Teardrop loop with uneven amount of strings
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ursula3
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4 years, 5 months ago by ursula3
Hey! I have searched for FOREVER and cannot seem to find a way to make a teardrop loop with an odd number of strings. Just thought I might ask here. Thanks!
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zarahlmao
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4 years, 5 months ago by zarahlmao
i’m not sure you can? but maybe you could have one side with 5 strings and one with 4? just an example but i don’t know
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zarahlmao
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4 years, 5 months ago by zarahlmao
and you can’t really make a loop with an uneven amount of strings, you can it’s just super difficult
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ursula3
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4 years, 5 months ago by ursula3
have you?
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ursula3
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4 years, 5 months ago by ursula3
ooh it might work since your like doubling your strings if you only make that one half as long then tye it onto all of the other ones??
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arf820
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4 years, 5 months ago by arf820
masha knots has a youtube tutorial on making a loop with an uneven amount of strings! it’s a very difficult process though so i honestly would recommend just doing triangle ends or crimp ends or just starting your bracelet with no special start🙂
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ursula3
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4 years, 5 months ago by ursula3
Is it the one where shes doing the Chevron with different sides? i don't know what it called. If so, I have already watched it and you still technically need to have an even amount of strings. Thanks for trying though! I guess its just not possible 🙁
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arf820
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4 years, 5 months ago by arf820
if that didn’t help you alex innovations also has a tutorial! but it’s still the same process where you split the string in half and join them together somehow someway. i’ve never tried it before. but i know that it is possible!
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srhamy28
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4 years, 5 months ago by srhamy28
alex innovations (on youtube) has a tutorial for how to make a loop with an odd number of strings. basically, you split one of the strings in half, and pair it with another string (that isnt split). then, you fold each of them and put the ends tthrough eachother. this will give you three strings. the string that was divided becomes a one string when folded in half, and the whole string becomes two (each end becomes its own string). if that doesnt make sense I would watch the video, it is kind of hard to put into words. personally, I have never liked the technique of splitting strings, folding and pairing them up. it is very tedious and I don't enjoy doing it. to make a loop with an odd number of strings, I just thread an extra string into my loop. to do this, you start pretty much the same as a normal loop. secure your strings at about the halfway point. but, with your odd string, tape that slightly above where you are going to start your loop (so the length is mainly on one side, which you will use to make the bracelet). then, make the loop as normal. this should leave you with a loop with an odd number of strings, but with a small tail on one side of the loop. to get rid of this, just pull the end of the string until it is within the loop. that should leave you with a loop with an odd number of strings. be careful when first starting your bracelet, because the string that is only halfway through the loop isnt very secure, unlike the strings that are folded. if you pull it too much it will come out of the loop, so just be careful with the first few rows of the bracelet. after a couple of knots you wont have to worry about it, and you can knot normally. hope this helps. if you were wondering, I did figure out how to do that technique on my own. message me if you need anymore help with it, because I'm not sure that other knotters would be able to provide help. |
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ursula3
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4 years, 5 months ago by ursula3
Thank you SO much!!!
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srhamy28
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4 years, 5 months ago by srhamy28
totally forgot about the "teardrop" part of the teardrop loop😂. there is nothing different from doing a teardrop loop with an even or odd number of strings. its just that with an odd number of strings, the sides of the teardrop wont be symmetrical. really, the hard part is making the loop with an odd number of threads, not the teardrop part. masha knots has a video (on youtube) on how to make a teardrop loop, if you don't know how to do that. hope this helps.
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knottahti
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4 years, 5 months ago by knottahti
what i do quite frequently is cut all of my strings like you normally would do for a loop, and just make the odd one about 6 inches longer than half length (ex your strings are 5 ft, make the odd string 3 ft). then, you just pretend it is an even loop, just with the odd end sticking out much shorter than the others. once you start knotting, push the short end of the odd string to the back and cut it off later!
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knottahti
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4 years, 5 months ago by knottahti
i just realized that what i said is very similar to the advice from @srhamy28 haha oops
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