r/friendshipbracelets

This is the mermaid bag after 3 more hours of work. it's taking shape and the pattern is starting to show. It is so much different then when it was just flat last week

I keep having this problem when I make Alpha bracelets. I've been making them for a while and love using the clean back technique (I use it for basically every one I make) but I keep having the problem of the knots elongating. in the begining you can see they're mostly square, but further on, especially in the face, they're rectangular. I tried doubling my base strings for this keychain because I saw somewhere that it helps with keeping them square, but I didn't see much improvement. The face is the area I really want to improve on. Around that area I was threading 3 or 4 strings through one knot. Is there any tips anyone has to improve this?

saw a post about doubling up string and durability… and here we are. i honestly don’t know that i’ve made something even remotely this Good before 😅 had to show it off a little. third slide after i tied them onto the keychain.

Pattern No.128627 on braceletbook.
The yellow one looked so pale so I made another one with better colors.