Length of strings
by Renaki |
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I was just wondering couldn't you add the estimated length of its sting in the details of the patterns? With my recently made bracelet I ended up with the two strings remainings being 20cm long while the two other string remainings were sooo short, I almost couldn't finish the project. I started with all my strings being the same length 60 cm.
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RE: Length of strings
by kleinevos (moderator) |
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If you start with about 120 cm you will almost never run out of string. There is a tutorial about estimating stringlength! |
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RE: Length of strings
by KnotterHolic |
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I feel string lengths are very unpredictable, since it really depends on the knotters technique of knotting. Some may knot tight while others lose. So for the people who knot them tight, they would have more string to work with. Well not quite a lot, but a little more than people who knot theirs lose. I guess you have to find your own strength and go according to that. I'm a tight knotter most of the time , but some days when i just don't have the strength i tend to go lose. But in both cases , I've found that if you cut your strings about 120 inches and folded in half (coming to 60 inches for the strings) works real nice. Plus if you're not keen on doing the pattern more than 7 inches, you'll have string to spare for your closures. Going 10 or 20 inches more (i.e 140 or 160 and then folded in half coming to 70 or 80 inches respectively) wouldn't be of any harm since you would still have strings to spare that maybe you could use as closures and pick them up for other minor projects. I believe it's better to have string leftovers, than having no string left at all, eh ?
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RE: Length of strings
by Renaki |
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Thank you very much for your replies, however what I am trying to say is that we should have an idea of how long a string should be approximately and then of course we can adjust it according to the rist size or the way we work.
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RE: Length of strings
by angeleden |
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I second the last demand of Renaki : the length would be relative and would help us to save some threads. |
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RE: Length of strings
by Renaki |
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Thank you angeleden, you understood what I was trying to say (english is not my mother tongue) and you expressed it correctly. |
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RE: Length of strings
by kleinevos (moderator) |
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If you look at the pattern you can see about how often you have to use a certain color for knotting. If you make only a few knots you can cut your strings much shorter . If you have to make a square or something with another color you must cut that string much longer.
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RE: Length of strings
by angeleden |
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Hey Renaki, english is not my mother tongue neither ! ;-)
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RE: Length of strings
by Renaki |
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Thank you ,kleinevos, I have started the #64136 bracelet, I added 10cm to the black strings, however I see that they are getting shorter and I have concluded only 1/3 of the whole.
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RE: Length of strings
by iheartmrbump |
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as others have said, you can look at the pattern and see how many knots you make with a color. i personally do not measure my strings cause i find it useless and too much work. my saying is the more the bettter(: |
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