Comments of How to calculate string length in a normal pattern tutorial page 2
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user254780
user254780
7 months, 1 week ago by user254780
OMG I'm so sorry, mb for tagging you 4 no reason, I clearly dotn pay attention to what I do, I understand now, thank you for your time anyways. 🙂
user254780
user254780
7 months, 1 week ago by user254780
the value of only the square root part is about 22 , with the ties and 5 extra, it is about 43, so idk what I'm doing wrong
user254780
user254780
7 months, 1 week ago by user254780
@halokiwi can you provide the adjustable formula with the variables filled in plz, I don't seem to understand it, I'm trying to make a bracelet length of 16, and I got 43 with the extra 5 centimeters added in the total, I thought it should be more string, not less. can you please help me understand, thank you 🙂
Kattank123
Kattank123
9 months ago by Kattank123
It works! Thank you so much for the formula, you're a genius!
clairestil
clairestil
1 year, 1 month ago by clairestil
Ok
halokiwi
halokiwi
1 year, 1 month ago by halokiwi
@clairestil no, it doesn't
clairestil
clairestil
1 year, 1 month ago by clairestil
I’m making #151104
clairestil
clairestil
1 year, 1 month ago by clairestil
Does this work for shaped patterns?
halokiwi
halokiwi
1 year, 1 month ago by halokiwi
@LunaBerry

The base strings need to be the length of the beaverbrook plus some extra for ties etc. The length can be calculated based on the amount of rows.

The leading strings can't really be calculated. It's best to just use the whole skein and cut it in the end.
LunaBerry
LunaBerry
1 year, 1 month ago by LunaBerry
@halokiwi Is there a way to calculate string length for alpha patterns?
halokiwi
halokiwi
1 year, 2 months ago by halokiwi
@issayuh if a string has 50 percent and your bracelet is supposed to be 15 cm long, you'd calculate: 50 x 15/14
issayuh
issayuh
1 year, 2 months ago by issayuh
Hey um sorry but could you elaborate more on the last part? Where you said "For any other length the exact percentage would not have worked out. To still be able to work with the percentage, you just have to multiply it by the bracelet length you want divided by 14."

???
halokiwi
halokiwi
1 year, 3 months ago by halokiwi
@WhyKn07 the square root of 2 times the length of the bracelet squared plus what you need to the ties and 5cm for added security
WhyKn07
WhyKn07
1 year, 3 months ago by WhyKn07
I still don’t understand where the initial 45 cm comes from for a 14 cm bracelet…that makes it hard to adapt to bracelets of different sizes, since you use that base number for the rest of the calculations.
halokiwi
halokiwi
1 year, 4 months ago by halokiwi
I discovered one mistake

The correct formula for percentage of knots should be

percentage of knots made = number of knots : number of rows x 100

In the tutorial I incorrectly placed a bracket where it doesn't belong which made the formula incorrect.
Hinamichan
Hinamichan
1 year, 4 months ago by Hinamichan
@halokiwi Thank you so much I really suck at math lol I think I've been plugging the formula in wrong this entire time lol
halokiwi
halokiwi
1 year, 4 months ago by halokiwi
@Hinamichan the second string loops to become the second to last string.

These two strings make 24 knots in 40 rows, wich is 0,6 which is 60%. I think you just interpreted the results wrong somehow.
Hinamichan
Hinamichan
1 year, 4 months ago by Hinamichan
Okay last question I have this pattern #115934 could you calculate string number 2 for me? I am a little confused on how I would calculate it. I tried to calculate it the same way you did with string 8 and 10 by doing string 2 with string 17 but it came out to 0.06% which there is no way that is correct
halokiwi
halokiwi
1 year, 4 months ago by halokiwi
@Hinamichan check out the part on how to adapt the formula to different bracelet and tie length
Hinamichan
Hinamichan
1 year, 4 months ago by Hinamichan
I am a little confused about what I would do if I want a bracelet to be longer than 14 centimeters...