straight alpha knots
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alicesitu
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3 years, 9 months ago by alicesitu
how do I keep my alpha knots straight? mine are always slanted in one direction
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Conrnelia
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3 years, 9 months ago by Conrnelia
What do you mean with pulling into one direction?but maybee it helps while pulling the knot thight to complety go up but i am not completly shure what you mean. |
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alicesitu
Bracelet King
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3 years, 9 months ago by alicesitu
well its like when I made a row of forward knots, they are slanted to the left, a row of backward knots and they are slanted to the right
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alicesitu
Bracelet King
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3 years, 9 months ago by alicesitu
@Conrnelia sorry didn't tag you
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lil_star
Bracelet King
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3 years, 9 months ago by lil_star
Are you sure your making your forward and backward knots correctly?
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lil_star
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3 years, 9 months ago by lil_star
Make sure your knots are not loose or to tight
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alicesitu
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3 years, 9 months ago by alicesitu
@lil_star yes, i've been making bracelets for a bit longer than a year now so i have a lot of experience
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Conrnelia
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3 years, 9 months ago by Conrnelia
Maybe try and do FB and bf knots at the sides but the edges of alphas are never completely straight
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Someone_
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3 years, 9 months ago by Someone_
How do you make your knots?When making them try to hold your base string straight down, and when you pull your knot using the leading string; pull that straight up. Kind of like a clock at the 12 and 6 positions. |
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alicesitu
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3 years, 9 months ago by alicesitu
okay, i'll try that out, usually when I make knots I pull the string to the side. Thanks!! ❤️@Someone_ |
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CHMGURL
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3 years, 9 months ago by CHMGURL
@alicesitu the way I always describe it to my friends when I’m teaching them is to hold the string that you’re knotting onto (the base string) taught and hold the string that you’re knitting with loosely until you get to the top, so slowly increasing your tightness on the string that you’re using as you get to the top. I hope that makes sense, good luck!
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madeleine_
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3 years, 9 months ago by madeleine_
The knots will always be a little slanted, but you can try changing your knotting tension to see if that helps
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derin16_
Bracelet King
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3 years, 9 months ago by derin16_
make sure the thread you use has the same thickness in every color
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Macaron567
Bracelet King
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3 years, 9 months ago by Macaron567
My knots in alphas used to slant to a different side each row but when I learned the flat alpha technique it helped the knots stay straighter. Here's a video tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YVFAX9sacw&t=1222sHope this helps! 😄 |
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bethantoby
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3 years, 8 months ago by bethantoby
Masha knots has a great tutorial! It has helped my bracelet loads!
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kiiwi
Bracelet King
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3 years, 8 months ago by kiiwi
i feel your pain 😩
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lyssieblis
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3 years, 8 months ago by lyssieblis
I have the EXACT same problem and it always makes my bracelets and wall hangings look a just a little bit wonky in my opinion. Idk what to do either
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