Base strings with keychains (not when you have an uneven number)
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kpn
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5 months, 4 weeks ago by kpn
how do you make base strings for keychains long enough to hold and tie onto, but not so long that you end up wasting a lot of string when you finish? I have trouble with keychains for this reason and I hate to waste string. Usually my scraps are too small to use for other things, so that's the main problem with leftovers.
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katdog1210
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5 months, 4 weeks ago by katdog1210
this may be oddly specific, but i usually do at least one foot per 20 rows+more if you are planning on having an ending that’ll require more length 🙂
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kpn
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5 months, 4 weeks ago by kpn
@katdog1210 ty for the specificness lol but I don't usually do fancy endings for keychains 🙁 thank you so much for the suggestion tho, I'll try it!
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marie_k
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5 months, 3 weeks ago by marie_k
Use previous keychains to mesure how long they make. For exemple, for me, 1cm = 6 rows. Like this I can predict how big my keychain will be and cut accordingly 🙂
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ningc98
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5 months, 3 weeks ago by ningc98
For me, one inch is about 12 rows
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kpn
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5 months, 3 weeks ago by kpn
@ningc98 @marie_k that helps but it's really hard to tie onto such short strings, how do y'all do it? or any tips?
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ningc98
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5 months, 3 weeks ago by ningc98
First, I figure out how many rows there are. If the numbers not equally divisible by 12 then I round up just to be safe. After rounding up, I double it to have the length of one base string. If you’re doing a loop, you’ll have to double it again and add a few more inches just in case.
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ningc98
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5 months, 3 weeks ago by ningc98
I hope that makes sense. I don’t think I explained it very well 😅
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marie_k
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5 months, 3 weeks ago by marie_k
Do you mean for normal patterns or alphas ? Cause for alphas you dont knot with your based strings so it's not an issue. Unfortunately I don't do keychains with normal patterns so I can't really help...
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kpn
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5 months, 3 weeks ago by kpn
@marie_k alpha. i mean that i have trouble holding onto and knotting onto such a short base string
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kpn
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5 months, 3 weeks ago by kpn
@ningc98 that does make sense but still seems like you'd have a lot of excess thread
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kpn
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5 months, 3 weeks ago by kpn
both of you so sorry i'm just making this hard 😅
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ningc98
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5 months, 3 weeks ago by ningc98
Not really, because I make my ties pretty long on bracelets but on keychains I usually do a little bit less-like an extra 2-3 instead of doubling.
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kpn
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5 months, 3 weeks ago by kpn
@ningc98 that makes more sense, thank you so much!
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ningc98
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5 months, 3 weeks ago by ningc98
of course!
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