Name: START HERE! 5-loop square fingerloop braid, pt.1 @loopbraider
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START HERE! 5-loop square fingerloop braid, pt.1

Ingrid Crickmore 2024-10-22 | START HERE! 5-loop square fingerloop braid, pt.1

17th C. purse-string fingerloop braid: a French String with Open Edges

Ingrid Crickmore 2020-08-19 | This video goes with my website tutorial on the archaic Unorthodox loop exchange method used in past eras in Europe for making certain multi-person fingerloop braids. On the website, there is more information, photos, and alternative color patterns. loopbraider.com/2020/05/25/bucks-horns-french-string-uo-loop-exchange

This video shows a different way of exchanging loops from the method I taught in my earlier Double Braid tutorials. This 'unorthodox' loop exchange method creates a slightly wider braid with a more complicated over-under structure down the midline of the braid.

The "French String with Open Edges" is a 10-loop double braid that was traditionally made by two braiders working together. This braid type is often found as the handle and drawstring on precious 17th Century European purses in museum collections. The braid was also made in much earlier centuries in Europe, though fewer examples have survived to the present time. The name refers to the braid shape, not to any particular color pattern, but I am demoing it with 6 blue loops and 4 ecru loops.

I learned this Unorthodox loop exchange method from European Loop Braiding, part I by Noemi Speiser and Joy Boutrup, and then adapted it to my solo-braiding methods for making this type of two-person braid on my one set of hands, which is what I demo in this video.

17th C. Bucks Horns fingerloop braid, solo braider workaround method

Ingrid Crickmore 2020-08-19 | Video supplement to my blogpost on this braid, click link to post for more info, other color-patterns, etc: loopbraider.com/2020/05/25/bucks-horns-french-string-uo-loop-exchange

This video teaches my solo-braider workaround method for braiding this two-person braid on one pair of hands. Except for the loop-exchange move at the end of every row, the method is the same as my method for braiding the 10-loop solid-rectangle double braid as a solo braider: youtu.be/Nd6ZdX3ejEI . The Bucks Horns braid requires a different loop exchange from the 'normal' loop exchange of double braids. This "unorthodox" loop exchange is the main focus of this video.

The 10-loop Bucks Horns braid was described very unclearly in some 17th C. English loop braiding manuscripts. The traditional 2-braider method was eventually deciphered and reconstructed by Noemi Speiser and Joy Boutrup around the turn of this century.

If the other braiding moves are unclear, see my earlier website tutorial on double braids, which includes videos for 6, 8, and 10-loop double braids made with the 'normal' loop exchange. loopbraider.com/2012/12/25/double-braid-tutorials
The videos in that tutorial show the braiding moves in more detail.

Iron Age Fingerloop braid, 15-loops, palms-down method, 2 braiders

Ingrid Crickmore 2019-09-19 | Video by Brendan James. Braiding moves demoed by Kim Davis and Carol Wang. More details - including a palms-up method, text instructions, and notes on the actual color-pattern of the original artifact - are on my website:loopbraider.com/2019/09/18/an-iron-age-loop-braid This video demos a palms-down alternate method to the method suggested in a paper on Iron Age Fingerloop Braiding Finds from the Hallstatt Salt Mine, by Grömer, Boutrup, and Kania, in Archeological Textiles Review, 2015:
https://www.academia.edu/24657273/Iron-Age_Finger-Loop_Braiding._Finds_from_the_Hallstatt_Salt_Mine._In_Archaeological_Textiles_Review_57_2015_33-40
The braid being made in this video has a slightly different weave than the original artifact - go to my website (first link above) to find out how to switch the left and right moves for the exact structure of the original.

Iron Age fingerloop braid, 15 loops, 2 palms-up braiders

Ingrid Crickmore 2019-09-19 | More details - including initial color set-up, and other possible methods of working - on my website: loopbraider.com/2019/09/18/an-iron-age-loop-braid
This video demos one possible method, as suggested in a paper on Iron Age Fingerloop Braiding Finds from the Hallstatt Salt Mine, by Grömer, Boutrup, and Kania, in Archeological Textiles Review, 2015:
https://www.academia.edu/24657273/Iron-Age_Finger-Loop_Braiding._Finds_from_the_Hallstatt_Salt_Mine._In_Archaeological_Textiles_Review_57_2015_33-40

An Odd Braid: 12-loop solid rectangle braid of 5 loop-transfers

Ingrid Crickmore 2019-07-02 | This braid has some very fun asymmetrical color-patterns that I haven't finished exploring yet! Set-up instructions for the color patterns shown here are at the end of my blog-post about this braid: loopbraider.com/2019/07/02/odd/#setups
More color-patterns and variations of this braid can be seen starting from the beginning of the post: loopbraider.com/2019/07/02/odd
This is an original braid structure I made up based on double braids (4-transfer braids) that have an odd number of turned loop transfers. See my website for more: loopbraider.com

Pick-up patterning in a 7-loop flat fingerloop braid

Ingrid Crickmore 2017-10-22 | Pattern charts and photos of many other flat braid patterns and motifs are on my website: loopbraider.com/2017/10/22/pickup-3 Hit "show more" below this for a timeline/ video table of contents, so you can click to go to whichever part of the video you want to see.

This video was made to accompany the 3rd web-post in my series on Pick-up patterning in loop braids.
The website has many more motifs and patterns for flat braids.

0:01 Showing the samples of these two braids in my notebook.
1:09 Problem of 'flat' braids sometimes turning out compressed into a narrower, thicker shape I call "3/4-flat".
1:42 Showing the braid patterns I will be demoing: 2 versions of "Contrast V's".
2:04 Loop set-up and suspending the loop bundle onto a rigid bar.
3:25 Making sure all the loops will be the same length even after the big knot is tied.
4:05 Tying a temporary knot near the top of braid, leaving a long section for a braided fringe of mini-braids (will braid those later, after rest of braid is done)
4:40 Putting a header cord below the temporary knot, - that header cord is temporary, too - ONLY for braiding the divided section. If you braid the FLAT braid from a header cord, it might not turn out fully flat!
5:07 Placing the header cord onto the bar of the C-clamp
5:35 Placing loops onto fingers with DARK shanks all up for "All-Dark-Up" divided braid pattern

6:33 Starting divided braiding to make a braided loop at the top of the braid - later will hang the the loop bundle from that loop while braiding the flat part of the braid.
Divided 7-loop braiding taught here: loopbraider.com/2012/01/17/7-loop-square-braid
7:40 Showing a shower-curtain ring - handy for suspending the top of the braid.
7:55 Taking divided braid's header cord off the clamp, to hang over the C-clamp bar, or the shower-curtain ring. Keeps braid stable, helps flat braids form 'fully flat' rather than '3/4-flat'.
9:38 Showing the charts and braid samples for the two patterns: 7-row Contrast V's (will be automatic braiding moves in a 7-loop braid), and 4-row Contrast V's - similar but more symmetrical pattern.

12:03 Starting flat braiding, using the 7-row chart to segue from All-Dark-Up (the pattern of the divided loop) into 7-row Contrast V's.
14:32 Tightening technique for helping flat braids form fully-flat. (This does not show clearly in the video. From above you would see that after the 2nd transfer when the right hand has only 3 loops, I pull those right loops almost all the way forward and away from me, while holding the left loops firmly toward me.)
15:28 Two ways to "turn twice" - very important for this braid as the automatic moves will be 'turn twice' on the left in every row, once the loops are in pattern.
16:20 How to figure out what row you are on if you lose your place.
18:55 After 7 rows (or even before) of pick-up, all my loops are now in position for the new pattern, and I can start doing linked flat braid moves - all left loops turned twice - for the rest of the pattern. "Automatic" moves = using the same braiding moves in every row.
22:00 Now doing pickup again to bring loops back to All-Dark-Up as a separation between the 2 Contrast Stripe variations.

