minutcraft

IG: _minute_craft (follow me there to see more pics of my projects, or the thought process/backstories behind them. 😄 )
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If you make any of my patterns and post about them on Instagram, please tag me. I'd love to see your work!
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~Knotting hobbyist (why else would I be here? 😆)~
~Always hungry for tips and tricks to making straighter and prettier bracelets~
~Avid reader & binge watcher of anime~
~ Lover of happy endings (they inject a little hope into life)~
~Life long lover of the Dark Academia Aesthetic (before it was a thing/had a name)~
~Potterhead (obvs!)~
~A cat slave~
~Has more patterns on her to-do list than is feasibly possible to actually finish making (so if you want to raid it, feel free to. Really.)~
~Bracelet Queen since 19 May 2021~
~So honoured to have won @kaylabear's Aug 2021 Harry Potter themed bracelet challenge with #57930.~
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Rediscovered bracelet knotting during the Covid-19 pandemic (circa end-2020), and it’s been an amazing journey since. The discovery of members of this community on YouTube has sent me tumbling down the rabbit hole of making ever-increasingly intricate patterns—many of which I would never have imagined I would ever be able to make. So thank you, all you pattern makers and tutorial makers out there (especially Masha Knots, whose tutorials on how to read patterns, and various loops and ends for beginners unlocked a whole new world of possibilities for me)! I am forever grateful to this community for continually challenging me to make better bracelets and do so much more with the patterns!
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• I wanted ‘minutecraft’ for my username, but it was one letter too many for the server. 😆 [You can find me as _minute_craft on IG though! #TotallyRepeatingMyselfHere]
• It’s ‘minute’ as in ‘small’, not as in ‘60 seconds’ 😆
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• My ❤️s: Patterns I either enjoyed making, or really really love the design (but might never be able to make 😭)
• My To-dos: Patterns I plan or aspire to make one day (I have recently accepted that I might never complete this list). Please feel free to raid my to-dos; that way at least one of us is making them 😆
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Bracelets made in 2021: 121/100 🎉
Other projects made in 2021: 12/?

Bracelets made in 2022: 94/?
Other projects made in 2022: 10/?

Bracelets made in 2023: 63/52
Other projects made in 2023: 8/?

Want to know how many I’ve made in 2024 so far? Swing by my IG! 😄

Normals > Alphas, simply because I get easily annoyed with long trails/huge skeins of string and/or with running out of string halfway through patterns, and I only know how to make alphas with the clean back technique (which makes things just slightly more complicated). I’m also a somewhat slow but impatient knotter. I am extremely jealous of all y’all who make alphas so beautifully and with such straight edges (especially character or detailed landscape patterns)!
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Because @verenskaja asked (｡◕‿◕｡)

The best advice I ever heard/observed that contribute to producing a straight bracelet (apart from just using the straight edges technique):

(1) Work on your bracelet as closely to your clip/whatever you secure it with as possible. (credit: YT & IG: akaawol)

(2) If you see a knot appearing out of place as you knot your project, adjust it immediately; don’t wait for it to ‘fix itself’ or until you get to the end of a row/section. (Credit: @racoon / YT: Masha Knots / IG: masha_knots)

(3) Pull your string more in an upwards/vertical direction when knotting rather than to a specific side. (Credit: @Margaron / IG: megmakescrafts / YT: Megan Morris)

(4) There is no hard and fast rule about whether tight or looser knots work better—it can and does differ between knotters, and even between projects. you just need to become familiar enough with how you tend to work with the materials you have and the tension that works for you, and practice replicating the knots you want to make more often until it kind of becomes your standard.
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Other most important bracelet-making tip: COUNT your strings of each colour TWICE before cutting AND after cutting! I cannot stress this enough! Trust me on this; you do not want to make a loop and start knotting only to find out you have too many or too few of one (or more) coloured string… 😒
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Need more tips? Look up the following bracelet makers' YouTube channels:
- Megan Morris
- Masha Knots
- Alex Innovations
- Kinsey B
- Pattern and Craft
- Craftanatic
- akaawol
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IMPORTANT: If you are sending me a friend request and don't have a bio AND/OR photos (like at least 5) of bracelets you've made on your profile, please DM me to let me know why you're adding me to your friends list so I know you're not some random bot!