Why/How did you start making kandi?

Bliss 4/10/2012 08:03 am 12075

Why did you start making kandi? happy

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Aug 23, 2012 1:08 pm
Danibear: 60% of this website's visits come from search engines, so I don't find it surprising, lol. I wish more people learned about it the traditional way through raves, but raves are a lot harder to find than internet access and aren't suitable for young teenagers. Lately I've been trying to think of all these internet kandi makers as ravers in training. Hopefully they will start attending raves when they're able to and will already have a basic understanding of how to behave happy I think these internet kandi makers have the potential to become wonderful kandi kids. Getting involved with the scene because of kandi isn't ideal, but it's a lot better than getting involved with it because of drugs.
  • Danibear
Aug 23, 2012 1:52 pm
Crumpet: Yeah, you got a good point, and I'm not so suprised either, especially with facebook and stuff nothing is unpopular. The drug scene is strongly involved with raving and I hate drugs but it is a very remarkable experience for some people, with or without drugs. And everyone loves kandi xD
  • PlushKnuckles
Aug 23, 2012 5:36 pm
I started making kandi a while ago. I used to make bracelets out of these plastic hollow strings, and I ran out and couldn't find the material. I looked online, and then I stumbled upon kandi bracelets. I looked more into the subject and I started to become obsessed with rave culture, and especially kandi (after I made my first mini kandi bow). And so yeah.
Aug 23, 2012 8:32 pm
I started making kandi because it looked like a lot of fun and complicated/a challenge! :3 I started making kandi by looking up tutorials and then I found cellularmango's tutorials on YouTube and eventually I just staid with her tutorials. :3
  • ChibiBel
Sep 1, 2012 6:55 am
I knew about it for a while, I had been to several raves, and I have tons of raver friends, and I had seen many of them wearing it. I thought it looked pretty cool, though was never interested in making it. Then I got into a kandi-related conversation with a couple of my friends, and we got to talking about what it stands for and means, and I kept looking at more and more pictures, eventually came across this site and saw some anime-themed patterns and decided to make some. I went out and spent about $4 on beads, so that if I didn't like it I wouldn't be out much, but once I started I couldn't stop XD
  • Sami_Insanity
Sep 3, 2012 8:56 am
I started getting more and more into the rave culture. I spent the night at my friend Emjayy's house and she is a kandi kid so she started making a couple singles while we were watching a movie. I picked up some string and started doing it with her. The next day I went out and ordered two pouds of beads and string and a week later I was making cuffs and just building my collection. It is around 4 months later and I feel I have a pretty good collection <3 I am completely Kandi Krazi XD
  • Avatarsyd
Sep 3, 2012 9:09 am
Gosh ._. I don't know. At school, last year for a pep assembly, our theme was "rave". And I had acknowledged the scene before(I had previously gone to two raves), but didn't know much about it. But my best friend and I made a few singles for that day. I enjoyed it; and a month later or so, she said she saw a kandi cuff. And then I was like.. no way. So I googled it, found this site, and became obsessed. I have a pretty decent ammount of kandi, but I give so much away at raves now xD It's starting to deplete. <3
  • x_MonstarGoesRawr_x
Sep 10, 2012 4:17 am
My friend made Kandi one day and I liked the idea so I bought some pony beads and made my own cuffs. After the first cuff made I kinda got addicted . Now I have so many coloured beads aha I run outta string to often. I also make Tutu's now happy
Sep 10, 2012 11:32 am
I was at a BOTDF concert with three of my friends and one of them was wearing a hello kitty cuff and I was like WHAT IS THAT?! hypnotized She told me it was a Kandi cuff and told me to look on YouTube and/or Kandi patterns to learn how. I started making cuffs, singles, and everything else you could think of. I met other Kandi kids through her and went to my first rave a few months back. I have been to two others since and can't wait to go to more!!!! Beating Heart Heart
Sep 16, 2012 4:21 pm
xD I started making kandi after I saw a crap ton of scene kids wearing them(like Ambrehh and LedaMonsterBunnie) I liked the ook of them, and i did the reseach and found out about the culture, and the people. I disregarded the "scene" idea of Kandi and replaced it with PLURR and such. happy