Ingrid Crickmore | CONTINUE HERE: 7 loops - Divided, Square, & Flat braids @loopbraider | Uploaded January 2012 | Updated October 2024, 50 minutes ago.
My "Start Here" video shows these same moves at a slower pace, with only 5 loops. I go faster in this video, and include all 3 variations (divided, square, and flat). I also demo how to unbraid back to fix a mistake (23:50). It's easier to learn this braid first with only 5 loops, using the RING finger as the active finger. See my even slower 5 loop videos...or follow this one, but with one less loop on each hand.
0:00 Intro
1:23 Start of braiding a divided braid
1:59 Loop shifts
2:58 Next loop transfer.
5:30 Explaining a DIVIDED braid.
5:58 The top of the braid -- a divided section, forming a loop at the top of the braid.
6:40 Intro to SQUARE braid.
7:12 Starting the square braid section.
8:30 Continuous, slow braiding moves, then faster.
10:15 Showing the braid, skip to 12:03 for FLAT braiding
11:27 Explaining the FLAT braid
12:03 left side WITH a turn, right side with NO turn.
13:06 Braiding. (Mantra: "Left OVER, right THROUGH")
14:21 Describing a common mistake, 15:30 How to check for a mistake
15:56 Showing the flat section
18:05 to 19:05 Faster braiding.
19:55 Showing more of the flat braid.
20:13 Fixing a dropped loop
22:15 Another mistake (taking the right loop turned)
23:11 Showing the mistake in the braid
24:48 Unbraiding.
25:40 Reaching the mistake.
26:40 Starting braiding 'forward' again
27:25 Showing the braid at this point, mistake gone.
See my playlists for other types of braids, also check out my blog--it has even more braiding tutorials (how to make extra-long braids, starting braids without any loose ends, easier ways to make classic medieval braids etc).
Thanks for watching my video!
Click on 'loopbraider' under the video to see my other videos.
Check out my Loop Braiding website/blog for more tutorials, photos, general info:
loopbraider.com (homepage)
loopbraider.com/tutorials (links to the tutorials)
N.B: I made an error at the point where I am showing the sides of the square braid @10:30. I said that the top and bottom surfaces show chevrons and the 2 side surfaces show "zigs"---it's really the other way around (chevron designs are on the side surfaces, not the surfaces that face toward and away from the braider).
My "Start Here" video shows these same moves at a slower pace, with only 5 loops. I go faster in this video, and include all 3 variations (divided, square, and flat). I also demo how to unbraid back to fix a mistake (23:50). It's easier to learn this braid first with only 5 loops, using the RING finger as the active finger. See my even slower 5 loop videos...or follow this one, but with one less loop on each hand.
0:00 Intro
1:23 Start of braiding a divided braid
1:59 Loop shifts
2:58 Next loop transfer.
5:30 Explaining a DIVIDED braid.
5:58 The top of the braid -- a divided section, forming a loop at the top of the braid.
6:40 Intro to SQUARE braid.
7:12 Starting the square braid section.
8:30 Continuous, slow braiding moves, then faster.
10:15 Showing the braid, skip to 12:03 for FLAT braiding
11:27 Explaining the FLAT braid
12:03 left side WITH a turn, right side with NO turn.
13:06 Braiding. (Mantra: "Left OVER, right THROUGH")
14:21 Describing a common mistake, 15:30 How to check for a mistake
15:56 Showing the flat section
18:05 to 19:05 Faster braiding.
19:55 Showing more of the flat braid.
20:13 Fixing a dropped loop
22:15 Another mistake (taking the right loop turned)
23:11 Showing the mistake in the braid
24:48 Unbraiding.
25:40 Reaching the mistake.
26:40 Starting braiding 'forward' again
27:25 Showing the braid at this point, mistake gone.
See my playlists for other types of braids, also check out my blog--it has even more braiding tutorials (how to make extra-long braids, starting braids without any loose ends, easier ways to make classic medieval braids etc).
Thanks for watching my video!
Click on 'loopbraider' under the video to see my other videos.
Check out my Loop Braiding website/blog for more tutorials, photos, general info:
loopbraider.com (homepage)
loopbraider.com/tutorials (links to the tutorials)
N.B: I made an error at the point where I am showing the sides of the square braid @10:30. I said that the top and bottom surfaces show chevrons and the 2 side surfaces show "zigs"---it's really the other way around (chevron designs are on the side surfaces, not the surfaces that face toward and away from the braider).