24:29 Starting to braid a pickup pattern: 4-row Contrast V's (a pick-up pattern in a 7-loop braid)
25:39 Again how to check what row you're on by looking at the loops, here looking all the way onto the loops of the other hand.
27:28 Showing the regular alternation of the 2 types of turns in this pickup pattern - 2 rows of single turns, followed by 2 rows of double turns.

I ran out of time on this video before I could show how the braid unfolds/ opens out from a folded 'square braid'-like shape to a fully-flat shape. See photos of this near the bottom of the footnotes of my website tutorial. loopbraider.com/2017/10/22/pickup-3

Thanks for watching!
~loopbraider
loopbraider.com

Turning twice as a pick-up technique in loop braiding; finishing ends at the start.

Ingrid Crickmore 2017-10-03 | 3rd of 3 videos for my website tutorial on pattern-switching within the same braid: loopbraider.com/2017/10/03/pickup-2 - skip to 3:31 to see how to turn loops TWICE instead of not turning them - an alternative pick-up technique in loop braiding. See loopbraider.com/category/loop-braiding/pick-up-patterns for all my posts and tutorials on pick-up patterning in loop braiding (more coming soon).

Starting a loop braid partway down; to finish the unbraided area at the start later

Ingrid Crickmore 2017-10-03 | 1st of 3 videos for my recent website tutorial on switching between various patterns in a square braid: loopbraider.com/2017/10/03/pickup-2 - Here showing a way to start braids so the top will match the end of the braid. (continued in the 3rd video of that tutorial.) This way of starting a bit further down in the loop bundle is similar to starting at the CENTER of a loop bundle for making an extra-long braid. Here, I'm starting just a short way down from the top of the loop bundle, saving a few inches of unbraided loops at the top to finish last. Also shows how I start most bicolor loop braids - with an all-dark braided loop section before using pick-up patterning to braid my way into the main pattern for the rest of the braid.

Switching between bicolor square braid patterns using pick-up charts

Ingrid Crickmore 2017-10-03 | 2nd of 3 videos for my website tutorial on how to switch between different patterns within the same braid: loopbraider.com/2017/10/03/pickup-2 Website has pattern charts, photos, complete tutorial. Skip to 6:12 in video to go straight to the point where I start demoing how to follow a pickup chart to switch between automatic patterns in a square braid. Slow start where Video 1 left off, showing sample braid in notebook, setting up etc. I’ve already braided an All-Dark-Up braided loop for the top of the braid, I will now braid my way out of that pattern and into the first square braid pattern “Alternating Stripes” by following its pickup chart. This will join my braided loop into a unified braid. I ended up demoing switching between most or all of the pattern charts of this tutorial, ending with a braided loop in a different divided braid pattern (left hand dark up; right hand light up), and finishing off with a tassel of 4 minibraids – braided with divided braiding.

The 3rd/ last video shows how I finished the UPPER end of the braid, also demos how to turn a loop twice instead of NOT turning it, if not turning it would cause problems in the structure of the braid.

Thanks for watching! Click here for all my posts and tutorials on pick-up patterning in loop braiding (more are coming!): loopbraider.com/category/loop-braiding/pick-up-patterns

Over 25 color-patterns for Triangle Braid!

Ingrid Crickmore 2017-09-01 | loopbraider.com/2017/08/30/uo5-11-triangle-patt
Link above is to the new page on my website showing a chart of over 25 color-pattern set-up instructions for the Triangle braid samples in my last 3 videos:
(Triangle Braid Tutorial, including 3 videos: 5-loop version, 7-loop version, and 9-loop version: loopbraider.com/2017/08/07/uo-triangle-5-7-9tut )

Triangle fingerloop braid of 9 loops

Ingrid Crickmore 2017-08-08 | Timeline for the video is below, click on "see more" -- using the timeline you can skip ahead to whichever point in the video you want to see.

Update: I just posted the set-up instructions for the color-patterns of over 20 of the braid samples you can see in my sample book in this video, and in the photos of the tutorial on my website!
Video announcement and link here: youtu.be/182zZjOJDv0

See my website for photos of more color patterns, and braiding tips for this 9-loop braid. I also teach a 5-loop and a 7-loop version, as well as many other types of loop braids.
Home page of Loop Braiding: loopbraider.com
Tutorial and photos that go with this video: loopbraider.com/2017/08/07/uo-triangle-5-7-9tut

Timeline:
0:01 Intro, looking at 9-loop triangle braids in my sample book
1:05 Loop set-up for this color-pattern (black and yellow chevrons over lengthwise purple and white stripes) - Pay attn to the bicolor loop on the right hand! On the right hand, the PURPLE shank must be higher, NOT the white shank like the loops on the left hand.
1:39 Using the thumb in making this 9-loop braid (see also my 9-loop square braid tutorial)
2:39 Loop order in the braid (this is the order the loops will follow each other in the braid itself)
3:05 Triangle braiding moves. Beginning of braiding moves - how to use the thumb in loop braiding.
4:21 Continuous braiding moves
6:06 Undoing/ Unbraiding this braid (to undo back to a mistake, for example) - NOTE: my first undoing moves had a built-in mistake, since in demoing the more difficult way to undo by using the thumb, on both hands my first loop became twisted! I noticed this and fixed it in undoing, but didn't realize how it had happened. Skip to point below to see uninterrupted unbraiding moves.
9:00 Better demo of undoing moves.
10:30 How to get all the white shanks in upper position before making a loop in the braid (optional! just something I sometimes do before making a loop, when I have any bicolor loops in the braid)
11:54 How to braid a "loop"/ buttonhole area into the braid
13:31 Closing off the loop with 9 square-braid loop transfers.
14:56 Braiding 6 mini-braids as a way to finish off the bottom of the braid with a braided tassel - strategizing how to arrange the loop colors.
16:03 Starting braiding the 3 divided braids for a 6-mini-braid tassel.
16:52 Tips for braiding 3-loop braids - they are very difficult to braid neatly.
17:47 cutting and tying off the first pair of minibraids.
18:30 Starting on the second pair of minibraids
19:56 Cutting and tying off the second pair of minibraids
20:48 Starting last pair of minibraids
20:57 Yarn I used in this braid - only the black is embroidery floss - doubled - because I didn't have black in the main yarn I used: size 5 crochet thread, made by Nazli Gelin, called "Garden 5".
22:46 tying off the last pair of minibraids.
23:28 Showing the finished braid - minibraids at end, BACK of braid - looks completely different than the front -
25:31 Examples of other color patterns in my Triangle braid sample book, including a comparison with a D-shaped braid, and a comparison with a square braid.

Triangle fingerloop braid of 7 loops

Ingrid Crickmore 2017-08-08 | Timeline for the video is below, click on "see more" -- using the timeline you can skip ahead to whichever point in the video you want to see.

Update: I just posted the set-up instructions for the color-patterns of over 20 of the braid samples you can see in my sample book in this video, and in the photos of the tutorial on my website!
Video announcement and link here: youtu.be/182zZjOJDv0

See my website for photos of more color patterns, and braiding tips for this 5-loop braid. I also teach a 5-loop and a 9-loop version. (More loops gives you more color-pattern possibilities, and a stronger braid).
Home page of Loop Braiding: loopbraider.com
Tutorial and photos that go with this video:loopbraider.com/2017/08/07/uo-triangle-5-7-9tut

Timeline:
00:01 Intro, showing the 2 color patterns I will be teaching for this braid
2:00 Demoing how to find the correct loop order if you've dropped the loops.
3:34 1st color-pattern ("Edge" - lengthwise striping) - Loop set-up
4:13 Explaining the braiding moves for Triangle braid, compared to square and D-shaped braids.
4:55 Beginning of braiding moves
6:04: Explaining Edge pattern, and how to trouble-shoot - recognize if you've made a mistake while braiding that pattern.
7:40 Second color-pattern ("One-Loop-Wrong," a contrast zigzag design over lengthwise stripes) - Loop set-up, and how to change into that pattern seamlessly FROM doing the Edge pattern.
6:30 Unbraiding this braid (to undo back to a mistake, for example)
9:30 Explaining the wedge-shaped structure of the braid, and how to tighten it to maintain that wedge-shape.
11:25 How to go back (seamlessly) to the Edge pattern from braiding One-Loop-Wrong - basic 'pick-up' technique
12:27 How to braid a "loop"/ buttonhole area into the braid
14:06 How to close/ tie off the loop area in a 7-loop braid.
14:50 Braiding 4 mini-braids as a way to finish off the bottom of the braid with a braided tassel - 2 braiding procedures makes 4 little braids. (I should have ended this braid sooner, so there would be more loop-length available for these mini-braids!)
16:45 Tying off and cutting apart the tassel of mini-braids at the bottom of the braid. Knot: "UP, around and down". Before tightening the 2nd knot, slide it OVER and to just below the first knot.
19:45 How to deal with a couple of loose ends at the top of a "no-ends" beginning to a braid.
20:14 Showing the finished braid - the two color-patterns, loop at the end, and braided tassel.
20:25 Showing the BACK of the braid - looks totally different from the front.

