Forum - Newbies - from where you get your strings?

feelpain

Skiller

2 weeks, 6 days ago by feelpain

i hope you doing well. I'm making bracelets in my free time, i had my strings from the online shopping. but the length of them is not the coolest 😢, so how you get yours? what are your strings characteristics (the length and the wedth) ? from where you got them? and maybe direct me into an online shopping like SHEIN I can order from it. I have a big collection of colors, but I'm always worried about them being finished.

Night_Owl

Bracelet King

2 weeks, 6 days ago by Night_Owl

I usually buy packs of 100 string from amazon or ebay, look for "embroidery floss" or "embroidery thread" multipacks. These are usually 8m long each.

oleeeeevie

Professional

2 weeks ago by oleeeeevie

i get mine from daiso (first strings i got, 10-pack of 8m strings for $3.30AUD - cheap and good value but not the best quality but definitely not bad!), eckersleys art shop (pack of like 30 different colours? 8m each and lots of variants of same colours but i forgot the price) and some DMCs from spotlight ( best quality and so nice to work with with but also very expensive - $1.50AUD for 1 8m strand). i also got a couple random threads from a flea market type thing which are rlly nice but very random and i use crochet wool (thin yarn, a bit thicker than embroidery threads but pretty cheap for a BIG spool) for base strings which i would recommend. i think u can also get from amazon etc, maybe shein or temu but i’m not a big fan of slave labour. 🙂

oleeeeevie

Professional

2 weeks ago by oleeeeevie

daiso also has quite a lot of dofferent colours whixh is very good

ab_crafts

Bracelet King

2 days, 7 hours ago by ab_crafts

Yeah @feelpain, I know that feeling: not wanting to "use up" a color when there's multiple strings of a single tone in a bracelet. I've done a lot of experimenting with different strings from the craft store down the road from me.

So, I started investing in lots from eBay of "Classic 10" crochet string. It's thinner than embroidery thread - I'd say about 1/2 the thickness, but it comes in 350 yard rolls most of the time. Over the past year, I've bought a number of these collections, to where I now have a full rainbow, but not a lot of variation on each color.

Pros:
- a lot of string for the Money: no fear of running out.
- I can make bracelets with 20+ strings without them being super-wide
- Small knots seem to hide my inconstancies
- Small knots are good for delicate, intricate patterns, or many repeats of a pattern

Cons:
- less colors
- takes up a lot of space to store
- can cut into my fingers a bit because it's thinner
- I've had a few snapped strings (might be user-error)
- smaller knots means more knots = takes longer to make bracelets

I'm thinking, maybe later in the year when I'm finished with a special project at work, of dying my own string to get more subtle tones. I need yellow-oranges and red-oranges, for instance. I have some huge balls of white string from those eBay lots that I can experiment with, but dying is going to be a whole *nother craft to learn, haha!

If you check out my profile, I try to place the string I use in the pictures, as reference to my future self and others. The ones with the lager balls of string in the background (with the open cardboard tubes) are the "classic 10," but some that are labeled "omega" are also crochet string, but larger in size than floss. I like experimenting.

I guess the rule is: you can use anything you like. The knots will look different, the size of the knots will change, and the feeling in your hands will be different, depending on the type and brand that you use. I don't do alphas, so I don't have a tone of issues mixing brands, but if you do alphas, I understand you'll want to stick with one brand so that the knots stay the same size.

Hope this is helpful! Happy knotting!

feelpain Skiller	2 weeks, 6 days ago by feelpain i hope you doing well. I'm making bracelets in my free time, i had my strings from the online shopping. but the length of them is not the coolest 😢, so how you get yours? what are your strings characteristics (the length and the wedth) ? from where you got them? and maybe direct me into an online shopping like SHEIN I can order from it. I have a big collection of colors, but I'm always worried about them being finished.
Night_Owl Bracelet King	2 weeks, 6 days ago by Night_Owl I usually buy packs of 100 string from amazon or ebay, look for "embroidery floss" or "embroidery thread" multipacks. These are usually 8m long each.
oleeeeevie Professional	2 weeks ago by oleeeeevie i get mine from daiso (first strings i got, 10-pack of 8m strings for $3.30AUD - cheap and good value but not the best quality but definitely not bad!), eckersleys art shop (pack of like 30 different colours? 8m each and lots of variants of same colours but i forgot the price) and some DMCs from spotlight ( best quality and so nice to work with with but also very expensive - $1.50AUD for 1 8m strand). i also got a couple random threads from a flea market type thing which are rlly nice but very random and i use crochet wool (thin yarn, a bit thicker than embroidery threads but pretty cheap for a BIG spool) for base strings which i would recommend. i think u can also get from amazon etc, maybe shein or temu but i’m not a big fan of slave labour. 🙂
oleeeeevie Professional	2 weeks ago by oleeeeevie daiso also has quite a lot of dofferent colours whixh is very good
ab_crafts Bracelet King	2 days, 7 hours ago by ab_crafts Yeah @feelpain, I know that feeling: not wanting to "use up" a color when there's multiple strings of a single tone in a bracelet. I've done a lot of experimenting with different strings from the craft store down the road from me. So, I started investing in lots from eBay of "Classic 10" crochet string. It's thinner than embroidery thread - I'd say about 1/2 the thickness, but it comes in 350 yard rolls most of the time. Over the past year, I've bought a number of these collections, to where I now have a full rainbow, but not a lot of variation on each color. Pros: - a lot of string for the Money: no fear of running out. - I can make bracelets with 20+ strings without them being super-wide - Small knots seem to hide my inconstancies - Small knots are good for delicate, intricate patterns, or many repeats of a pattern Cons: - less colors - takes up a lot of space to store - can cut into my fingers a bit because it's thinner - I've had a few snapped strings (might be user-error) - smaller knots means more knots = takes longer to make bracelets I'm thinking, maybe later in the year when I'm finished with a special project at work, of dying my own string to get more subtle tones. I need yellow-oranges and red-oranges, for instance. I have some huge balls of white string from those eBay lots that I can experiment with, but dying is going to be a whole *nother craft to learn, haha! If you check out my profile, I try to place the string I use in the pictures, as reference to my future self and others. The ones with the lager balls of string in the background (with the open cardboard tubes) are the "classic 10," but some that are labeled "omega" are also crochet string, but larger in size than floss. I like experimenting. I guess the rule is: you can use anything you like. The knots will look different, the size of the knots will change, and the feeling in your hands will be different, depending on the type and brand that you use. I don't do alphas, so I don't have a tone of issues mixing brands, but if you do alphas, I understand you'll want to stick with one brand so that the knots stay the same size. Hope this is helpful! Happy knotting!

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