Round Edge Braiding Over Corners.

[chainedrose]

i am working on a rectangular piece of leather. ive punched evenly spaced holes all around the perimeter to work on an eight string round edge braid as mentioned in Bruce Grant's Encyclopedia (Plate 121). each corner has one hole, as a common point between two adjacent sides.

However im stumped on how to go around the corners. Please help!

[TwinOaks]

You make multiple passes through the corner holes for most types of edge braiding, and sorta 'stack' them so that you have enough lace going around the corner to completely fill the space.

[braider]

When I do round edge braiding I do it like the top of grant's plate 120 ...and just continue like there is no corner. I don't think you can go through a hole twice with round rdge braiding ...like you can with the Spanish edge lacing. Sometimes I'll indent that corner hole to make it a bit rounded. ...Dave

[troy]

cut the holes on the corner slightly wider then the rest so you can pass through it twice.

[Chief31794]

To go around the corner on round braid, follow the directions below. This isn't the only way to do it but it is the standard.

hole next to the corner - go in normally and come out normally. (1 time in)

corner hole - go in normally and come out to the normal hole. (1st time in)

corner hole - go in the corner again and come out to the hole before the corner (2nd time in corner, 2nd time in hole next to corner)

hole after corner - go in the hole after the corner and come out to the hole before the corner (normal*, 1st time in hole after, 3rd time in hole befor)

hole after corner - go back in the hole after the corner and come out to corner hole (2nd time in hole after, 3rd time in corner hole)

move to the next hole (2 holes from corner), go in 2nd hole from corner and come out to corner hole. (Beginning normal stitching again, 4th time in corner)

move to the next hole (3 holes from corner), go in 3rd hole from corner and come out to hole after corner. (3rd time in hole after corner)

continue stitching normally.

This gives you 3 laces in the holes before and after the corner and 4 laces in the corner. That walks the lace around. I have a video on Round Braid/Mexican Basket Weave on Youtube, going around the corner is discussed in volume 2 of that series. Here is a link to the video, maybe it will help. It isn't difficult and will become 2nd nature once you've done it a time or two.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0P4pt_8ntM&feature=plcp

Chief

[Cyberthrasher]

Wow, thanks Chief!! I don't think I've seen that in any of my references (though I've only had Grant's books for about 3 days). I'm definitely printing it out to add to my cheat sheets.

[Chief31794]

Wow, thanks Chief!! I don't think I've seen that in any of my references (though I've only had Grant's books for about 3 days). I'm definitely printing it out to add to my cheat sheets.

No Problem, hope it was clear, it's harder to explain than it is to do.

Chief

[Cyberthrasher]

No worries

I have that problem trying to explain most things.

[chainedrose]

Thank You everyone for Your help.

i first tried to do as per Bruce's instructions on how to end the braid. so i essentially went through the corner hole thrice on one side. but this doesnt help cover the corner when i move to the next side. (pic: first attempt)

I then tried continuing the braid as normal as Braider recommended. Again here, the finished look isn't nice. the gaps are too big and dont cover up the edge properly. (pic: second attempt 1&2)

im still to go through Chief's videos but i'll try that too.

[Cyberthrasher]

It looks like maybe your holes are spaced a little too far apart for the size of your lace, though I haven't tried anything quite that large so it's just an observation. Also, I noticed that I have problems getting good edge coverage on 90 degree corners like that. It usually comes out much better for me if I round the corner before punching the holes. In the end, your corner is going to look rounded anyway, so I find doing it first just makes the end lacing job look that much better.