Triangle fingerloop braid of 5 loops

D-shaped 7-loop braid, two ways

Ingrid Crickmore 2015-04-21 | Both the D-shaped braids I teach in this video are variations of the 7-loop square braid. It would be best to learn the basic loop braiding moves from my square braid tutorials first--this video only teaches those moves that differ from square braiding moves.

Many different color patterns can be made with these two braiding procedures - as always, I show other color-pattern variations (and how to set up for them) on my website Loop Braiding loopbraider.com, not within my videos.

See clickable timeline below -- links to key points throughout the video. (In case you want to skip the long intro or any other talky bits!)

00:01 Intro to the D-shaped "unorthodox" braid, and its two variations (turned vs not turned loop transfers) plus examples of braids showing some of the various color-patterns that are possible with this D-shaped braid.

3:45 Showing the two patterns I will be braiding in this video, first the first pattern, made without turning loops.
4:32 Quick view of second pattern (made by turning the loops)
5:45 Starting the braid
6:26 First move on left side
7:45 Faster moves.
9:14 Loops are back in starting set-up positions, ready to start second braid pattern.
9:34 Showing the second braid pattern that I will now be braiding.
10:17 1st move on left, with the loop now being turned as it is transferred over to the d-finger of the other hand. (Turn the loop from above the loop rather than from below).
11:08 Showing one undoing move
12:38 Faster moves, new pattern appearing on braid...
13:19 How to error-check
13:38 Showing new pattern emerging in braid, front and back.
Then comparing to orange,black,white braid in which I switched occasionally to turning loops for just one pattern repeat, and then returned to braiding without turns.
15:08 Reprise of turned loop procedure.
Talking about why this is considered an "unorthodox" braid
(16:07 Noticing I forgot to turn a loop when taking it, correcting mistake.)

This video teaches two variations of D-shaped braids. In this video I use the same initial color set-up of loops on fingers for both braids, but the resulting color pattern turns out completely differently because of the difference in the braiding procedure.

The color setup of loops on fingers is shown on my website, Loop Braiding loopbraider.com/2015/04/21/uo-dshaped-7tut/.

I have since added a second post on my site with photos and set-up information for several other possible color patterns that can be braided with the moves taught in this video: loopbraider.com/2015/05/04/uo7-dshaped-patt-a

Following a letter chart: Part 2 on my solo-braider Nuns Letterbraid method

Ingrid Crickmore 2014-09-26 | How to follow a chart for the Nun's Book letterbraid.
http://loopbraider.com/2014/09/25/solo-nuns-letterbraid
Chart is for the letter U (I made up this chart, in the 17th C. there was no U, only V). See my website for charts for J and Q. The rest of the alphabet/ letter charts are in the Speiser/ Boutrup publication.
This chart is in the format of Joy Boutrup's ORANGE charts, pp 57-59, in Instructions for Letter Braids in 17th Century Manuscripts, by Noemi Speiser and Joy Boutrup, 2009
0:01 Intro
1:25 How to read/ interpret a chart in the format of Joy Boutrup's ORANGE charts for the Nun's letterbraid (pp. 57-59), not her yellow charts.
3:35 Picking up my loops, explaining color set-up.
4:14 How loops are turned while reading the the chart, starting with Row 1. (I turn loops on one hand clockwise, and on the other hand counterclockwise.)
5:48 How to tell which part of the thumb-loop is the "UPPER" shank. This is very important in order to follow the chart.
7:33 Tightening tip. In the video I am braiding around the camera and can't see the fell of the braid well enough to follow my own advice! But for making well-shaped letters, it really helps to watch when tightening and 'fussy-tighten' if necessary if a thread looks loose or if the pattern is starting to slant.
7:52 Do the loop exchange BEFORE turning colors for the next row!
8:13 Reading Row 2.
10:21 How to tell where the loops will be after one row of braiding (demoed @22:07). This is in order to double-check that your colors were correct, OR to help figure out which row you are on if you have forgotten.
12:21 Starting to read row 3
14:01 Pausing to check how the pattern is coming along. Info about delay in seeing the pattern on the braid.
16:02 Reading row 4.
17:28 Reading row 5.
18:34 Pausing to check a possible mistake.
19:21 Reading row 6.
19:56 Noticing that something doesn't look right in the tightening.
How to fussy-tighten one particular strand that is loose in the braid.
21:09 Recovering from "losing my place" in the braiding procedure.
22:07 Oh-oh! What row did I just finish??! Examining the loops to figure this out.
22:37 Reading the last row - row 7. (explained @10:21)
23:55 Letter finished, now doing one or two rows of "space" before starting next letter. Tips about spacing the letters.
27:41 U and following space is done, now checking the letter to see how it turned out (a bit slanted).
Well, I got lazy and never added the letter J on this braid! But the chart for it is available on my website, in my Solo-braider Tutorial for the Nun's letterbraid.

Solo-braider moves for the Nuns Book Letterbraid

Ingrid Crickmore 2014-09-26 | This video is a supplement to my blog tutorial on my solo-braider method for making the 10-loop 17th C. "Nun's Book" letter braid (traditionally this braid would be made by two braiders working together). http://loopbraider.com/2014/09/25/solo-nuns-letterbraid
This first video teaches only the braiding moves, not the color-switching moves for forming the letters on the braid.

The traditional method was decoded from obscure manuscripts by Joy Boutrup, who published her findings in "European Loop Braiding, part II, Instructions for Letter Braids in 17th Century Manuscripts", cowritten by her and Noemi Speiser.

00:01 Intro (I should have mentioned that this braid is called the Nun's Book letterbraid to distinguish it from the other known letterbraid of ten loops, the so-called Verbal Letterbraid).
0:45 example of a finished Nun's Book letterbraid, showing letters of the alphabet
1:03 example of a "non-lettered", flat version of this braid
1:14 example of a "non-lettered", rectangular version (similar to my "Rainbow Girl" braid)
2:35 Loop set-up on the fingers for my workaround method for one braider to do Joy Boutrup's two-braider instructions on p 56.
3:37 First run-through of the braiding moves, very slowly.
Left hand loop moves:
4:00 First and second transfers
4:50 First tightening move
5:20 Third and fourth transfers
6:50 Second tightening move
Right hand loop moves:
8:07 Fifth and sixth transfers
8:50 Third tightening move
9:36 Seventh and eight transfers
10:44 Fourth tightening move
11:02 Final move: Loop exchange between left and right D-fingers.
11:27 Last tightening move in this row (cycle) of braiding.
2nd row of braiding, slightly faster moves with less explaining
11:52 Left hand moves
12:48 Right hand moves
13:40 3rd row of braiding
15:07 Checking to make sure that the braid is forming as two completely divided layers - describing possible problem of taking a loop through another loop "backwards".
16:11 4th row - showing a slight shortcut I sometimes do when transferring a loop downward (toward the middle of the braid)
18: 36 5th row - a little faster, and without the 'shortcut'
19:58 6th row - faster, with the shortcut move
20:57 pausing and placing right loops on left fingers to free up right hand
21:07 showing abstract designs on start of braid, followed by the completely divided area I have just been braiding.
22:14 Showing / talking about the yarn I've been using --thicker than I like for letterbraids. Other samples I show are made with embroidery floss.

