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Daisy chain alpha bracelet pattern

Five white daisies with sunny centres, stepping from side to side on a soft celadon green background.

Preview of the finished daisy chain alpha bracelet pattern
How it looks finished (rendered from the chart)
Pattern details
Size14 × 40 knots
Colours3 · DMC
Total knots560
DifficultyBeginner (1/5)
Finished size0.7 × 3.1 in (1.8 × 8 cm)
Strings14 base strings + 3 colours
LicenceCC BY-NC 4.0 — free for personal use with credit

Materials

ColourCodeNameKnotsShareAmount
3817Celadon Green Lt34562%345 knots · ~5.1 m
B5200Snow White19034%190 knots · ~3 m
972Canary Deep254%25 knots · ~0.7 m

About this design

A daisy chain is a summer classic, and this bracelet recreates one in knots. Each flower is a rounded cluster of B5200 Snow White petals around a small cross-shaped centre of 972 Canary Deep. The flowers alternate between the left and right of the band with a single plain row between them, so they zigzag down the band like a chain. The background is 3817 Celadon Green Light, a gentle grass colour that keeps the white petals crisp. It uses three colours and no diagonals, so it is very approachable.

Setting up and knotting

A 14-knot-wide bracelet needs 14 base strings, plus one working string in each of the 3 colours. Cut the working strings at least a metre long and wind them on bobbins or card so they stay untangled. Each square of the chart is one knot on a base string: forward knots on rows worked left to right, backward knots on rows worked right to left, row by row from the top. Snow White shows dirt easily; wash your hands before you start and store the work in a bag between sessions.

Length and finishing

At roughly 2 mm per row, the 40-row chart makes about 8 cm of bracelet. Knotting the chart twice (80 rows) gives about 16 cm, which fits most adult wrists; stop sooner for a child. Finish with a braided tie or a sliding knot at each end so it can be adjusted.

Colour chart for daisy chain alpha bracelet pattern with a bold line every 5
Colour chart preview. The PDF adds symbols, row and column numbers and the full key.

Colour plan

DMC 3817 Celadon Green Lt does the most work, 62% of the 560 knots, followed by DMC B5200 Snow White at 34%. Every colour is used at least 25 times, so there are no tiny one-off details to hunt for. Every square of the grid is filled.

Working notes

It is 40 knot rows of 14 knots; the busiest row changes colour 4 times. No square stands alone in its colour.

Anchor equivalents

The nearest Anchor colour for each DMC colour in this pattern, measured as ΔE 2000: up to 3 is very close, up to 6 close, up to 10 approximate.

DMCAnchor
3817 204 ΔE 1.8 · very close
B5200 1 ΔE 0.0 · very close
972 298 ΔE 6.2 · approximate

Row by row

All 40 rows written out, row 1 at the top, where you start knotting
  • Row 1 (left to right, forward knots): 4 3817, 3 B5200, 7 3817
  • Row 2 (right to left, backward knots): 6 3817, 5 B5200, 3 3817
  • Row 3 (left to right, forward knots): 1 3817, 4 B5200, 1 972, 4 B5200, 4 3817
  • Row 4 (right to left, backward knots): 4 3817, 3 B5200, 3 972, 3 B5200, 1 3817
  • Row 5 (left to right, forward knots): 1 3817, 4 B5200, 1 972, 4 B5200, 4 3817
  • Row 6 (right to left, backward knots): 6 3817, 5 B5200, 3 3817
  • Row 7 (left to right, forward knots): 4 3817, 3 B5200, 7 3817
  • Row 8 (right to left, backward knots): 14 3817
  • Row 9 (left to right, forward knots): 7 3817, 3 B5200, 4 3817
  • Row 10 (right to left, backward knots): 3 3817, 5 B5200, 6 3817
  • Row 11 (left to right, forward knots): 4 3817, 4 B5200, 1 972, 4 B5200, 1 3817
  • Row 12 (right to left, backward knots): 1 3817, 3 B5200, 3 972, 3 B5200, 4 3817
  • Row 13 (left to right, forward knots): 4 3817, 4 B5200, 1 972, 4 B5200, 1 3817
  • Row 14 (right to left, backward knots): 3 3817, 5 B5200, 6 3817
  • Row 15 (left to right, forward knots): 7 3817, 3 B5200, 4 3817
  • Row 16 (right to left, backward knots): 14 3817
  • Row 17 (left to right, forward knots): 4 3817, 3 B5200, 7 3817
  • Row 18 (right to left, backward knots): 6 3817, 5 B5200, 3 3817
  • Row 19 (left to right, forward knots): 1 3817, 4 B5200, 1 972, 4 B5200, 4 3817
  • Row 20 (right to left, backward knots): 4 3817, 3 B5200, 3 972, 3 B5200, 1 3817
  • Row 21 (left to right, forward knots): 1 3817, 4 B5200, 1 972, 4 B5200, 4 3817
  • Row 22 (right to left, backward knots): 6 3817, 5 B5200, 3 3817
  • Row 23 (left to right, forward knots): 4 3817, 3 B5200, 7 3817
  • Row 24 (right to left, backward knots): 14 3817
  • Row 25 (left to right, forward knots): 7 3817, 3 B5200, 4 3817
  • Row 26 (right to left, backward knots): 3 3817, 5 B5200, 6 3817
  • Row 27 (left to right, forward knots): 4 3817, 4 B5200, 1 972, 4 B5200, 1 3817
  • Row 28 (right to left, backward knots): 1 3817, 3 B5200, 3 972, 3 B5200, 4 3817
  • Row 29 (left to right, forward knots): 4 3817, 4 B5200, 1 972, 4 B5200, 1 3817
  • Row 30 (right to left, backward knots): 3 3817, 5 B5200, 6 3817
  • Row 31 (left to right, forward knots): 7 3817, 3 B5200, 4 3817
  • Row 32 (right to left, backward knots): 14 3817
  • Row 33 (left to right, forward knots): 4 3817, 3 B5200, 7 3817
  • Row 34 (right to left, backward knots): 6 3817, 5 B5200, 3 3817
  • Row 35 (left to right, forward knots): 1 3817, 4 B5200, 1 972, 4 B5200, 4 3817
  • Row 36 (right to left, backward knots): 4 3817, 3 B5200, 3 972, 3 B5200, 1 3817
  • Row 37 (left to right, forward knots): 1 3817, 4 B5200, 1 972, 4 B5200, 4 3817
  • Row 38 (right to left, backward knots): 6 3817, 5 B5200, 3 3817
  • Row 39 (left to right, forward knots): 4 3817, 3 B5200, 7 3817
  • Row 40 (right to left, backward knots): 14 3817

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