Help With Instructions In Grant's Encyclopedia

[chainedrose]

i need help with plate 7 "Simulated four string round braid" on page 34 of Bruce Grant's Rawhide Braiding Encylopedia.

in fig 3, when he says that the working end needs to be wound round the basic twist, how tight am i to wind it around? are the twists to touch each other? or should they be spaced?

please help, i really want to do this braid.

also does anyone know how i can work this to a thicker braid? more than 4 strings?

[rcsaddles]

Looking at the pictures in both fig 3 and 4, I would say the twist would be wound fairly tight but just so you can run your string under it on the way back down. You will probably have to use your fid to getthe string under each place but that is to be expected. Spacing between the twist should be enough that the string you are bringing back down, is just touching the strand on each side. That is what I see in the pictures.

Keep us informed on how it works for you.