Color linking, 13-loop flat braid

Ingrid Crickmore 2014-02-08 | Demo of my method for making a 13-loop braid. Advanced finger loop braiding. Start at 14:25 to skip explanations and go straight to the braiding moves. Click 'show more' below for a timeline and more info about this braid. Prerequisite basic-to-advanced loop braiding tutorials are on my website:
http://loopbraider.com/tutorials

This particular 13-loop braid is the flat version of a square braid, done with extra "color-linking" moves in each loop transfer. For this particular color pattern, the fingers on the right hand do not do the same moves as those on the left hand.

(There's a little glitch in the video after I explain the moves on the first side, when I suddenly realized that my loops had actually been set up to start braiding on the other side! I didn't want to redo the whole walk-through explanation, so I left it in, but restarted the braiding at 4:13, after fixing the set-up.)

4:13 Restart after noticing my initial error.
5:58 Explaining left side moves.
6:45 Explaining right side moves.
12:03 Here I noticed another mistake, but this time did not pause the video, just unbraided the mistake as part of the video.
13:35 Continuing after undoing the mistake
14:25 Good time-point to see the braiding moves without much pausing and talking on my part.
16:39 Another way of setting partly-done loops down to finish later: tying groups together (this is a no-equipment alternative to using a wide-tooth comb and rubber band, as shown in my other videos)

12-Loop hollow double braid

Ingrid Crickmore 2014-01-22 | 12-loop double braid (hollow variation). Advanced finger loop braiding. Click 'show more' below for clickable timeline to skip my intro and go straight to the braiding moves. More basic-to-advanced tutorials on loop braiding on my website: http://loopbraider.com/tutorials
The video demos my own solo-braider method, not a traditional method. (Traditionally this braid might have been made by two braiders working together, each one braiding with 6 loops.)

Click within the TABLE of CONTENTS below to jump to any point in the video:

00:01 Intro
01:02 examples from my sample book of various 12-loop double braids.
02:50 Loop setup on the fingers for this particular color-pattern (Edge with 2 contrast loops)
04:19 Braiding moves, first slowly,
05:44 then a little faster.
06:36 How to check (after final move) to make sure your color-pattern is still in the correct order.
08:34 More braiding (I'm saying 'NO turn' for the inner transfers, and "Turn" for the outer ones - in the soundtrack the "no" is almost silent!)
10:05 Warning - don't braid over the top of a table! Just good for displaying the loops in a video, better to braid off the edge of a table, or tie onto a pole, or the back of a chair, etc.
10:28 Brands of yarn I'm using - sportweight, flosslike (meaning not very twisted) mercerized cotton yarn. Very similar to doubled embroidery floss. Most of the braids in my sample book were made with finer thread - embroidery floss or fine linen.
11:32 Info on my teaching website - LOOP BRAIDING. Has tutorials for prerequisite braids to this braid. http://loopbraider.com
13:54 Postscript: Parking the loops of my half-done braid on a wide-toothed comb.

Color linking in a flat 7-loop braid part 3

Ingrid Crickmore 2013-10-01 | For clear, close-up photos of these and other braids made with color-linking, view this video on my Loop Braiding website/blog:
http://loopbraider.com/2013/09/30/color-linking-in-a-7-loop-flat-braid

See below for a clickable timeline/ table of contents to the video.

If you have questions, it's easier to contact me on the website than here on youtube, there seem to be problems with youtube/ google+ now -- I don't always get notified of comments on my videos through youtube anymore. Comments work fine on the website, under every post. Or you can email me from the 'contact' tab in the top menu.

Clickable timeline:
0:00 Third pattern--a variation of the second pattern that adds another type of linking: turning bicolor loops twice to keep the same color uppermost. This links the two shanks of one loop together.
1:32 How to turn bicolor loops TWICE to keep the same color on top.
2:56 A faster way to make that double turn of the bicolor loops.
5:24 Comparing the last two patterns (taught in this video and previous video-part 2).
7:12 Different appearance of the top and bottom surfaces of the braid

This is part 3 of a three-part video series on making various color patterns in one flat finger loop braid of 7 loops (two black, two white and 3 bicolor loops).
Part 1: http://youtu.be/qU1MU9Inn_4
Part 2: http://youtu.be/_N8IJyUx52Y

My loop braiding website/ blog has color pattern set-ups for many more flat 7-loop braids not shown on my youtube channel: go to loopbraider.com and click on my Tutorials tab in the top menu:
http://loopbraider.com

Color linking in a flat 7-loop braid part 2

Ingrid Crickmore 2013-10-01 | Part 2. For clear, close-up photos of these and other braids made with color-linking, view this video on my Loop Braiding website/blog:
http://loopbraider.com/2013/09/30/color-linking-in-a-7-loop-flat-braid

See below for a clickable timeline/ table of contents to the video.

If you have questions, it's easier to contact me on my website than here on youtube, there seem to be problems with youtube/ google+ now -- I don't always get notified of comments on my videos through youtube anymore. Comments work fine on the website, under every post. Or you can email me from the 'contact' tab in the top menu.

Clickable timeline:

0:00 View of braid sample showing other possible patterns.
1:26 Braiding moves for the 2nd color pattern: no linking on left loops, only on right loops (to create a black border on the two edges of the flat braid). White and bicolor loops criss-cross to create a chevron pattern in the center of the braid.
4:15 Bicolor loops have already changed to "turquoise up/ orange down" and are now changing back to "orange up" because they are now being turned during the braiding procedure. In the first pattern where all the color groups were linked, only the white loops were turned.
4:55 All colors back in original starting position. Checking for mistakes and looking at pattern in braid.

The previous video in this series (part 1) introduces the technique of color linking on both the left and right side of a 7-loop braid.
http://youtu.be/qU1MU9Inn_4
The next video (part 3) demos another pattern shown in my sample braid, in which two types of loop-linking are used:
http://youtu.be/FUgJ7zduQec

My loop braiding website/ blog has color pattern set-ups for many more flat 7-loop braids not shown on my youtube channel: go to loopbraider.com and click on my Tutorials tab in the top menu:
http://loopbraider.com

Color linking in a flat 7-loop braid part 1

Ingrid Crickmore 2013-10-01 | Part 1. For clear, close-up photos of these and other braids made with color-linking, view this video on my Loop Braiding website/blog:
http://loopbraider.com/2013/09/30/color-linking-in-a-7-loop-flat-braid

See below for a clickable timeline/ table of contents to the video.

If you have questions, it's easier to contact me on my website than here on youtube, there seem to be problems with youtube/ google+ now -- I don't always get notified of comments on my videos through youtube anymore. Comments work fine on the website, under every post. Or you can email me from the 'contact' tab in the top menu.

0:30 Showing the various color-patterns in my sample braid that can be made with the same loop color set-up.
1:07 New technique: Color linking
1:30 How to arrange the loops on the fingers for this braid (2 black, 2 white, 3 bicolor loops)
2:50 Explanation of the braiding moves for a flat braid with color-linking
3:11 Braiding starts
4:25 Braiding moves explained, and continued
8:40 Showing the braid

The next video in this series (part 2) shows another pattern that can be made in this braid, by linking ONLY at the boundary between the right hand's two black loops and the other loops in the braid. (No linking will be done on the left hand loops.):
http://youtu.be/_N8IJyUx52Y
The third video shows another color-pattern and teaches another color-linking technique for bicolor loops only:
http://youtu.be/FUgJ7zduQec

Color-linking is a way to manipulate the colors in your braid, instead of letting the colors follow the natural course that they would normally take in a braid. In part 1, I show how to use color-linking on both sides of a 7-loop braid to keep 4 colors in separate columns in the braid.

Color-linking is an extra braiding technique that gives the braider the ability to create or manipulate patterns. Learn my "Continue here: 7-loop square and flat braids" tutorial first for the basic braiding moves.

