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I’ve created a couple bracelet designs and I can’t figure out how to get them started. Can someone help?

You can make a knot at an end of the strings and begin the pattern. If you want, you can make a loop or a shaped start with these tutorials : https://friendship-bracelets.net/tutorials/1065 and https://friendship-bracelets.net/tutorials/5250
These starts are a bit complicated, so just tie a knot if this is your first bracelet.
Hope that this will help :)

You can double the length of your thread fold it in half and tie a knot and it will make a loop. Here is a link to a video that has many different ways to start and finish a bracelet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GtUPJwnv10&t=186s