FLAT ALPHA TECHNIQUE (And Special Cases!)

FLAT ALPHA TECHNIQUE (And Special Cases!) | Alex's Innovations

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In this video, I’ll be showing you how to incorporate the flat alpha color switching technique into your bracelets, as well as going over special scenarios like switching colors on the edge of a bracelet, alternating between two colors, and multiple colors switches in one row.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
- Intro: 0:00
- Normal Switch Review: 0:33
- Basic Flat Alpha Switch: 1:51
- Special Cases:
- Subsequent Color Switches: 4:31
- Alternating Colors: 5:21
- Switching Colors on an Edge: 6:46
- Outro
LINKS:
~6 Alpha Tips and Tricks: • 6 ALPHA TIPS AND TRICK...
Getting Started:
~Supplies I Use and Recommend: • Supplies I Use & Recom...
~Basic Knots Tutorial: • Basic Knots for Friend...
~The Comprehensive Guide to Starting and Ending Your Bracelets: • THE COMPREHENSIVE GUID...
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Пікірлер: 73

@alguienrandom5847 3 жыл бұрын

I am from Ecuador and I could perfectly understand the video even if I only know a little English :D Your explanation is too good and it has helped me a lot since I am a beginner in alpha patterns.Thank you very much (if something is not well understood, it is because you use a translator)

@AlexInnovations 3 жыл бұрын

thank you!! so glad to help!

@moon.r.ise. 3 жыл бұрын

Am I watching this even tho I know how to do alphas from memory? Yes (:

@angelicatgtatbo4715 3 жыл бұрын

Omg shut up u are a LIMELIGHT too? Omg it so hard to find limelight’s that make bracelets

@julia4521 3 жыл бұрын

same lol

@AlexInnovations 3 жыл бұрын

oh 🥺 thank you :')

@Chris-gp2ft 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much. This is the first video which is showing the color changing by an flat alpha pattern at the end of the row. Thank you!!

@AlexInnovations 2 жыл бұрын

Yay!! glad to help :)

@amylozano6780 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Alex and Masha too. You ladies are very helpful

@AlexInnovations 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@luadesu3907 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! My alphas looked so messy, I'll be using this technique from now on.

@thildenoergaardsilkjaer 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, specially for the color switch on the edge!💘

@AlexInnovations 3 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome! I hoped that part would be helpful :)

@norabryant4172 3 жыл бұрын

Yayyy I needed this! Especially now cuz my face hurts (I got 6 new brackets put on, it’s torture). Thank u for dis!

@idontknow.8930 3 жыл бұрын

Ouch that hurts a lot but you get to eat lots of ice cream!

@Noodles-_ 3 жыл бұрын

@@idontknow.8930 lol nice tho I don’t qwq

@idontknow.8930 3 жыл бұрын

@@Noodles-_ lol I couldn’t even eat so that’s the only thing I could really eat.

@Noodles-_ 3 жыл бұрын

@@idontknow.8930 aww I’m like two years into it and it doesn’t hurt much at all I can eat basically anything but you don’t have a problem when eating all that ice-cream??

@idontknow.8930 3 жыл бұрын

@@Noodles-_ I meant for the first 2 days

@haileyc.581 Жыл бұрын

omg, not the chemistry in the back during the start of the video; literally sobbing, i just finished an orgo exam 🥲other than the chem flashbacks, great tutorial!

@AlexInnovations Жыл бұрын

oh my god i forgot about that :,,) im sure you did great on your exam!! :)

@braceletsbyizzy8721 3 жыл бұрын

wow thanks alex this tutorial makes so much sense i have tryed this technique multipul times but it never looked right and now it is working well for the row that i am doing so far lol thanks for all your amazing videos happy knoting ( :

@AlexInnovations 3 жыл бұрын

Yay! Glad to help! :)

@sanjana3728 3 жыл бұрын

Love your videos!❤️❤️❤️❤️By the way I am currently making a moon alpha. So,it is fun knotting with you Alex.

@sanjana3728 3 жыл бұрын

Alex I thought you could help me the alpha I am currently making one of the base strings snapped. So,is there any way to fix a snapped base string in an alpha ?Because I was really enjoying the pattern and then this happened.

