CraftPatterns

Strawberry alpha bracelet pattern

A row of juicy red strawberries with tiny yellow seeds and green tops on an ecru background, 13 knots wide.

Preview of the finished strawberry alpha bracelet pattern
How it looks finished (rendered from the chart)
Pattern details
Size13 × 39 knots
Colours5 · DMC
Total knots507
DifficultyEasy (2/5)
Finished size0.7 × 3.1 in (1.7 × 7.8 cm)
Strings13 base strings + 5 colours
LicenceCC BY-NC 4.0 — free for personal use with credit

Materials

ColourCodeNameKnotsShareAmount
ECRUEcru32764%327 knots · ~4.9 m
321Red13226%132 knots · ~2.1 m
702Kelly Green184%18 knots · ~0.6 m
727Topaz Vy Lt184%18 knots · ~0.6 m
699Green122%12 knots · ~0.5 m

About this design

Fruit motifs are some of the most requested alpha patterns, and strawberries read especially well in knots. Each berry is DMC 321 Red, sprinkled with 727 Topaz Very Light seeds placed so they never sit next to each other, and topped with a leafy calyx in 699 Green and 702 Kelly Green. The background is Ecru, which is softer than pure white and makes the red look warm. Three berries are stacked down the chart with three plain rows between them, so the bracelet reads as a row of separate fruits rather than one long stripe.

Setting up and knotting

A 13-knot-wide bracelet needs 13 base strings, plus one working string in each of the 5 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. The seeds are single knots; place them as you reach them rather than coming back afterwards.

Length and finishing

At roughly 2 mm per row, the 39-row chart makes about 8 cm of bracelet. Knotting the chart twice (78 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 strawberry 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 ECRU does the most work, 64% of the 507 knots, followed by DMC 321 Red at 26%. Every colour is used at least 12 times, so there are no tiny one-off details to hunt for. Every square of the grid is filled.

Working notes

It is 39 knot rows of 13 knots; the busiest row changes colour 6 times. 30 squares stand alone in their 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
ECRU 390 ΔE 1.0 · very close
702 239 ΔE 10.0 · approximate
699 923 ΔE 10.9 · no good match
321 47 ΔE 2.7 · very close
727 293 ΔE 2.3 · very close

Row by row

All 39 rows written out, row 1 at the top, where you start knotting
  • Row 1 (left to right, forward knots): 6 ECRU, 2 702, 5 ECRU
  • Row 2 (right to left, backward knots): 4 ECRU, 1 702, 3 699, 1 702, 4 ECRU
  • Row 3 (left to right, forward knots): 3 ECRU, 2 321, 1 702, 1 699, 1 702, 2 321, 3 ECRU
  • Row 4 (right to left, backward knots): 2 ECRU, 1 321, 1 727, 4 321, 1 727, 2 321, 2 ECRU
  • Row 5 (left to right, forward knots): 2 ECRU, 5 321, 1 727, 3 321, 2 ECRU
  • Row 6 (right to left, backward knots): 2 ECRU, 7 321, 1 727, 1 321, 2 ECRU
  • Row 7 (left to right, forward knots): 3 ECRU, 3 321, 1 727, 3 321, 3 ECRU
  • Row 8 (right to left, backward knots): 3 ECRU, 1 321, 1 727, 4 321, 4 ECRU
  • Row 9 (left to right, forward knots): 5 ECRU, 4 321, 4 ECRU
  • Row 10 (right to left, backward knots): 5 ECRU, 2 321, 6 ECRU
  • Row 11 (left to right, forward knots): 13 ECRU
  • Row 12 (right to left, backward knots): 13 ECRU
  • Row 13 (left to right, forward knots): 13 ECRU
  • Row 14 (right to left, backward knots): 5 ECRU, 2 702, 6 ECRU
  • Row 15 (left to right, forward knots): 4 ECRU, 1 702, 3 699, 1 702, 4 ECRU
  • Row 16 (right to left, backward knots): 3 ECRU, 2 321, 1 702, 1 699, 1 702, 2 321, 3 ECRU
  • Row 17 (left to right, forward knots): 2 ECRU, 2 321, 1 727, 4 321, 1 727, 1 321, 2 ECRU
  • Row 18 (right to left, backward knots): 2 ECRU, 3 321, 1 727, 5 321, 2 ECRU
  • Row 19 (left to right, forward knots): 2 ECRU, 1 321, 1 727, 7 321, 2 ECRU
  • Row 20 (right to left, backward knots): 3 ECRU, 3 321, 1 727, 3 321, 3 ECRU
  • Row 21 (left to right, forward knots): 4 ECRU, 4 321, 1 727, 1 321, 3 ECRU
  • Row 22 (right to left, backward knots): 4 ECRU, 4 321, 5 ECRU
  • Row 23 (left to right, forward knots): 6 ECRU, 2 321, 5 ECRU
  • Row 24 (right to left, backward knots): 13 ECRU
  • Row 25 (left to right, forward knots): 13 ECRU
  • Row 26 (right to left, backward knots): 13 ECRU
  • Row 27 (left to right, forward knots): 6 ECRU, 2 702, 5 ECRU
  • Row 28 (right to left, backward knots): 4 ECRU, 1 702, 3 699, 1 702, 4 ECRU
  • Row 29 (left to right, forward knots): 3 ECRU, 2 321, 1 702, 1 699, 1 702, 2 321, 3 ECRU
  • Row 30 (right to left, backward knots): 2 ECRU, 1 321, 1 727, 4 321, 1 727, 2 321, 2 ECRU
  • Row 31 (left to right, forward knots): 2 ECRU, 5 321, 1 727, 3 321, 2 ECRU
  • Row 32 (right to left, backward knots): 2 ECRU, 7 321, 1 727, 1 321, 2 ECRU
  • Row 33 (left to right, forward knots): 3 ECRU, 3 321, 1 727, 3 321, 3 ECRU
  • Row 34 (right to left, backward knots): 3 ECRU, 1 321, 1 727, 4 321, 4 ECRU
  • Row 35 (left to right, forward knots): 5 ECRU, 4 321, 4 ECRU
  • Row 36 (right to left, backward knots): 5 ECRU, 2 321, 6 ECRU
  • Row 37 (left to right, forward knots): 13 ECRU
  • Row 38 (right to left, backward knots): 13 ECRU
  • Row 39 (left to right, forward knots): 13 ECRU

This is an original CraftPatterns design, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0: stitch it, share it and gift what you make — please credit craftpatterns.app and don't sell the pattern itself. Want to change it? Open it in the alpha bracelet editor.

Foodbraceletalphastrawberryfruitsummerfriendship braceletcute

Last updated · About us