Never feel bad about putting yourself first!! It doesnt matter what engagements you have, your health and education should always be the most important. I didnt learn that until my sophomore year of college and it would have been nice to know sooner
Thank you so much for the tip of crochet thread for the base strings!! I have just started alphas and now everyone wants one and I just hate wasting my floss on the base strings so this is perfect!!
This is going to be SO helpful because I tried an avocado key chain but it bubbled up SO much! Thank you so much! And I am completely fine with waiting for your videos. I think this because you are my favorite bracelet RU-vidr so it's worth it!
I find doing small sort of key chain type alphas are good for practise especially as you start to add more different colours. Thats what helped me anyways
Don’t let haters get to you. You should be so proud of your bracelets and there just jealous that they don’t have a good company and a wonderful talent like you keep doing what your doing! This is your passion at least I think so lol ❤️❤️❤️
These tips are awesome! There’s just one part I didn’t quite get, from 4:11 about switching strings normally :( can you elaborate more if possible? Thank you♥️
even when i try the bf and fb knots on the end of the rows it still ends up wonky. also when i do that method the actual rows don’t stay straight, like the knots on the side go upwards so it creates a slightly flattened ‘u’ shape. would you just recommend practice or is there any other method?
honey bracelets sometimes, if you tie your knots really tight, it can sometimes curl up, especially when you have fb and bf knots. Tension is really important. If you want to learn more, please go to either braceletbook.com or friendshipbracelets.net and visit the forums to have a more detailed answer. :)
Hi alex! I don't want to be a Nuisance but I have the same problem with my string sticking out at the end and I was hopping if you could explain to me how to “switch strings normally” please and thank you ✨❤️
Hey I’m just starting out with Alphas and i have this problem that the knots kind of looks bent and not so neat, i use the flat alpha technique. How do i overcome that?
Hi Alex, I hope you're doing well and I have a question for you! You mention lightly about avoiding showing string on the side of the bracelet. You showed the yellow string showing on the sides of a blue background bracelet ( I hope that made sense). I've been having a lot of trouble avoiding showing switched strings on the edge of the bracelet and was wondering if you can explain how to do that?! Thank you very much in advance and hope you're healthy and safe!
@@AlexInnovations Ahhh thank you so much!! I love your videos btw! I started using your loop triangle to bracelet technique ( I know there's another name but couldn't think of it) :p. I find Alpha's easier than normal patterns which is weird. I just can't make normal patterns look good when you skip over a color on every other step. Maybe you know how to make it look nice? I was watching a video that you add an extra string on each side and just forward and backward knot and opposite only on those strings. It just doesn't make sense when the ends have different colors (if that makes sense). Sorry to bombard you with questions, but I thought you may know how to explain to do it! Thank you again!!
Hi! I’m just binge watching some older vids lol, do you use any balls of thread instead of skeins? (Not for the base of alphas just normally)If so could you please tell me what brand and size? I’m running out of black and white and it would be much cheaper buying balls, thank you!
Alex's Innovations thank you!! I looked the thread up and they used to have a size 5 also but seemed to have discontinued it. I haven’t made an alpha before but I’d like to, is this something you’d recommend starting with ??
when you're talking about the strings sticking out and showing the Ikea bracelet that has the issue, what do you mean by "switch strings normally"? i've only ever used the flat alpha technique and i have the strings sticking out issue all the time and i don't understand how to fix it. should i just watch a tutorial on alpha patterns that doesn't utilize the flat alpha technique in order to understand what you're talking about, or is there some trick to it? thanks in advance to you or anyone who answers me
hey, does someone know how i can make triangle ends with crochet thread as a base? bc i use embroidery floss for the loop and everything but then one of this embroidery floss is going to be a base string and it has a different thick than crochet thread
I mean I would never send hate because I'm not that type of person... but wibbly wobbly timey wimey... that's funny since I know where that comes from! ;D
My alphas keep separating on identical rows (the rows with the same spots where the thread changes) with your tutorials and I have no idea how to fix this
Hi! Check out the supplies I use here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mZ9FNijjsgI.html&lc=Ugx7PQOdEKqM_g5aSIh4AaABAg I like to use embroidery thread for the working thread :)
If I do the straight edge method, how would I change colors in the pattern of the new color is on the edge. I know how to do the normal straight edge method. When I do a different color on the next row, how would I do the edge?? I can’t find an answer anywhere
