An engineer's guide to the optimal string length for (normal) friendship bracelets
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2025
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You can now download an excel sheet with the formula embedded from the link below. It is easy to use - just need to find N_knot and N_base from a pattern and the string length will be calculated straight away!
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l_string = l_bracelet/M_pattern*(8.1N_knot+1.4N_base)+50cm extra allowance
l_bracelet - desired length of the bracelet
N_knot - number of occurrence as knotting string in the pattern
N_base - number of occurrence as base string in the pattern
M_pattern - number of rows in the pattern
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Thank you so much for putting the work in to figure this out! I am brand new to the hobby and was about to figure out a formula for myself. You are awesome!!
Thank you so much! I hate wasting string, so this is a lifesaver!
I just started making bracelets and this is a lifesaver! Thank you so so much! I don’t have to worry about wasting string anymore :) ❤
Your intelligence is incredibly attractive, but more importantly, this video was somehow exactly what I was looking for. It was also even more detailed and informative than I ever imagined a video I would find when randomly looking up how much string I would need for a bracelet, but I am more appreciative of you than I could ever express.
This is BRILLIANT - thank you!
I like to make longer projects for covering hair bands, using thicker plied yarns instead of floss, and varying numbers of cords (strings). Now I can figure out the required total length of each cord, and cut pieces to minimize the number of joins required while still keeping each cord to a manageable working length. And I can plan ahead for when I'll need to join another length to each cord, so I don't end up with all my joins bunched together. With thicker cords, it's much harder to make those joins invisible!
An absolute game-changer!
This is EXACTLY what I needed to learn as a beginner in macrame! Excellent work.
This is amazing. Thank you for putting the work in to figure this out and sharing your findings. I actually had to quit this exact pattern the first time I made it because some string came up way too short! I will use your formula any time I make a bracelet now. Thanks again!
Thank you Kate for your kind words :) It's a nice feeling to know that the formula is helping other people. Your comment just made my day!
Can someone pls explain this to someone like me who doesn’t know math 😭😭
This equation does not work for repeating patterns where the string loction does not stay the same. for example: A1 becomes A3, A2 becomes A1, A3 becomes A4, A4 becomes A2 at the end.
Thank you so much💞 I was about to make an Excel sheet, but I'm glad I checked the discription first🙈
Very cool!
Thanks for the hard work!
Also @ThePlumtreeKnotter: You should include the URL to this video in your spreadsheet!
Appreciate the work. Couldn't enter into any of the boxes at link. What am i not doing correctly, please?
Hi you will need to download the spreadsheet to your computer, and edit it locally :)
The link isn’t working for me, can you drop the link in the comments?
same here, the link appears to be broken now!
Sorry about the inconvenience... the link in the video description has now been fixed!
@@lifeatpaddyspub Fixed now :)
Thank you so much!!!
Do you have these formulas in an excel document that you could share? With user inputs for number of knots/base per string?
Hi Tara, that's a good idea! I didn't do it in excel but I do have some simple lines of codes with the input as you mentioned. I will figure out how to share it and let you know.
Hi Tara, I have uploaded an excel sheet for calculating the string length. Please see the updated video description. Thanks again for the suggestion - it is now more user-friendly!
@ThePlumtreeKnotter The excel sheet is perfect!!! Thank you so much!
Tq Ms ...awesome finding
Maybe I’m really fucking stupid or something but where did the number 8.1 and 1.4 come from
I had the same exact question lol. I'd assume it's the length of string needed for each knot but I wasn't able to find those numbers anywhere else in the video
Came to the comments to see if this exact question was answered 😅
Too much math 😅I’m grateful for this break down though