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There is very little I can say about this process. I describe it as selectively dropping strings. It’s a process that I’m still working to perfect and here I’ve tried to share as many angles in hopes that you might see how it’s done. I …
I hope the video was self-explanatory, but I like to add a bit of content here for people who need to translate, while also keeping my website relevant. Image from back when my first bag was fresh! The style of this base was to divide …
Here I’m using my graph paper to see if an idea is feasible. I think I explained it in the video, but I’m doing this part for people who may need a translation. The idea came from I’m using graph paper that’s 1200px wide by …
Here I’m starting on the back part of the bag that comes over and latches to the front of the bag. Any questions please leave them below in the comment sections and I’ll try to answer them in the next video.
In the video, I mentioned how to calculate size. Well, You can do that here:HOW TO MEASURE FOR A BAG To see the 2nd part of this series…PART 2 OF MAKING MY SISTERS BAG Any questions please leave them below in the comment sections …
So I’m about to make a small bag and since this makes a great teaching moment, I’m going to try to explain all the steps as I go along. A post shared by akaawol (@akaawol) on Aug 31, 2018 at 11:49pm PDT I’ve got a …
For this tutorial, you may need a few things including a computer and some free software. The software I’ll be demonstrating on is called GIMP (stands for GNU Image Manipulation Program). It’s like PS but I prefer this personally. You could use something else, but why? Ok, …
I found this cute little bracelet on Instagram and realized it would make for a great lesson on using graph paper and figuring out a design yourself. We begin here with graph paper Here I’ve made a graph suited for 7 colors (I’ll teach how …
How to measure for a bag. This is one bracelet, 16 strings, 24mm. 24/16=1.5 If you make it 12 bracelets wide that’s 12*16*1.5+(16*1.5) that will tell you how many mm the bag is. The bit in brackets is because each time you join two bracelets …
It all started when I wondered what it would take to knot a bag the way I do friendship bracelets. The project became called ‘Rapunzel’ due to all the lengths of string. It began on September 2nd and finished October 25th. Turns out it took …
Now we are getting bigger! So now to explain some bits. If you made this just as it is shown, there would be 16 colors that would make a round bracelet that’s kinda small. (If you make one, I’ll gladly post it with credits to …
I keep getting asked, “How long is the string I start with?” The simple answer is two meters that’s folded in half. But what if that question is faulty? Perhaps the person asking isn’t familiar with the idea of adding string when working on larger …