tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post2546822710755840161..comments2024-03-24T21:42:17.025-04:00Comments on Loose Threads: <small>Yet Another Costuming Blog</small>: Fun with String--Part 1Cathy Raymondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04580681386443534011noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post-10570522723097932282009-07-30T01:11:51.576-04:002009-07-30T01:11:51.576-04:00If only I still had clothespins, I'd try it, b...If only I still had clothespins, I'd try it, because you're right about the beads being insufficient. <br /><br />Still, I think I've come up with a workaround. I may post pictures of my working set up tomorrow.Cathy Raymondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04580681386443534011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post-15345891489521283952009-07-30T00:51:24.369-04:002009-07-30T00:51:24.369-04:00Yes, I saw the diagram on Phiala's String Page...<i>Yes, I saw the diagram on Phiala's String Page--that was the first link I provided in my post.</i><br /><br />Oops. That what happens when I read articles, and it's still bouncing around my brain a few days later. <br /><br /><i>I just couldn't deal with trying to do "over 4, under 1, under" with strings more than 80 cm long.</i><br />Bobbins, or even clothespegs, or anything with a bit of weight that you can wrap the strings around can help. <br />(Not just a bead-sized weight like you mentioned in part two, the ability to take up the extra thread so that it doesn't tangle so much at the bottom makes a big difference.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post-79114277793579514282009-07-29T21:38:52.973-04:002009-07-29T21:38:52.973-04:00Yes, I saw the diagram on Phiala's String Page...Yes, I saw the diagram on Phiala's String Page--that was the first link I provided in my post. I just couldn't deal with trying to do "over 4, under 1, under" with strings more than 80 cm long. However, I understand what she was trying to convey with the diagram, I think; the diagram in that case was not the problem.<br /><br />Thanks for commenting!Cathy Raymondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04580681386443534011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post-87958944506164742772009-07-29T08:12:34.677-04:002009-07-29T08:12:34.677-04:00About halfway down this page, there is a diagram o...About halfway down <a href="http://www.stringpage.com/braid/medbraids/medbraids.html" rel="nofollow">this page</a>, there is a diagram of a 6-strand braid. <br /><br />(Oh, and it looks different on the <a href="http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?s=1652eb776f999123146c6124dc3eaa12&showtopic=17473&pid=113348&st=0&#entry113348" rel="nofollow">front and back</a>, too.) <br /><br />Are those the sorts of diagrams you need to get your head around it? :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com