My loop braiding website/ blog has color pattern set-ups for many more flat 7-loop braids not shown on my youtube channel: go to loopbraider.com and click on my Tutorials tab in the top menu:
http://loopbraider.com

Color-linking in a 7-loop flat fingerloop braid (parts 1,2, and 3)

Ingrid Crickmore 2013-10-01 | Parts 1,2,3. For clear, close-up photos of these and other braids made with color-linking, view these videos on my Loop Braiding website/blog:
http://loopbraider.com/2013/09/30/color-linking-in-a-7-loop-flat-braid

See below for a clickable timeline/ table of contents to the video.

If you have questions, it's easier to contact me on my website than here on youtube, there seem to be problems with youtube/ google+ now -- I don't always get notified of comments on my videos through youtube anymore. Comments work fine on the website, under every post, or you can email me from the 'contact' tab in the top menu.

0:30 Showing the various color-patterns in the braid
1:07 New technique: Color linking
1:30 How to arrange the loops on the fingers for this braid (2 black, 2 white, 3 bicolor loops)
2:50 Explanation of the braiding moves for a flat braid with color-linking
3:11 Braiding starts
4:25 Braiding moves explained, and continued
8:40 Showing the braid
9:37 Linking options for other patterns
9:57 2nd color pattern: black border, no linking on left loops, only on right loops
10:27 pause
10:56 resuming
13:50 bicolor loops have changed to "turquoise up/ orange down" and are now changing back to "orange up" because they are now being turned during the braiding procedure. Earlier in the braid, only the white loops were being turned.
14:31 All colors back in original starting position. Checking for mistakes and looking at new pattern.
15:47 Third pattern--a variation of the second pattern that also uses another type of linking: turning bicolor loops twice to keep the same color uppermost. Links the two shanks of one loop together.
17:20 How to turn bicolor loops TWICE to keep the same color on top.
18:45 A faster way to make that double turn of the bicolor loops.
21:59 Comparing the last two patterns.
22:55 Different appearance of the top and bottom surfaces of the braid

Color-linking is a way to manipulate the colors in your braid, instead of letting the colors follow the natural course that they would normally take in a braid. Learn the basic 7-loop braiding moves for a flat braid first:
http://youtu.be/4qGYp4Rnpns

My loop braiding website/ blog has color pattern set-ups for many more flat 7-loop braids not shown on my youtube channel: go to loopbraider.com and click on my Tutorials tab in the top menu:
http://loopbraider.com

Team loop braiding (2 beginners)

Ingrid Crickmore 2013-07-15 | Amy and Patrick making their first double braid together, after each having just learned their first 5-loop braid. When the video starts they are correcting a mistake they had been making in the loop exchange between the two braiders--Amy had been taking the loop from Patrick with a turn to the loop. They correct this and braid on.
More info plus tips and a photo-tutorial on my website:
http://loopbraider.com/2013/07/14/2-people-team-braiding

If you have questions, it's easier to contact me on my website than here on youtube, there seem to be problems with youtube/ google+ now -- I don't always get notified of comments on my videos through youtube anymore. Comments work fine on the website, under every post, or you can email me from the 'contact' tab in the top menu.

[Stickerville at Weiser, Idaho. Fiddle tune being played in the background is Snake Chapman's "Devil Eat the Groundhog"]

10-loop FLAT double braid (4 columns)

Ingrid Crickmore 2013-02-03 | Learn my 10-loop, flat double braid method first, and then the video for the BORDERED version of the flat braid.

If you have questions, it's easier to contact me on my website than here on youtube, there seem to be problems with youtube/ google+ now -- I don't always get notified of comments on my videos through youtube anymore. Comments work fine on the website, under every post, or you can email me from the 'contact' tab in the top menu.

This video shows how to make the 10-loop flat braid, but now with 4 columns of different colors. This involves a new way to do the one turned loop transfer (outer right loop transfer, midde finger to right thumb).

The loop will be turned twice instead of just once, so the colors of the upper and lower shanks of the loop will end up staying the same. I first show a basic way to do this, then later in the video I show a faster way to do this double-turn.

I demo a two-color border, white on one edge, black on the other--not a great look on this particular braid! Just good for a demo, go ahead and pick better colors for your own braid. For the SAME color on both sides, make the left loops all one color, (no bicolor left loops). For a stripey or other pattern to the border, start with a MIX of colors for the left loops.

9-loop square and flat braids are prerequisite to my 10-loop double braid technique, see my other tutorials.

These videos are supplements to my website tutorial. Go to my site to find the full tutorial, including many more, from beginning to advanced level braids:

http://loopbraider.com/tutorials

Thanks for watching this video!
--Ingrid (loopbraider)

10-loop FLAT double braid (with borders)

Ingrid Crickmore 2013-02-03 | Learn my 10-loop, flat double braid method first. This video shows how to make it with a one- or two-colored border on the edges of the braid. This involves a new way to do the loop-exchange (the second-to-last move, just before you tighten the loops).

I demo a two-color border, white on one edge, black on the other--not a great look on this particular braid! Just good for a demo, go ahead and pick better colors for your own braid. For the SAME color on both sides, make the left loops all one color, (no bicolor left loops). For a stripey or other pattern to the border, start with a MIX of colors for the left loops.

9-loop square and flat braids are prerequisite to my 10-loop double braid technique, see my other tutorials.

These videos are supplements to my website tutorial. Go to my site to find the full tutorial, including many more, from beginning to advanced level braids:

http://loopbraider.com/tutorials

Thanks for watching this video!
--Ingrid (loopbraider)

10-loop FLAT double braid

Ingrid Crickmore 2013-02-03 | Fingerloop braiding a traditional two-person, 10-loop flat braid as a solo braider, my original technique. Many different color patterns can be made with this braiding procedure - I show color-pattern variations (and how to set up for them) on my website Loop Braiding, not within my videos. This isn't a beginning-level loop braid. Follow my other loop braiding tutorials first, starting with square braids. This flat double braid video builds on what I taught in the video on divided and rectangular double braids.

After learning this flat braid, you can also learn the hollow version, which is really fun---it can be threaded with a core (elastic, etc) and can also be braided with eye-shaped "windows" that you can stick decorative inserts into. See examples on my site. No video, because the method is almost identical to this braid.
http://loopbraider.com/2013/02/23/hollow-loop-braids

Watch the two thumb transfers closely. Turning vs. not turning loops for outer transfers will seem very different than in 6 and 8 loop double braids! The loop only gets a turn in the RIGHT hand's middle-to-thumb loop transfer.

This is a short video with no talking at all (a relief to a lot of you!), as there is only one new thing being taught here.

Learn the divided, and rectangular forms of this braid in my intro video on 10-loop double braids.

9-loop square and flat fingerloop braids are prerequisite to this one, in order to get used to using your thumbs in braiding.

These videos are supplements to my website tutorial. Go to my site to find the full tutorial, including many more, from beginning to advanced level braids:

http://loopbraider.com/tutorials

Thanks for watching this video!
--Ingrid (loopbraider)

8-loop FLAT double braid (4 columns)

Ingrid Crickmore 2013-02-03 | Learn my 8-loop, flat double braid method first, then the bordered version of the flat braid. This video shows how to make the same braid with 4 columns of different colors. This involves a new way to do the single turned loop transfer (outer right loop transfer, midde finger to right index finger). The loop will receive TWO turns instead of one, so the colors of the upper and lower shanks of the loop will not change, even though the loop is turned.

The colors on the hand that gets the one turned transfer will be in the center of the braid, the colors on the hand that has NO turned loops (here, the left hand) will be the two outer columns of the braid---the two outer edges of the flat braid.

7-loop square and flat fingerloop braids are prerequisite to 8-loop double braids.

These videos are supplements to my website tutorial. Go to my site to find the full tutorial, and many more, for beginning to advanced level braids:

http://loopbraider.com/tutorials

Thanks for watching this video!
--Ingrid (loopbraider)

8-loop FLAT double braid (with borders)

Ingrid Crickmore 2013-02-03 | Learn my 8-loop, flat double braid method first. This video shows how to make it with a one- or two-colored border on the edges of the braid. This involves a new way to do the loop-exchange (the second-to-last move, just before you tighten the loops).

