How to turn normal pattern into alpha? Beaded loom
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Lilah-Hps
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4 months ago by Lilah-Hps
Just started beading and want to convert a normal pattern into and alpha
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halokiwi
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4 months ago by halokiwi
The easiest way is to rotate the pattern 45° but the pattern might look very different then. A bit more difficult would be to design a pattern that just looks similar. Alpha patterns and normal patterns have a different structure, so you can't transform them 1:1. Do you have a specific pattern in mind? |
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Lilah-Hps
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4 months ago by Lilah-Hps
Yes #150754, I'm not sure how to make it without the beads on the end where in a normal pattern wouldn't be a knot.
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halokiwi
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4 months ago by halokiwi
The pattern you mentioned is an alpha pattern. You should be able to use it for bead loom without any issue.Are we talking about the same thing? On braceletbook there are two types of patterns: - normal patterns for example #1 or #2 - and alpha patterns for example #4847 or #38672 Alpha patterns can be used for any craft that uses a pattern grid for example bead loom, but also knitting, crochet, cross stitch or perler beads and of course alpha bracelets. |
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Lilah-Hps
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4 months ago by Lilah-Hps
OMG that's the wrong pattern I'm so sorry it's actually #150574 😭sorry
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halokiwi
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4 months ago by halokiwi
How many rows does a bead loom pattern need ideally?
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Lilah-Hps
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4 months ago by Lilah-Hps
On an alpha, however many base strings +2. So it would be the the for a normal, I just need to know what color of bead goes into the space on the end
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halokiwi
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4 months ago by halokiwi
I don't mean the amount of base strings but how long the pattern needs to be.What space at the end? |
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Lilah-Hps
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4 months ago by Lilah-Hps
You can make it however long you want. When you look at a normal pattern, every other row has 1 less knot. So when your knotting say like it has 8 strings, it would go 8,7,8,7 because you don't make that knot but I'm not sure which bead I need to put when you have that space
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Lilah-Hps
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4 months ago by Lilah-Hps
I'm really bad at explaining btw so sorry 😭
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halokiwi
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4 months ago by halokiwi
If you want to follow the normal pattern, you have to follow the structure of a normal pattern. You can't just add an extra bead in the even rows while following the structure of an alpha pattern and call it a day. This won't work. If you are set on following the normal pattern like it is, you could check out brick stitch. I mean, how many rows would it need, if it was an alpha pattern. I've submitted an alpha pattern that tries to imitate the appearance of the normal pattern. I'll let you know once it is accepted. I wanted to know the amount of rows so I could make the pattern the ideal length, but I ended up going with whatever looked the nicest. |
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Lilah-Hps
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4 months ago by Lilah-Hps
Thank you for taking your time to tell me this! I understand now
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halokiwi
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4 months ago by halokiwi
The pattern is #172642
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Lilah-Hps
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4 months ago by Lilah-Hps
Thank you !!! ❤️❤️❤️
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