How to fix twisted candy stripe?
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Athenaaa
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1 year, 11 months ago by Athenaaa
Hello! There are probably a ton of questions about this already but finding them is overwhelming so I’ll just ask again I guess:When I try to make a candy stripe bracelet it always ends up curling in on itself - how do I fix that? I can do so many patterns but for some reason I have trouble with (arguably) the simplest one! 😂 😭 |
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hollow_log
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1 year, 11 months ago by hollow_log
given the structure of a candy stripe, it is honestly bound to curl, ur not doing anything wrong. u can try running it through a flat iron but there’s not much that can be done. happy knotting ^_^
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Athenaaa
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1 year, 11 months ago by Athenaaa
Ahhh gotcha, I saw Masha Knot’s video and I was like HOW DID SHE DO THAT WITHOUT IT TWISTING 😂 She’s just magical I guess haha
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hollow_log
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1 year, 11 months ago by hollow_log
she is tbh
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senor
Bracelet King
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1 year, 11 months ago by senor
i think it’s the knotting tension. i used to make my knots super tight and that would curl the bracelet. but then i started to loosen it and it curled a lot less
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Athenaaa
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1 year, 11 months ago by Athenaaa
Thank you for the tip! Yeah I always make my knots really tight so I’ll try again with some scrap thread 🙂
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Callie_BOB
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1 year, 10 months ago by Callie_BOB
Candy stripes twist because of the structure of the bracelet; it is very difficult to knot them without them twisting. However I have made quite a few candy stripes and have found some things that help:1) Knotting looser (this not only prevents twisting but makes your knots come out much neater as well). 2) Pulling a little harder on the strings that I am knotting onto (this seems to be encouraging the bracelet to shape itself more in a straight line than a curling shape). 3) If you have two strings of the same color at the end you could always do a fb or bf knot to try to counteract the structure of the bracelet. |
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