartzx12 i would recommend the braided stitch (#117), a simple diamond bracelet (#2167) or the arrowhead (#18). all three of these bracelets are super beginner friendly and they all have tutorials attached to them. the diamond and arrowhead bracelet both have forward-backward and backward-forward knots so if you feel comfortable with both forward and backward knots and i especially recommend either of those two. hope that helps! 🙂
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mlh49529
Bracelet King
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4 years, 5 months ago by mlh49529
If it was a base string, try attaching it back in from the back and if it was just a leading string then reattach it like you would another color
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holoween13
Bracelet King
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4 years, 5 months ago by holoween13
There is the bee pattern as well. I have i think a beginner bracelet pattern. If you don't mind pokemon, then you could do this pattern #29097. I had that problem along with my strings(mostly with craft thread), so I dont use DMC cotton pearl. I just use the generic dmc thread
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