Mexican Round Braid

[anne newkold]

I am getting ready to lace a 3 ring binder. I was wondering if anyone had used the Mexican round braid to do one. Was the braid to stiff for the angle of the folds of the covers?

[dawn]

I've made four 3 ring binders as photo books and i have used the mexican basket weave on all of them. They stay closed on there own just fine. I know some people use the whole binder and just cover them in leather. I tear them apart and just us the the 3 ring part . The photo sleaves i use are too big for store bought binders and stick out so i make my own books using stiffener inbetween the leather. So i can't say if that would make a difference or not, but i wouldn't think it would be a problem doing it that way too.

[Spence]

I've worked the Mexican braid on a number of objects and you have a choice of one, two or three loops, depending on the object. I've worked a checkbook with one loop and a 10 oz dog collar with three loops. As far as the folds are concerned, I would experiment and maybe work the lace while the book is closed. A couple of looser loops maybe. The checkbook with a one loop braid worked fine.

g'luck