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Teardrop loop on alphas

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aliceboo Professional	4 years, 8 months ago by aliceboo okay so i have 10 base strings on this alpha and i get that you separate the strings into two and make a triangle but if i have five strings on each side how does that work, i think you need a multiple of 4 for that to work, i hope this makes sense pls help x
Jill_Rie Professional	4 years, 8 months ago by Jill_Rie Hey there! You should look at Masha Knots youtube tutorial she is great and is very clear at explaining well.
aliceboo Professional	4 years, 8 months ago by aliceboo @Jill_Rie I actually have already but she doesn't say what to do if you dont have a multiple of 4 strings :/

Jill_Rie Professional	4 years, 8 months ago by Jill_Rie Hmm ok Im sorry. Maybe try alex innovations shes great and has other kinds of alpha starts : )
aliceboo Professional	4 years, 8 months ago by aliceboo @Jill_Rie ahh ive watched this as well! if you don't know dont worry but ty for trying x
Jill_Rie Professional	4 years, 8 months ago by Jill_Rie ahh man im so sorry I wish I could help but I usually make wallhangings and not bracelets when it comes to alphas
aliceboo Professional	4 years, 8 months ago by aliceboo @Jill_Rie well thank you anyway!
sftball011 Professional	4 years, 8 months ago by sftball011 @aliceboo What I do when I don't have a multiple of 4 for my strings is that I take 2 strings and act like they are one. So the the four strands (two on each side) would be basically one string when you are making the teardrop part. Then you would separate them when you start to make the actual bracelet.

sftball011 Professional	4 years, 8 months ago by sftball011 I hope that makes sense.
halokiwi Moderator	4 years, 8 months ago by halokiwi Are you doing the triangle method for your teardrop loop where you are knotting with the base strings like you would in a normal bracelet or the one where you continue knotting in rows with the leading string? For the first method you need to put the the base strings into two groups. With each of the groups you do a triangle end. You can do a slightly loop-sided triangles where one edge has 3 strings and the other 2. If you need to I'll try to explain this in more detail. For the second method you also put the base strings into two groups. For the half where the leading string currently is you can use the leading string to make the triangle end. For the other half you need to add a second leading string. To make triangle ends with an uneven amount of base strings you separate the strings in two equal halves (in your case 2) and put the uneven string in the middle. In the first row you make 3 knots: one on the left half, one one the middle string and one on the right half. In the second row you make five knots (so in your case on each individual string).
aliceboo Professional	4 years, 8 months ago by aliceboo @sftball011 @halokiwi thank you both, both methods make sense, i would never have thought of them! thank you sm!

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