Cant Seem to get the hang of Plait 6

[LBbyJ]

I dig what you are saying now with the under 4, over 2. If you are bringing a string from the right to left you are counting the 2 strings on the right and then the first two strings you encounter to the left. Whatever book is telling you that throw it away!!! Just about everyone will look at the braid and say your bringing the string around behind and then under, over whatever sequence. This 4 /2 sequence is giving you the same braid that we would describe as under one, over two, which is the half round six strand braid.

Here's a link to a page I made showing the variations of 6 strand braids:

http://lbbyj.ideamakers.com/index.php?main...e=page&id=2

Good luck and thanks for making us all scratch our heads for awhile. Now go throw that other book away!!!

[Timothy]

I sincerely hope I didn't confuse anyone too much.

I personally use the round the back, under 1 over 2. But I thought I might could explain where the under 4 over 2 came from, so I gave it a shot.

Like I said, it was the first way a round braid was explained to me before I knew any better.

LBbyJ, thanks for the link. Great website.

I usually try to keep my mouth shut unless I have something usefull to add. Maybe I should have this time.

Once again, sorry for any confusion.

Tim

[LBbyJ]

I wouldn't worry that you confused anyone, sometimes we just get set in our ways and don't want to hear anything new. You can tell it took us all awhile to understand what you were asking. As a self taught braider I can understand how hard it is to start out with only a book to compare your work to so ask all the questions you want and next time I'll try to be more open minded.

Let us know how your doing on projects, John

[Don Ayres]

You all have helped me personally to understand the 4 and 6 strand braiding process by reading these post, i myself am ready to move on to the 8 strand braid w/ a core.

This group has been a wonderful resource for me and now im making bracelets and necklaces as gifts for friends and family out the wazoo !!!

Thanks to all

D.A.

[sos]

I'm not sure why but John's page doesn't load from here...here's the link I am able to open:

http://www.lbbyj.com/index.php?main_page=page&id=2

I dig what you are saying now with the under 4, over 2. If you are bringing a string from the right to left you are counting the 2 strings on the right and then the first two strings you encounter to the left. Whatever book is telling you that throw it away!!! Just about everyone will look at the braid and say your bringing the string around behind and then under, over whatever sequence. This 4 /2 sequence is giving you the same braid that we would describe as under one, over two, which is the half round six strand braid.

Here's a link to a page I made showing the variations of 6 strand braids:

http://lbbyj.ideamakers.com/index.php?main...e=page&id=2

Good luck and thanks for making us all scratch our heads for awhile. Now go throw that other book away!!!

I'm not sure why but John's page doesn't load from here...here's the link I am able to open:

http://www.lbbyj.com/index.php?main_page=page&id=2