Difficult bracelets
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emp217
Professional
emp217
7 months, 3 weeks ago by emp217
Hi guys,

which are in your opinion really difficult (normal) patterns to make?
Once I thought the starburst with 34 is difficult, but actually it's not, it's only a lot of work.

For me #59965 was quite difficult because you really have to take care of fb/bf and recognize that you did wrong many rows after. I have made bracelets with a lot more strings that seemed to me like "omg how can you do this" and they were quite easy. But this one killed my nerves. 😂 It was one of my first ones and I did not even understand that a fb/bf knot just does not change the string order.

There are patterns that are fun to make, others that are really boring to make (but look good as a bracelet) and so on. But what is for you difficult?
kpn
Bracelet King
kpn
7 months, 3 weeks ago by kpn
Usually it's how fast I get bored 😂 I can't do 1212s bc the result isn't satisfying and difficulty isn't a problem for me, but if I'm working on a 36 stringer or smth, it looks like ai'm making no progress and I get bored real fast
halokiwi
Moderator
halokiwi
7 months, 3 weeks ago by halokiwi
I think, if you segment-knot, some patterns can get quite complicated, but if you knot row-by-row, there's literally no difference because you just follow the knots one by one and you don't need to consider anything else.
emp217
Professional
emp217
7 months, 3 weeks ago by emp217
I never make the knots in a horizontal row. There is just no logical connection or path of the strings, so I think this is a lot more complicated than do segment knotting. At least in chevrons to avoid wavy bracelets (as you told me 😉)
Tikilishi
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Tikilishi
7 months, 3 weeks ago by Tikilishi
Are you asking for certain kinds of normals @emp217? 🙂 Or like specific pattern numbers that people have found to be difficult to tie? (Or both?) 🙂
Just wondering! 😄
emp217
Professional
emp217
7 months, 3 weeks ago by emp217
Actually pattern numbers.
kpn
Bracelet King
kpn
7 months, 3 weeks ago by kpn
1212
#157612
#149057

Shaped
#167707
#163632
#168149
#166783
#152950
#110674

macrame/don't follow pattern literally
#120807
#153490
#162558
#156362
#167205
#163463
#145279
#143257
#145805
#88731
#110416

Overall, shaped, macrame, hole(s), gap(s), space(s), chain(s), and 1212 are good keywords to find patterns that aren't understandable without tutorials. @ponotama has lots of cool shaped patterns and @goldflower has a bunch of macrame if that interests you.
kpn
Bracelet King
kpn
7 months, 3 weeks ago by kpn
(regarding my previous comment those are not the only 1212s and macramés on the site, just examples of what I mean
multiestar
Professional
multiestar
7 months, 3 weeks ago by multiestar
Anything above 39 strings I'd say, I don't really find any patterns hard but I find bigger bracelets very time consuming and they are depending on the pattern
goldflower
Bracelet King
goldflower
7 months, 3 weeks ago by goldflower
Unless there is a video on a pattern that explains how to make it, most macrame patterns can be made by exactly following the pattern, just like a normal pattern.

If you're interested in tying difficult patterns I would recommend finding patterns that seem only a tiny bit difficult to you and slowly work up to more difficult things, trying new things with each pattern.
For example #89249 was my first shaped pattern. It seemed difficult at the time because I'd never done anything like that before.

If you're just curious about what other people find difficult #105880 was hard for me because I couldn't find a good way to segment knot and it was the largest pattern I'd ever tried. #110933 was difficult but in a really fun way, I think that's my favorite pattern not designed by me.
Tikilishi
Moderator
Tikilishi
7 months, 3 weeks ago by Tikilishi
Awesome suggestions @kpn @goldflower 👍 🙂
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