@hawraa3528 3 жыл бұрын

Yay you posted like always 😂 I love the bracelet 💕

@AlexInnovations 3 жыл бұрын

Yay! Thank you!

@rashemechester9035 3 жыл бұрын

Magnificent instructions.🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👍

@AlexInnovations 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

@achellaramirez5539 3 жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh this is what I always struggle with thank you !!!!!

@AlexInnovations 3 жыл бұрын

yay! glad to help!

@ceramicfrog1 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Alex! Great video, beautiful bracelet!

@AlexInnovations 3 жыл бұрын

Hey, thanks!

@daphnewayendowpanicken1764 2 жыл бұрын

6:30 Mind blown! Definitely going to try this technique. On another note: Double forward knot males sense to me since I crochet as well!

@AlexInnovations 2 жыл бұрын

good luck!!!

@anneistired88 3 жыл бұрын

thank you so much! you explained it well than others loll

@AlexInnovations 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

@xerinx3762 3 жыл бұрын

I made one similar the one with the sharks #22139 and it is really bumpy and not flat at all. Did I tie my knots to tight or something?..

@shrek1648 3 жыл бұрын

cute bracelet!

@AlexInnovations 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@sloane1266 3 жыл бұрын

Not me clicking this video and watching it when im in school Edit: any really easy alpha people recommend for someone who has never made one?

@saphex217 3 жыл бұрын

#26140 on BB is a really simple heart keychain that you could try. Also #41493 is mike wazowski’s eye from monster’s inc. which was my first alpha.

@calliphoenix5425 3 жыл бұрын

I was actually going to recommend the heart one, as that was my first alpha (I was doing good and I made a one not mistake and gave up)!

@sloane1266 3 жыл бұрын

Ok thank you!

@anahitashojaei1453 3 жыл бұрын

i recommend any 2-3 color alpha with not a lot of strings or color switches!

@hannahdurham6893 3 жыл бұрын

Haven’t actually done an alpha bracelet yet, but this actually looks easier to me than a normal color switch? Lol just watched the video of how to do normal color switches

@lyall625 3 жыл бұрын

Good luck!

@RoastedMarshmelon 3 ай бұрын

Hmm, I've been trying this technique for the past hour. In theory it seemed pretty simple. Now when I make the first forward knot, pass the yarn over / and under /////, and make the second fwd knot, the other color is visible behind the new color. If I pull hard, it kinda disappears... but as I keep knotting the next knots, the spot of color becomes obvious (even if I pull on that yarn behind) and it seems impossible to hide. Kinda like an extra knot. It's a mystery right now :/

@cori4727 3 жыл бұрын

What I struggle with is a combination of two things you showed. When you're switching colors on the edge AND you have two strings poking out. I've tried using the regular switching pulling up both strings and putting the new leading string between. (Not sure if I'm making sense.) Not sure which way I like better. I'd hoped you'd do that in this vid! Lol

@AlexInnovations 3 жыл бұрын

Try just switching using the technique I showed on the edge; try to keep the first string held back, and then use the second string (the most recent one) to switch with the upcoming string. I did not think about this scenario 😂

@caitlinwilmot2006 3 жыл бұрын

What number pattern n bracelet book is this?

@lolahennrich 3 жыл бұрын

What is the pattern never mind will check

@JotatoTot 3 жыл бұрын

So im doing a pattern on bb following the pattern their are couple times were the row finishes with one color and the next row starts with a different color. any tips

@AlexInnovations 3 жыл бұрын

Try ending the first row using the straightedge technique and then beginning the next row with the straightedge technique with your new color :) I have a portion in my 6 Alpha Tips and Tricks video that shows how to use the straightedge technique! :)

@JotatoTot 3 жыл бұрын

@@AlexInnovations thanks for the advise

@amberw8440 3 жыл бұрын

Ummmm I thought the flat alpha technique was the normal way of doing it😂😂 and I was like oh.... I learned to do alphas that way lol but Alex is always right sooooo

@AlexInnovations 3 жыл бұрын

Haha both ways are correct, it's just a matter of preference! :)

@idontknow.8930 3 жыл бұрын

This is very helpful but the problem is I won’t remember to do this every knot

@AlexInnovations 3 жыл бұрын

it might seem harder at first, but once you do it a few times it’s really easy to remember! I end up “defaulting” to this technique due to how many times i’ve repeated it :)