My alphas are straight on one side and wonky on the other 😕
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_johanna_
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3 years, 8 months ago by _johanna_
Whenever I make an alpha one side is ALWAYS wonkyer that the other one, even tho I use the straight edges technique.To understand better what I'm saying you can check out the photos of my alphas on my page. Maybe it's not that clear in the pics but in real life it's more visible. Why is this happening and how can I fix it?! 🙁
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Lou_22
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3 years, 8 months ago by Lou_22
Try pushing your knots up with a ruler at the end of each row. Masha Knots has a great tutorial with some tips below, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-UWqtTxWls |
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oceanknot
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3 years, 8 months ago by oceanknot
Make sure that when you’re doing the straight edges technique, you start and end each row with a fb or bf knot. Also, try to make sure that your bracelet is tightly secured down when knotting
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5torr
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3 years, 7 months ago by 5torr
Judging by your pictures, it's always the right edge? You could try the following: Whenever you're making a pair of knots at the right edge, make the forward knot as usual, start the backward knot as usual, but then swap hands/strings (the string from the right hand goes to the left hand and the other way round). Then carefully pull upwards (to 11 o'clock if you imagine a clock). Make this second knot a little tighter than you usually would and maybe push up the knot then, if necessary.
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meljensik
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3 years, 7 months ago by meljensik
i saw someone else say to use to ruler which is what i do , but also focus on your know tension being the same
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lucass_
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3 years, 7 months ago by lucass_
it might also be that your mixed knots have different tension. but one of the reason i’ve noticed that this happens is one, different knot tensions and two, your strings aren’t the same thickness. so if ones thicker, than sometimes another side will compensate to make room while you’re pushing the other side to make it straight. try to keep your knots all the same size. and ngl it just takes practice. you prob get that a lot but like you do it often enough, you find what works for u
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Margaron
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3 years, 7 months ago by Margaron
Zooming way in on the 'wobbly' side of your pictures, it looks like your knots on that edge aren't as tight as your knots on the other side. The knots on the more uneven side, when you look up close don't appear even in size, some knots are bigger and some are smaller. Because of that, I suspect that this is purely a tension issue. Pay close attention to making the knots on your uneven side more even and I think you'll see an improvement.
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Pawsknot
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3 years, 7 months ago by Pawsknot
Your knot tightness might be uneven from left to right, try paying more action to that and be sure it's the same on both sides. Also try using the same brand of string for the entire bracelet, if a string is even slightly smaller or bigger and that string is only on one side of the bracelet then that side might go in and out when that string is making the knots.
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