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Well , hey guys

Whenever i used to make bracelets i've only made chevron and some other patterns that i could make sure the knots were really tight, but yesterday i tried to do one kind of pattern that left me with some doubts. ( The one made in pairs in each line )

I thought that i was doing fine but this gaps between knots started to appear and i didn't know if it's common. Can you help me out ?

If the knots aren't very tight, you will get some gaps between them. I've found that when I first started making friendship bracelets, there would be lots of small gaps, but now I can knot a lot tighter. This happens with any normal bracelet that's not an alpha. Put any tightly knotted bracelet up to a light and see! :)

You need to practice a lot to improve your tension. I think most knotters start out with knotting fairly loose, at least I did :-) Especially the forward-backward-knots and the backward-forward-knots tend to be less tight than the other knots.
Knotting tighter is usually the solution. The knots should be really close together.

I totally agree with Allison and Kleinevos, you have to practice a lot and you'll find out the best way to knot your knots, I've noticed that everyone does it in a different way! It also depends on the kind of thread you use, I think that the softer it is, the easier it will be. I always use a plastic-y sort of thread and it's more difficult to knot it tight so I have to use much strenght with my fingers (they're destroyed btw), but every single bracelet is worth it!

Thanks for all the tips and past experiences !

I'm practicing more and trying to tight my knots, but it's good to see that all bracelets have holes when put into the light. I use waxed polyester thread to make my bracelets so i think it's normal to have some holes. Well , thank you girls for being so supportive and sorry for being late on replying.

No problem! Yeah, waxed thread will definitely have "larger" holes in it than one that isn't waxed.