I demo a two-color border, a white left edge, and a blue right edge. For blue on both sides, start with all-blue left hand loops, (no bicolor left loops). For a stripey or other pattern to the border, start with a MIX of blue and white left loops.

7-loop square and flat fingerloop braids are prerequisite to 8-loop double braids.

These videos are supplements to my website tutorial. Go to my site to find the full tutorial, including many more, from beginning to advanced level braids:

http://loopbraider.com/tutorials

Thanks for watching this video!
--Ingrid (loopbraider)

8-loop Flat double braid

Ingrid Crickmore 2013-02-03 | Only one of the 4 loop transfers gets a turn. This must be one of the two outer transfers (middle finger - to index finger). I turn the loop during the RIGHT outer transfer only, the last of the four transfers. You could alternatively do it in the LEFT outer transfer, the second loop transfer. But stick to one side for the whole braid or it will not be a flat braid.

This is a short video with no talking at all (a relief to a lot of you!), as there is only one new thing being taught here. (First learn the divided, and rectangular forms of this braid in my intro video on 8-loop double braids.)

7-loop square and flat braids should be learned before starting on 8-loop double braids, in order to get your ring and little fingers used to making the loop shifts.

After learning the flat version, you can also learn the hollow version of this braid, which is really fun---it can be threaded with a core (elastic, etc) and can also be braided with eye-shaped "windows" that you can stick decorative inserts into. See instructions on my site, doesnt need a video if you've already learned this flat braid---method is almost identical:
http://loopbraider.com/2013/02/23/hollow-loop-braids

See my website for the tutorials that these videos are made to accompany---there is usually more info and pictures in my website's tutorial than in the videos alone:

http://loopbraider.com/tutorials

Thanks for watching this video!
--Ingrid (loopbraider)

Ten-loop double braid, part 2

Ingrid Crickmore 2012-12-26 | Part 2 on my 'thumbs' method for making the 10-loop double braid as a solo braider.
00:01 Examples of finished braids.
02:38 Lifting "parked loops" off a peg-type holder.
05:07 Braiding: Solid rectangle (all loop transfers are turned/ reversed/ crossed).
The color pattern was called Crowns in the 17th C. loop braiding manuscripts.
12:24 Unbraiding back to beginning.
19:51 Starting over (braiding the Crowns pattern starting from beginning again).
25:42 Switching to the color set-up for the pattern called "Edge" (also known by other names).
Sorry, cut off at end!
Will have to make yet a third video on this at some point.
My blog post explains how to set the loops on the fingers to make either the "Crowns" or the "Edge" pattern:

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Ten-loop double braid, part 1

Ingrid Crickmore 2012-12-26 | (Part 2 starts with some examples of these braids.) This is the 3rd in a series of videos teaching my solo-braider method for making the 2-person loop braids of the old English fingerloop braiding manuscripts. All these videos are in super slo-mo as in fact any can be an intro level to double braids, depending on how many loops you are already used to handling fluently in making square and flat braids. (see my other tutorials). 9-loop square braids are prerequisite to this 10-loop double braid. I go slowly and repeat a LOT. Skip ahead to other points on the timeline when you are ready (see below or use slider under video). My second video on this braid has faster moves and also a long sequence on unbraiding, as well as info on switching between patterns (more completely explained on my blogpost).

~Start watching at 17:43 to see the braiding moves with less stopping and explaining~

0:01 Intro
1:38 Loop set-up (all dark shanks in 'upper position'). Showing upper vs. lower shanks on the thumbs.
3:18 Explanation of 'divided' braid moves in a double braid.
3:36 Explanation of 'inner' vs. 'outer' loop transfers in double braids.
4:16 Start of the first actual braiding moves for a divided braid. Skip to 17:43 to see this with less talking and pausing.
17:43 Divided braiding moves, less pausing/more braiding.
19:32 Tips on how to manage the thumb loops to keep them from falling off.
22:42 Back to braiding
24:04 Faster braiding moves
26:00 "Solid rectangle" double braid moves--here you will turn all the loops when transferring them. This creates the "solid rectangle" form of the braid. Turning the loops is done differently with the thumb transfers than with the equivalent moves in 6 and 8-loop double braids. It will help if you have already learned how to make 9-loop square braids.

The double braid method can be used to make many other braid-shapes as well, depending on which of the 4 transfers are turned and which are done without turning them. Approx. 12 different braid shapes are possible. Some were notated in the old manuscripts, some were not.

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Double Braid, 8 loops

Ingrid Crickmore 2012-12-26 | Advanced finger loop braiding: 8-loop version of the classic medieval and 17th Century 2-worker braids of 10 loops. Learn 7-loop square and flat braids first (click on loopbraider above to see my other videos).

I demo slowly and talk a lot. Start at 20:56 to see the braiding moves with less talking. Use the clickable time-points below to skip forward or back to the parts you want to see.

0:01 intro.
3:06 Explaing divided braid moves: loops not turned while being moved.
8:18 Divided braiding with less talking.
12:11 Demoing a solid rectangle braid (double-square braid) by turning the transferring loops. (11:13 is actually where I start explaining 'solid' braiding.)
Skip to 20:56 to see this braiding demoed with less talking.
24:10 Color-order for this braid.

If you want other "clickable" timepoints, let me know exactly which timepoints you want and I'll enter them above--this is very easy to do, so don't hesitate to ask (email or leave a note here).

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Double Braid, 6 loops,

Ingrid Crickmore 2012-12-26 | Introduction to making 'double-square fingerloop braids' as a solo braider. This braid is a very reduced version of the 10-loop, 2-person braids notated in the 15th and 17th Century loop braiding manuscripts. Prerequisite: learn how to make 5-loop square and flat braids (see my other videos).

I demo too slowly and talk too much for some people! Use my clickable timepoints below to skip ahead or back in the video.

First (1:23) I slowly demo a divided braid (no loops turned/ crossed/ reversed while being transferred). At 11:40 I demo the 'solid rectangle' variation (all loops turned while being transferred). Start watching at 15:54 or 19:15 for slightly faster moves, and less talking. By the way, in this video, I demo the braid the way two braiders would make if each one were turning their transfers by taking the top shank of each loop from ABOVE the loops. This makes a braid having the widest surface on the BOTTOM--the side facing the floor as you braid. (Turning each transfer in the opposite rotational direction than I demo would be the same as if 2 braiders were both turning their transfers from below. This makes the upper surface the widest surface.)

In either case above, the 2 transferred loops on one hand are turned in OPPOSITE directions. This is traditional in any 2-transfer braid, like regular square braids. I call these "countered turns."

(If you want other clickable timepoints entered for this video, let me know exactly the timepoint you want and I'll enter it here.)

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Dougs 7-loop Round Spanish Braid

Ingrid Crickmore 2012-07-12 | Advanced finger loop braiding. Click 'show more' below
for clickable timeline to skip my intro and go straight to the braiding moves. Douglas Grant's invention / discovery: a rounded or square-ish version of the 7-loop spanish braid (see my other videos). Has some really fun color-patterns, see my website tutorial for more color patterns for this braid:
http://loopbraider.com/2012/05/01/dougs-braid

0:01 Intro [Kinda long--click on time-points below to skip ahead]
2:57 Color pattern set-up for this pattern
3:33 Braiding moves, very slowly
7:50 Slightly faster
10:49 Faster
12:11 One unbraiding move
12:59 first look at braid's pattern
16:30 Last look at pattern, also at divided section forming a loop at the top of the braid.

I make these youtube videos for my loop braiding website tutorials.
http://loopbraider.com/tutorials

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Bracelet, pt. 4 - another chevron+stripes pattern

Ingrid Crickmore 2012-06-05 | Demos another chevron pattern--5 bicolor loops and 2 single-color contrast loops. First, long demo showing how to set up the braid, using doubled strands to form your loops. Start at 24:15 to skip this part, and just see the color pattern and braiding.

