COMMON BEGINNER MISTAKES [CC] || Friendship Bracelets

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[lydia]

Video title change: me roasting my cousins friendship bracelet skills

[sabrinadomingo]

11:37 candy stripes are a little tricky to keep the edges straight and not curled since all the knots are made in the same direction. Mine curled a lot too when I first started so I had to iron them to straighten them out.

What I noticed is if I made the knots too tight the candy stripe would curl up. Making the knots loose (but not too loose) would probably help, but again it takes practice to get the tension right and the knots even!
Hope that helps!

[shaneilstevenson]

i remember when i was a beginner, making the wave, and fishbone bracelets, ahh the good old days...

[ToxicNeon]

Oh man, when I first started I was obsessive over fixing my mistakes, so I don’t actually have any, but one (my very first one), bracelet from that time that has many mistakes. I used to spend several days on a bracelet because I was too careful. I’m thankful I’m more relaxed now though, as I can get through a bracelet in a few hours now.

[zizigirlpanini]

8:13 bracelet therapy encouragement advice time with masha

[lilymitchell]

not to brag or anything but when i first started i kinda skipped most of the mistakes except for other colors peaking through.

[maj]

12:28 - I've found that if you don't sit at an angle and/or it doesn't move around while you're making it, it comes out straight. The trick is to always always make sure when tying knots, you pull the string in the same direction and angle every time, make sure it doesn't twist (always flat and face up) and prevent the bracelet from moving as it gets longer. So anchoring it as you go (with tape or pins) and tying your knots near and not far like is mentioned at around 2:01 .
Also I never tried the straight edge technique and never heard of it until now

[kenziewilson]

Idk if this was mentioned but I always struggle with the backs of my bracelets looking horrible but the front looks fine

[pryncessa]

Very helpful video regarding common mistakes. I see two more common errors:

1. Uneven Spacing Of Letters.
*The ideal is to get each letter covering the same width (and length), otherwise, they shouldn't be more than one row wider than the rest (like the letter 'M').
* To help, you can Google & print out a chosen pixelation of the alphabet, or you can draw your own using a graph sheet/book, making sure to draw each letter in the same sized rectangle.
*Make sure that the grid accommodates the number of strings that you're using PLUS an extra row & column at each end (Top, Bottom, Left, Right)

2. Making Letters To The Edge
*To correct this, add an extra string or two of the background colour to both sides of the bracelet ( top & bottom of the letters).

#KnotsOfLove :)

[whoisbella]

When I started making bracelets, I started with the candy stripes because that’s the only one I could do😂😂

Edit:OMG THANK YOU FOR 100 LIKES!!!! YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST😃

[zizigirlpanini]

Yes how to keep alphas straight THANK U LUV U

[debsholl]

My first bracelet had soooo many holes it was like a net

[KC-qhvu]

I always thought my old bracelets were AWFUL like actual trash (thought they were great when i did them tho) but i actually looked back at them and they're honestly not that bad 😂😂 definitely some beginner mistakes made but not bad

[alluring.allium]

it's not that i skipped the mistakes but i'm too obsessive and fixed it every two minutes

[neamhcridhe]

so something i noticed while doing bracelets recently, if i don't pull the knots AS tight, i don't get the cinched in or wavy look, even with the straight edge technique. it's because you're pulling a little harder or the string itself is of different quality than the others. the ones i did past couple of days do have a slight wavy/cinched look to them, but not as bad as some others i've done previously. i like tight knots, but if it starts pulling the bracelet a certain way, i start loosening just slightly. i will also often go in and wiggle and "stretch" the bracelet as i work to pull the cinched sides out a bit more straighter.

[averysage]

This is such a great video! Definitely taking some of the advice mentioned. Can't wait for the next video!

[badcat]

I ❤️ that you do this for your viewers ‼️🙏😻😻😻

[HaleyAnderson]

as i’m watching this video im making a friendship bracelet, and my dog went from chewing on her toy to chewing on another bracelet that was still in progress:/

[anastasiamurynyuk]

For the dog bracelet with the gap, I think that person divided it into 2 alpha bracelets by separating the background and the dog. I can see that it wasn't 1 consistent row.

[valliemcc]

Halfway through my first arrowhead bracelet (my first more advanced bracelet) I noticed it was turning out more squashed and uneven. Knowing that I should pull the string by the base of the knot - not further away from it - made it look so much neater :D