More plaits

Begin Braiding 2a More plaits	Back Begin braiding no2 pdf file
	This issue tells you more about plaits, plus knots, weaving and ply-split darning. You may make copies of this publication to give to others. This bride’s wedding ornament, now owned by June Barker, is made of plaits assembled in colours of red, blue, green and yellow. It's is very splendid. The Bride would have worn a matching pair.. In order to build on what you learned earlier in Begin Braiding 1, here are some other plaits to try.
	Armed with your piece of soft board and T pins, try a nine strand plait worked from left and right alternately under two strands and over two.
An eight strand plait could be made with five strands in the left hand and worked alternately from the left under three and over one, from the right over three. Here are the recipes for more, Eight Strand, five on left, three on right, work with two strands over two and under one from each side in turn. Eight Strand, left over three into centre, right over four into centre. Eight Strand from right to left over one under one to other side. Repeat Try different colour combinations with these plaits and vary the material used from stiff raffia to soft wool and see what results you can obtain.

Pictured above, soft blue and white raffia - a rather twisty plait
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