0:00 Intro
1:28 problem of having an odd # of bicolor loops for the no-ends start--will leave 2 ends at top of the braid.
3:48 Using double-thick strands of embroidery floss to avoid this problem.
6:45 Making the one "odd" single-length bicolor loop that will only have loose ends at one end.
9:30 Making the double-length loops (one gold and two bicolor)
3:16 Linking the left set of loops with the right set of loops.
15:22 The "no header-cord" method of suspending the loops to braid the 2 halves of the starting loop.
17:35 Ready to braid the left half--for a short section of 4-loop square braid.
19:04 Laying down the first short section, preparing to braid the other section (also with no header cord) as a 3-loop braid.
24:15 Color arrangement on the fingers for this pattern: bicolor loops on the two hands should have the opposite colors in upper position on the fingers.
25:44 Starting braiding
25:57 Halfway thru first pattern repeat, loops have switched hands--time to tighten well to 'set' the starting loop firmly onto the main braid. Fussy tighten at this point.
27:14 Noticing that one side of the loop got braided a little longer than the other.
This is why the loops on that side turned out to be slightly shorter than the other loops!
Not too bad here, but wouldn't want them any shorter. Try to aim for both sides of the loop-start being equal in length.
28:44 Braiding.

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Friendship bracelet part 3 (adjustable loop closure)

Ingrid Crickmore 2012-06-05 | Shows how to use a single loop at the end of a bracelet to make a slidable, adjustable knot closure that that holds firmly in place, yet can easily be removed.

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Finishing the bracelet with 4 mini-braids (bracelet part 2)

Ingrid Crickmore 2012-06-05 | Finishing the bracelet by making an ending 'fringe' of 4 braidlets:
0:00 Putting down the left loops, in order to braid the right loops
1:27 Start of braiding moves for a 4-loop divided braid (will make 2 braidlets)
3:23 A look at the first two braidlets that are forming
4:43 First pair of braidlets done
4:50 Continuing, a look at the whole braid, then
5:10 Starting on last pair of braidlets - a divided 3-loop braid
5:27 Braiding moves
7:17 Taking finished braid off clamp

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Starting the Chevrons braided Bracelet with no loose ends (bracelet part 1)

Ingrid Crickmore 2012-06-05 | Learn the braiding moves for this braid in my other videos:
5-loop version first: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSS5yw4OWOM
7-loop version next: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qGYp4Rnpns
This video teaches how to set up with this Chevrons and stripes color-pattern to braid a no-ends looped start and then the main part of the bracelet. Finishing with a fringe of mini-braids is shown in another video. The 3rd video shows how to use the loop to make an adjustable closure knot for the bracelet.

0:00 Intro, picture of finished bracelet decorating my teapot
0:10 Beginning of tutorial,
0:44 "Handshake loop start" explanation
3:05 Loop set-up for this bracelet, using 4 bicolor and 3 single-color loops.
3:32 description of the loops (make them LONGER than I say---35" would be safer)
6:40 Linking the left and right loops for the handshake start.
8:30 Putting a header cord thru the left and right loops
9:13 Setting up for braiding the left bunch of loops.
10:48 Making a 4-loop braid with the "Edge" pattern to form the left side of what will be the loop at the top of the bracelet.
13:45 Switching to braiding the right side of the header-loop (3-loop braid)
15:02 Starting the 3-loop braiding
16:00 Setting up the loops for starting the joined 7-loop braid with the chevrons over "Edge" striped pattern.
18:08 Start of braiding moves
18:54 Halfway through 1st pattern repeat is the time to "fussy-tighten" the joining of the loop onto the very beginning of the braid.
22:30 looking at the braided pattern, and pulling out the header cord..

I have a second, shorter video showing how to make some little mini-braids to finish off the bracelet, and a third short video showing how to make a sliding, adjustable knot out of the loop at the start of the braid. All these videos are part of my Loop Braiding blog tutorial on this bracelet:
http://loopbraider.com/2012/06/05/bracelet-with-chevrons

Thanks for watching! Visit my blog for lots more tutes and loop braiding info:

http://loopbraider.com (homepage)
http://loopbraider.com/tutorials (links to the tutorials)

Chevron & Stripes square braid pattern (7 loops)

Ingrid Crickmore 2012-06-05 | A color-pattern made from a combo of bicolor and single-color loops. Here 4 bicolor green+red loops, and 3 single-color loops: Black, White, Black. This video is not for learning the braiding moves, just the color-pattern. To learn the braiding moves, see my "START HERE video (5 loops): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSS5yw4OWOM, and my "CONTINUE HERE" video (7-loops):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qGYp4Rnpns
0:00 Intro
0:14 View of the upper divided-braid section that I had already braided to form a loop at the top of the braid.
0:42 Loop arrangement on fingers
1:14 Beginning of braiding moves
2:50 Halfway through one pattern repeat
4:13 View of the emerging braid pattern--chevrons over lengthwise stripes. Information about variations on the pattern.

5:57 Continuing with square braid moves
6:18 Accidental dropping of loop bundle, recovery and error-check.
7:35 Braiding.
8:00 Halfway through a pattern repeat
8:38 How to make sure that the bicolor loops are in the correct orientation.
9:54 Tightening (gently and widely)
11:34 View of the braid
12:37 How to make the green and red sides switch places in the braid.
16:37 View of the braid with the green and red sides switched.

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Improved Spanish braid, plus PATTERN GENERATOR

Ingrid Crickmore 2012-06-04 | 1:07 New way to make the turns in the 7-loop spanish fingerloop braid . Makes the braid turn out flatter/ straighter rather than slightly convex.
4:52 How to UNBRAID this braid.
9:47 How to follow Gary Mitchell's pattern-planner charts for setting up the loops to get a particular braid pattern.
17:50 How to make the lower side's pattern and the upper side's pattern switch places.

To learn the braiding moves, see my earlier video on the Spanish braid http://youtu.be/juWnBEed0Mo It demos each of the moves very slowly for practicing along.

More patterns, plus link to Gary's planner are in my blog post:
http://loopbraider.com/2012/05/14/garys-pattern-planner

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CONTINUE HERE: 7 loops - Divided, Square, & Flat braids

Ingrid Crickmore 2012-01-17 | 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).

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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).

7-loop Spanish braid, pts 1 and 2

Ingrid Crickmore 2012-01-15 | (Combo version of my two new "Spanish Braid" videos) Learn the 7-loop square braid first--spanish braids have twice as many loop transfers as square braids. Start watching @ 5:45 to see the braiding moves. Before that comes info on book I learned it from @ 0:20; Intro to this braid @2:44; Bicolor loop set-up @3:17; View of divided braid, intro to divided braid start @ 4:02

5:45 Divided braiding moves start .
14:04 View of the divided braid
15:07 Explanation of new way to move the loops for solid, unified braid.
17:47 Start of braiding moves for solid, rectangular braid.
20:56 View of braid's upper loop, now joined by beginning of "solid" braiding moves (end of part 1)
21:22 Part 2, continuation of braiding the solid, rectangle shaped braid
22:18 Braiding moves start

Check my blogpost for many more color patterns for this braid:
http://loopbraider.com/2011/01/20/instructions-7-loop-spanish-left-half-of-the-14-loop-letterbraid

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7-loop spanish braid, pt 2

Ingrid Crickmore 2012-01-15 | Part 2--shows braid's (partly) finished pattern.
This second part shows the zigzag/ zebra-stripe braid pattern that you get when you start the braid with all the light-colored shanks of the loops on the top and all the dark-colored shanks on the bottom side of the fingers. You can get other patterns by arranging these same loops differently at the start of the braid--try different combinations of dark and light sides of the loops facing up or down before you start braiding. My blog shows pics of some of the other great patterns you can get:
http://loopbraider.com/2011/01/11/a-spanish-braid-breed-breadth

This braid is the base, component braid of the 2-person, 14-loop Letterbraid, or alphabet braid, from the 17th Century. Two braiders would stand next to each other, each one braiding with 7 loops, and exchanging their adjacent index finger loops after each braiding cycle.

