Cross post from "How do I do that"

[cat]

Hello,

I am in the process of trying to make a 16th century pouch, based off of an original and am trying to figure out how the drawstrings were braided. It looks like more than two strands were used, and on mine, I've only got 2 to work with.

I posted this topic in the "how do I do that" section, but I thought I might get better results here. Here is the link: http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=3504

I was hoping someone could tell me how the braiding was done on the original so I can modify my attempt to make it look the same. I realize the pic of the original isn't very clear, but hopefully someone can help make sense out of what's going on with the braids and loops.

Thanks,

Cat