Saludos a todos, es septiembre pero ya quiero que llegue a octubre para entrar de lleno en la temática de Halloween que es mi favorita todo el año 😁, así que navegando por la web me encontré con un hermoso patrón de esqueleto, así que quise hacerlo de inmediato en un brazalete, en el momento no tenía a la mano hilo negro pero decidí hacerlo con un hilo matizado para el fondo, para que quedara colorido como una calavera del Día de los Muertos, así que con los materiales listos puse manos a la obra y acá les comparto todo el proceso.
Greetings everyone, it's September but I already want it to get to October to fully enter into the Halloween theme which is my favorite all year 😁, so while browsing the web I found a beautiful skeleton pattern, so I wanted to do it immediately into a bracelet, at the time I didn't have black thread on hand but I decided to do it with a tinted thread for the background, so that it would be colorful like a Day of the Dead skull, so with the materials ready I put my hands to the work and here I share the whole process.
The first thing I did was transfer the skull design to graph paper, using 21 squares wide by 74 squares long, this means that 21 guide threads are needed for the bracelet. Each square corresponds to a simple knot.
With the dyed yarn for the background, cut 9 strands of 60cm, 1 strand of 80cm and leave one strand attached to the ball. Fasten the strands with the hook in the middle, leaving the long strands at the edges. With the long strands, make 20 flat knots that wrap around the center strands. Flat knots are made alternating the figure-4 knot and the P-shaped knot until 20 knots are completed.
Fold into a U shape, secure with the hook, leaving the yarn attached to the ball in the left corner. With the thread attached to the ball of knots. Make 12 rows of simple knots, that is, the knotting thread wraps around each of the 21 guide threads twice, back and forth until completing 12 rows.
Add the white thread from behind and secure with the hook. In the 13th row make 7 knots with the background color, 7 white knots and 7 knots with the background color, that is the first row of the skull drawing, as you progress the first row is taken as a reference to make the other color changes as appropriate in the chart
In row 27 all the knots are made in the color of the background, because this is the row that separates the skull from the rest of the skeleton. In row 28, 9 knots are made with background thread, 3 white knots and 9 tinted threads. This row is taken as a reference to follow the graph until the end.
When the skeleton is finished, 12 rows of knots are made only with the dyed thread from the background. Divide the guide threads together with the knotting thread into two groups of 11 and make two braids, finish with a knot and cut the ends straight.
I loved making this bracelet so much so it was my excitement that I broke my record, usually I never finish a bracelet in a single day, but this one did, I guess it's because there are only two colors of thread but I also think that the beauty of the design kept me working longer than I should have, because I finished at night and that is not good for my eyes 😆 I hope you like it as much as I do.
Pictures taken with Samsung A54 device. Cover edited in Inshot
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