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FOUR-STRAND

SINNET

Firsttype

Fourcordscanbeusedto
produceanenormousnumber
ofplats,alldifferentfromeach
other.Thetypeillustratedon
theright,forexample,
producesa beautifulflat
braid,thoughasyouwillsee
furtheron,squareorround
cordscanalsobeproduced
withthesamenumberof
strands.

Method
Thebasicprincipleisto
weavethestrandontheright
throughout,asshownin
figures1,2,3,and 4 which
illustratea completecycleof
thefourstrands.Figures 5
and 6 showtheplatbefore
andafteritistightened.

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