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This is my how to create a usable graph paper for designing friendship bracelets. It’s really simple and once you have this, you should be able to make so much more. Why copy someone else’s “pattern” when you can create originals, right? I’ll be using …
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 …
So I saw this posted with the question I see way too often from knotters. What’s the pattern? So I’m going to attempt to show how to work that out for yourself. Give me time between images as I do have other stuff going on. …
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 …
Well, there you go! The commonly sought after ‘How-to’ diagram of one of my personal designs. People have asked me about this on Instagram, Facebook, as well as in person. This can also show how you can use the graph design I shared in a previous post. I’ve …
I’ve spoken often of how I started making bracelets long before there was an internet. Well, many times I can work out a design in my head, but there are times when the design is just too complex. That’s when I’ll turn to graph paper. …
I went with a friend to a place they called Green Acres to see a Grateful Dead cover band. I think I may have sold some of my works, but what really changed things for me was a gal Cindy who had a bracelet that …
The Second Knot I’ve told the story a hundred times at least, about how at 4 a.m. one night while feeling quite exhausted, I had an epiphany. That if I were to tie the same knot I’d been doing for months, backward, then the row …
Let’s begin knotting! We first will cut our string to around 2-meter lengths. This is the length I usually start with as it’s typically plenty for making a bracelet and it’s a quarter of the length you get when buying DMC floss, which comes in 8-meter …
I’ve been asked to teach how I make bracelets. Well if I’m to do that, I’d say it’s best that I start at the very beginning. Step one: Choosing string This may seem really simple, but let me explain why this is important. DMC is …