The 14-loop letterbraid and two other 10-loop letterbraids were only recently decoded from the original documents by Joy Boutrup, and published in:
European Loop Braiding - Investigations and Results, Part II: Instructions for Letter Braids in 17th Century Manuscripts, by Noemi Speiser and Joy Boutrup
The instructions in the monograph are very concise, with no illustrations or diagrams of the movements.

I do the first and third loop transfer a tiny bit differently than Joy Boutrup describes, this does not change the resulting braid. More info is on my blog:
http://loopbraider.com/2011/01/20/instructions-7-loop-spanish-left-half-of-the-14-loop-letterbraid

7-loop spanish braid, pt 1

Ingrid Crickmore 2012-01-15 | Better version of my previous videos on this braid. Learn the 7-loop square braid first--spanish braids have twice as many loop transfers as square braids. Braiding moves start at 5min45sec into the video.

This braid is a very fun braid, with a lot of color pattern possibilities! check my blog for many more color patterns:
http://loopbraider.com/2011/01/11/a-spanish-braid-breed-breadth

It's also the base, component braid of the 2-person, 14-loop Letterbraid, or alphabet braid from the 17th Century. Each of the two braiders would be doing the braiding moves of this 7-loop braid, and exchanging adjacent index finger loops after each braiding cycle. This braid and two other letterbraids have been recently decoded from the original documents by Joy Boutrup, and published in:
European Loop Braiding - Investigations and Results, Part II: Instructions for Letter Braids in 17th Century Manuscripts, by Noemi Speiser and Joy Boutrup
The instructions in the monograph are very concise, with no illustrations or diagrams of the movements.
I do the first loop transfer a tiny bit differently than Joy Boutrup describes, this does not change the resulting braid. More info is on my blog:
http://loopbraider.com/2011/01/20/instructions-7-loop-spanish-left-half-of-the-14-loop-letterbraid

Kute-uchi braiding Outside-Around square and flat braids

Ingrid Crickmore 2011-11-23 | When this move is combined with the "Inside-Through" move of my other Kute-Uchi video, some amazing braids can be made!

See my website tutorial for the beautiful Genji-Uchi braid:
http://loopbraider.com/2011/11/30/kute-uchi

Kute-Uchi part 2--the "Outside-Around" move. Kute-uchi is the ancient Japanese art of hand-held loop braiding. I am not an expert in this, and haven't done it for a long time! My main area of expertise is fingerloop braiding. Sorry for the bad lighting, had to do this in the evening. This video is for TRAFONATIONAL and anyone who is curious about Kute-uchi.

This "Outside-Around" move can make the same square, flat, or divided braid as the "Inside-Through" move.

Other braids can be made with combinations of these two moves.

See Masako Kinoshita's website for more on Kute-uchi braiding. She is the one who rediscovered it after it had been lost and forgotten for about 100 years.
http://www.lmbric.net/ILh/ILh.html
http://www.lmbric.net/n7/ILn7/ILn7.html (amazing photos)

See my blog for more info and tutorials on loop braiding:
http://loopbraider.com/tutorials

I learned kute-uchi in a workshop from Makiko Tada, a master Japanese kumihimo braider, who learned it from Masako Kinoshita. Both these master braiders teach internationally, look for their workshops (or request them) from weaving and braiding guilds and conferences.

Kute-uchi braiding Inside-Through square and flat braid

Ingrid Crickmore 2011-11-23 | When this move is combined with the "Outside-Around" move of my other Kute-Uchi video, some amazing braids can be made!

See my website tutorial for the beautiful Genji-Uchi braid:
http://loopbraider.com/2011/11/30/kute-uchi

Kute-uchi part 1--the "Inside-Through" move, here making a divided, square, and flat braid. Kute-uchi is a hand-held loop braiding method that was done in Japan before the more recent era of Kumihimo braiding. (Stand-and-bobbin type of braiding)

Sorry, I am not an expert Kute-uchi braider! Have not done this for over a year, so I am very clumsy. I mainly do fingerloop braiding. This is a video request for TRAFONATIONAL.

See Masako Kinoshita's website for more on Kute-uchi braiding:
http://www.lmbric.net/ILh/ILh.html
http://www.lmbric.net/n7/ILn7/ILn7.html (amazing photos)

See my site for tutorials on fingerloop braiding:
http://loopbraider.com/tutorials

Masako Kinoshita is the one who (re-)discovered kute-uchi in an old Japanese manuscript and proved that it was this hand-held loop braiding method, and not kumihimo (stand-and-bobbin braiding) that had been used to make the medieval samurai and temple braids that are national treasures in Japan. The larger braids (kikko and other patterns) were made by two or more braiders braiding together and exchanging/sharing their loops.

I learned some kute-uchi in a workshop from Makiko Tada, a master Japanese kumihimo braider, who had learned Kute-uchi loop braiding from Masako Kinoshita. I haven't practiced for a long time!

This "Inside-Through" move makes a square braid, flat, or divided braid with the exact same structure as the V-fell fingerloop braid in my "START HERE" tutorial.

A-fell, V-fell, & Unbraiding 3-loop finger loop braids

Ingrid Crickmore 2011-10-30 | A-fell and V-fell methods for braiding and unbraiding the same 3-loop square braid structure--very handy for going back to fix a mistake.

I make several mistakes myself while trying to talk and (un)braid at the same time! If something I do seems to contradict what I just said, please ignore that part until I get back on track!
Thanks for watching... See my other videos for slo-mo demos of V-fell braids of 3 loops and more.

Click on Loopbraider above to see all my videos, and visit my blog for more info and tutorials on loop braiding:
http://loopbraider.com/tutorials

3-loop Bicolor loop braid

Ingrid Crickmore 2011-10-29 | Shows how to make a particular color pattern in a 3-loop square braid, using bicolor loops (or departed bowes, in the medieval terminology).
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This will be a braid with 2 lengthwise black stripes, one wider than the other, and 2 columns of red and yellow diagonal dots or slashes.

This video also demonstrates how the color pattern changes when you switch to braiding a divided braid (for making a loop or a forked end to the braid), and shows how to rearrange the loops on your fingers to get a different pattern, or to return to a previous pattern.

All my tutorials are listed here on my braiding website:
http://loopbraider.com/tutorials
I have a lot of tutorials and info on loop braiding, including info on how to make other color patterns, longer braids---up to several yards/ meters in length; how to braid with up to 11 loops; how to start braids with no loose ends at the top, and more.
http://loopbraider.com/tutorials

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Lace Daunce or Dawns, 8 loop braid ALTERNATE METHOD

Ingrid Crickmore 2011-10-24 | Alternate method for making this 15th C. loop braid. Nice pattern of alternating M's or W's in 2 colors. This is the V-fell loop braiding method. (Click on Loopbraider above to see all my videos.)
Not a lot of slo-mo, for more slo-mo, see my 9-loop square braid video.

This braid is the flat version of an 8-loop "square" braid. In the medieval manuscripts it was taught with the A-fell braiding method , but I always make it using V-fell braiding. It's a lot faster, since you don't have to carry more than one loop on any finger and there are no extra moves.

This video shows the color set-up, how the braid is done using the V-fell method, and explains some strategies for getting the w-pattern to stay level/ not to drift off into a slanted line, as it tends to want to do.

If you start with all the red loops on one hand and all the white loops on the other hand, you will get the color pattern called "lace piol" in the medieval braiding manuscripts.

This video is a supplement to my blog tutorial on Lace Dawns. For more tutorials and info about loop braids, visit my Loop Braiding blog:
http://loopbraider.com/tutorials

3-loop braid: Setting up the loop bundle

Ingrid Crickmore 2011-10-21 | Quick, easy way to set up your loops for braiding a 3-loop braid.
See my other 3-loop videos to learn the braiding moves, this just demo's setting up the loops in preparation for braiding. All my tutorials are listed here on my braiding website:
http://loopbraider.com/tutorials