Difficult bracelets
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emp217
Professional
emp217
10 months 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
10 months 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
10 months 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
10 months 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
10 months 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
10 months ago by emp217
Actually pattern numbers.
kpn
Bracelet King
kpn
10 months 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
10 months 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
10 months 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
10 months 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
10 months ago by Tikilishi
Awesome suggestions @kpn @goldflower 👍 🙂
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