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Leopard print alpha bracelet pattern

Classic leopard rosettes, broken black-brown rings around golden-brown centres, on a warm gold background.

Preview of the finished leopard print alpha bracelet pattern
How it looks finished (rendered from the chart)
Pattern details
Size14 × 48 knots
Colours3 · DMC
Total knots672
DifficultyEasy (2/5)
Finished size0.7 × 3.8 in (1.8 × 9.6 cm)
Strings14 base strings + 3 colours
LicenceCC BY-NC 4.0 — free for personal use with credit

Materials

ColourCodeNameKnotsShareAmount
3854Autumn Gold Med48772%487 knots · ~7.1 m
3371Black Brown12519%125 knots · ~2.1 m
976Golden Brown Med609%60 knots · ~1.1 m

About this design

A leopard rosette is a broken ring of dark spots around a slightly darker centre, and that is how each motif is built here. The rings are DMC 3371 Black Brown, deliberately open on one side, and the centres are 976 Golden Brown Medium. The background is 3854 Autumn Gold Medium, a warm tan that sits between the two browns. Twelve rosettes are scattered down the band at different positions, some cut off by the edge, which gives the print its natural, random look.

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. Work out which colour comes next by looking a row ahead; the broken rings mean lots of short colour changes.

Length and finishing

At roughly 2 mm per row, the 48-row chart makes about 10 cm of bracelet. Knotting the chart twice (96 rows) gives about 19 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 leopard print 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 3854 Autumn Gold Med does the most work, 72% of the 672 knots, followed by DMC 3371 Black Brown at 19%. Every colour is used at least 60 times, so there are no tiny one-off details to hunt for. Every square of the grid is filled.

Working notes

It is 48 knot rows of 14 knots; the busiest row changes colour 10 times. 1 square stands alone in its colour, with no same-coloured neighbour along a side.

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
3854 890 ΔE 1.9 · very close
3371 403 ΔE 8.7 · approximate
976 901 ΔE 5.4 · close

Row by row

All 48 rows written out, row 1 at the top, where you start knotting
  • Row 1 (left to right, forward knots): 14 3854
  • Row 2 (right to left, backward knots): 9 3854, 2 3371, 3 3854
  • Row 3 (left to right, forward knots): 1 3854, 1 3371, 1 3854, 1 976, 2 3371, 8 3854
  • Row 4 (right to left, backward knots): 2 3854, 2 3371, 5 3854, 3 976, 1 3371, 1 3854
  • Row 5 (left to right, forward knots): 1 3854, 1 3371, 1 3854, 1 976, 2 3371, 2 3854, 1 3371, 1 3854, 1 976, 1 3371, 2 3854
  • Row 6 (right to left, backward knots): 2 3854, 3 976, 1 3371, 3 3854, 2 3371, 3 3854
  • Row 7 (left to right, forward knots): 8 3854, 2 3371, 1 976, 2 3371, 1 3854
  • Row 8 (right to left, backward knots): 2 3854, 1 3371, 11 3854
  • Row 9 (left to right, forward knots): 14 3854
  • Row 10 (right to left, backward knots): 7 3854, 3 3371, 4 3854
  • Row 11 (left to right, forward knots): 5 3854, 1 976, 8 3854
  • Row 12 (right to left, backward knots): 6 3854, 1 3371, 3 976, 1 3371, 3 3854
  • Row 13 (left to right, forward knots): 3 3854, 2 3371, 1 976, 2 3371, 2 3854, 3 3371, 1 3854
  • Row 14 (right to left, backward knots): 2 3854, 1 976, 6 3854, 1 3371, 4 3854
  • Row 15 (left to right, forward knots): 9 3854, 1 3371, 3 976, 1 3371
  • Row 16 (right to left, backward knots): 2 3371, 1 976, 2 3371, 9 3854
  • Row 17 (left to right, forward knots): 10 3854, 1 3371, 1 3854, 1 3371, 1 3854
  • Row 18 (right to left, backward knots): 9 3854, 2 3371, 3 3854
  • Row 19 (left to right, forward knots): 1 3854, 1 3371, 1 3854, 1 976, 2 3371, 8 3854
  • Row 20 (right to left, backward knots): 9 3854, 3 976, 1 3371, 1 3854
  • Row 21 (left to right, forward knots): 1 3854, 1 3371, 1 3854, 1 976, 2 3371, 3 3854, 2 3371, 3 3854
  • Row 22 (right to left, backward knots): 2 3854, 2 3371, 1 976, 2 3371, 2 3854, 2 3371, 3 3854
  • Row 23 (left to right, forward knots): 7 3854, 1 3371, 3 976, 3 3854
  • Row 24 (right to left, backward knots): 3 3854, 1 3371, 1 976, 1 3854, 1 3371, 7 3854
  • Row 25 (left to right, forward knots): 9 3854, 2 3371, 3 3854
  • Row 26 (right to left, backward knots): 14 3854
  • Row 27 (left to right, forward knots): 4 3854, 2 3371, 8 3854
  • Row 28 (right to left, backward knots): 8 3854, 1 3371, 1 976, 4 3854
  • Row 29 (left to right, forward knots): 2 3854, 1 3371, 3 976, 8 3854
  • Row 30 (right to left, backward knots): 1 3854, 3 3371, 3 3854, 2 3371, 1 976, 2 3371, 2 3854
  • Row 31 (left to right, forward knots): 5 3854, 1 3371, 5 3854, 1 976, 2 3854
  • Row 32 (right to left, backward knots): 1 3371, 3 976, 1 3371, 9 3854
  • Row 33 (left to right, forward knots): 9 3854, 2 3371, 1 976, 2 3371
  • Row 34 (right to left, backward knots): 1 3854, 1 3371, 1 3854, 1 3371, 10 3854
  • Row 35 (left to right, forward knots): 5 3854, 2 3371, 7 3854
  • Row 36 (right to left, backward knots): 5 3854, 1 3371, 1 3854, 1 976, 2 3371, 4 3854
  • Row 37 (left to right, forward knots): 5 3854, 3 976, 1 3371, 5 3854
  • Row 38 (right to left, backward knots): 5 3854, 1 3371, 1 3854, 1 976, 2 3371, 4 3854
  • Row 39 (left to right, forward knots): 5 3854, 2 3371, 7 3854
  • Row 40 (right to left, backward knots): 2 3854, 2 3371, 10 3854
  • Row 41 (left to right, forward knots): 3 3854, 1 3371, 4 3854, 1 3371, 1 3854, 1 976, 1 3371, 2 3854
  • Row 42 (right to left, backward knots): 2 3854, 3 976, 1 3371, 3 3854, 2 3371, 1 976, 2 3371
  • Row 43 (left to right, forward knots): 1 3371, 3 976, 1 3371, 3 3854, 2 3371, 1 976, 2 3371, 1 3854
  • Row 44 (right to left, backward knots): 2 3854, 1 3371, 7 3854, 1 3371, 1 976, 2 3854
  • Row 45 (left to right, forward knots): 1 3854, 3 3371, 1 3854, 2 3371, 7 3854
  • Row 46 (right to left, backward knots): 5 3854, 1 3371, 1 3854, 1 976, 2 3371, 4 3854
  • Row 47 (left to right, forward knots): 5 3854, 3 976, 1 3371, 5 3854
  • Row 48 (right to left, backward knots): 5 3854, 1 3371, 1 3854, 1 976, 2 3371, 4 3854

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