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Toadstool alpha bracelet pattern

Three little red toadstools with white spots and stems on a spring-green background, 12 knots wide.

Preview of the finished toadstool alpha bracelet pattern
How it looks finished (rendered from the chart)
Pattern details
Size12 × 39 knots
Colours5 · DMC
Total knots468
DifficultyEasy (2/5)
Finished size0.6 × 3.1 in (1.6 × 7.8 cm)
Strings12 base strings + 5 colours
LicenceCC BY-NC 4.0 — free for personal use with credit

Materials

ColourCodeNameKnotsShareAmount
3348Yellow Green Lt27058%270 knots · ~4.1 m
666Bright Red10522%105 knots · ~1.8 m
B5200Snow White6013%60 knots · ~1.1 m
498Red Dark245%24 knots · ~0.6 m
822Beige Gray Light92%9 knots · ~0.4 m

About this design

These toadstools have a domed cap in DMC 666 Bright Red with a darker 498 Red Dark rim along the bottom, and white spots in B5200 Snow White scattered across the top. The stem is Snow White too, with a little 822 Beige Gray Light shading at the base on one side. The background is 3348 Yellow Green Light, which suggests grass and keeps the design fresh rather than dark and woodland. Three mushrooms fill the chart with three plain rows between each one.

Setting up and knotting

A 12-knot-wide bracelet needs 12 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. Change to the red rim row carefully, because it is the only row where the cap colour changes all the way across.

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 toadstool 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 3348 Yellow Green Lt does the most work, 58% of the 468 knots, followed by DMC 666 Bright Red at 22%. DMC 822 Beige Gray Light (9) is used only a little: small details worth marking on the chart so you don't miss them. Every square of the grid is filled.

Working notes

It is 39 knot rows of 12 knots; the busiest row changes colour 6 times. 15 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
3348 264 ΔE 1.5 · very close
666 47 ΔE 5.0 · close
B5200 1 ΔE 0.0 · very close
498 341 ΔE 2.6 · very close
822 391 ΔE 2.1 · 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): 4 3348, 4 666, 4 3348
  • Row 2 (right to left, backward knots): 3 3348, 4 666, 1 B5200, 2 666, 2 3348
  • Row 3 (left to right, forward knots): 1 3348, 6 666, 1 B5200, 2 666, 2 3348
  • Row 4 (right to left, backward knots): 1 3348, 8 666, 1 B5200, 1 666, 1 3348
  • Row 5 (left to right, forward knots): 1 3348, 4 666, 1 B5200, 3 666, 1 B5200, 1 666, 1 3348
  • Row 6 (right to left, backward knots): 2 3348, 8 498, 2 3348
  • Row 7 (left to right, forward knots): 4 3348, 4 B5200, 4 3348
  • Row 8 (right to left, backward knots): 4 3348, 4 B5200, 4 3348
  • Row 9 (left to right, forward knots): 4 3348, 3 B5200, 1 822, 4 3348
  • Row 10 (right to left, backward knots): 3 3348, 2 822, 4 B5200, 3 3348
  • Row 11 (left to right, forward knots): 12 3348
  • Row 12 (right to left, backward knots): 12 3348
  • Row 13 (left to right, forward knots): 12 3348
  • Row 14 (right to left, backward knots): 4 3348, 4 666, 4 3348
  • Row 15 (left to right, forward knots): 2 3348, 2 666, 1 B5200, 4 666, 3 3348
  • Row 16 (right to left, backward knots): 2 3348, 2 666, 1 B5200, 6 666, 1 3348
  • Row 17 (left to right, forward knots): 1 3348, 1 666, 1 B5200, 8 666, 1 3348
  • Row 18 (right to left, backward knots): 1 3348, 1 666, 1 B5200, 3 666, 1 B5200, 4 666, 1 3348
  • Row 19 (left to right, forward knots): 2 3348, 8 498, 2 3348
  • Row 20 (right to left, backward knots): 4 3348, 4 B5200, 4 3348
  • Row 21 (left to right, forward knots): 4 3348, 4 B5200, 4 3348
  • Row 22 (right to left, backward knots): 4 3348, 1 822, 3 B5200, 4 3348
  • Row 23 (left to right, forward knots): 3 3348, 4 B5200, 2 822, 3 3348
  • Row 24 (right to left, backward knots): 12 3348
  • Row 25 (left to right, forward knots): 12 3348
  • Row 26 (right to left, backward knots): 12 3348
  • Row 27 (left to right, forward knots): 4 3348, 4 666, 4 3348
  • Row 28 (right to left, backward knots): 3 3348, 4 666, 1 B5200, 2 666, 2 3348
  • Row 29 (left to right, forward knots): 1 3348, 6 666, 1 B5200, 2 666, 2 3348
  • Row 30 (right to left, backward knots): 1 3348, 8 666, 1 B5200, 1 666, 1 3348
  • Row 31 (left to right, forward knots): 1 3348, 4 666, 1 B5200, 3 666, 1 B5200, 1 666, 1 3348
  • Row 32 (right to left, backward knots): 2 3348, 8 498, 2 3348
  • Row 33 (left to right, forward knots): 4 3348, 4 B5200, 4 3348
  • Row 34 (right to left, backward knots): 4 3348, 4 B5200, 4 3348
  • Row 35 (left to right, forward knots): 4 3348, 3 B5200, 1 822, 4 3348
  • Row 36 (right to left, backward knots): 3 3348, 2 822, 4 B5200, 3 3348
  • Row 37 (left to right, forward knots): 12 3348
  • Row 38 (right to left, backward knots): 12 3348
  • Row 39 (left to right, forward knots): 12 3348

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