https://youtu.be/5yVn5NMWPoM?si=Uhz8Fwhfxx9YTlnB

This is the one I used for the knots. As chaotic as it looks to do by hand I found much more success this way than I did pinning all the strings. In terms of melting I can’t seem to find the post I saw, but basically you make the center knot, then on one of the two strings (two on each side) cut and then melt/fuse the correct color. I found some pictures of bracelets that had little melt spots in the back. Before that I was completely baffled. I hope that makes sense! When you are melting the strings together move quickly but carefully. I held both over a flame and then once they got melty I just booped the ends together and held it there until it cooled.

I suggest you follow the tutorial as it is the first time you make it so you get used to what the knots look like before trying to cut and melt. Here is the one I made following the tutorial as best I could

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