https://loopbraider.com/2011/11/30/kute-uchi/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/dscn6073a1.jpgGenji-uchi braids, kute-uchi hand-held loop braidingGenji-uchi braids, 16-36 loops. Cotton, wool, linen.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/dscn6076a.jpgKute-uchi twined braidKute-uchi braid done with twining, karakumi typehttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/dscn6073a.jpgKute-uchi braidsKute-uchi braids, done with a combination of both basic moves2026-02-23T08:48:58+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2012/09/27/braids-2012-part2/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/joyskute.pngJoy's Kutehttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dscn6485a.jpgKnotted loop start, kute-uchi braid sample, Joy Boutruphttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dscn6481a.jpgKnotted loop start, kute-uchi braid sample, Joy BoutrupKnotted loop start, kute-uchi braid sample, Joy Boutruphttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dscn6491a1.jpgDSCN6491ahttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dscn6491a.jpgDSCN6491ahttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dscn6468detail.jpgKute, detail 1Joy braiding with kute (handles) on the loopshttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dscn6470detail2.jpgKute, Joy Boutrup, detail 2 Joy's kute handleshttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dscn6482a.jpgkute-uchi quadrupled square braidA quadrupled-square braid, kute-uchi--Joy Boutruphttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dscn6484a.jpgDSCN6484ahttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dscn6483a.jpgDSCN6483a2026-02-18T07:42:55+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2012/07/20/genji-uchi-new-link/2026-02-18T06:40:42+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2011/03/23/medieval-2-worker-braid-from-a-german-cathedral/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/guajira-wa-yuu-loop-braider.jpgWayuu loop braider, Guajira, ColumbiaWayuu loop braider, Guajira, Columbiahttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/sudariumva.jpgsudarium,V&ASudarium, 1370~1399, Germany. Victoria & Albert museum. No 3rd party reproductions--go to "search the collections" https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dscn5472crp.jpgDSCN5472crphttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dscn5471crp.jpgDSCN5471crphttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dscn5470crp.jpgDSCN5470crp'Handshake' loop-start, Sudarium braidhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dscn4601a1.jpgDSCN4601ahttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dscn4614a.jpg2 Sudarium-type braids2 Sudarium-type braids, cotton embr. floss, bonded nylonhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dscn4620a.jpgin-progress Sudarium-type braid, another sidein-progress Sudarium-type braid, another side (embr. floss)https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dscn4616a.jpgin-progress Sudarium-type loop braid, 16 loops, embr. flossPurple/pink surface would have been side surface of component square braidhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dscn4597a.jpgFirst sudarium braid, 4 pattern variationsFirst sudarium braid, 4 pattern variations, embr. floss2026-02-16T07:54:35+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/a-fell-v-fell-slentre-and-hand-held-loop-braiding/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/15thc_lacebroadparti_loop_5426.jpgLoop at bottom of a "Lace Broad Parti"Loop at bottom of a Lace Broad Party, made with 4 bicolor black and white loops, and 3 gold loops.2026-02-15T22:46:41+00:00weekly0.6https://loopbraider.com/track-plans/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/track-plans4-1.jpgDivided and Double-Tubular track plansTrack plans for 2 Double braids of no turned transfers: Divided (two unconnected flat braids), and Double-tubular (one tubular braid surrounding another tubular braid)https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/track-plans4.jpgTrack-plans4https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/braiding_machine_arbetes_museum_crop.jpgMaypole braiding machine, antique exampleMaypole braiding machines make tubular braids, though with a slight design modification they can also make flat braids. By Dvortygirl - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12561494https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/braiding_machine_arbetes_museum.jpgBraiding_machine_arbetes_museumhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/track-plans2c.jpgTrack-plans for square and flat loop braidsTrack-plans for square and flat loop braids.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/flatbraidingmaching2_400.jpgFlatBraidingMaching2_400Drawing of braiding machine tracks for a flat braid.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/squarebraiding_machine_patent400.jpgsquareBraiding_machine_patent400Square braid, machine patent illustrationhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/flatbraidingmaching2_500.jpgdrawing of flat braiding machine tracksDrawing of braiding machine tracks for a flat braid.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/squarebraiding_machine_patent500.jpgSquare braid, machine patent illustrationSquare braid, machine patent illustrationhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/track-plans1b.jpgTrack-plans1bTrack plans for two double braids: Flat and Hollow2026-02-15T22:24:32+00:00weekly0.6https://loopbraider.com/2013/09/03/8-loop-color-patterns/2026-02-15T22:06:19+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2025/02/24/tubular-braids-with-without-core/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/braid-with-core-1_edited_plus-bracelet-edited.jpgBraid-with-core-1_edited_plus-Bracelet-editedTwo braids with vinyl tubing cores. Left: narrow tubing with in-progress (parked on comb) 5-loop square braid, cotton embroidery floss. Right: Bracelet of 6-loop mixed square and Spanish braiding, heavier tubing, 5/2 perle cotton.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/art-double-tub-plainweave-notebook-braids-2brighter-img_3250.jpgArt-double-tub-plainweave-notebook-braids-2brighter-IMG_3250Double-tubular braids, plain weave, cotton, 15 and (top braid) 16 loops, non-traditional. Upper 4 braids with irregular “compound” (cowpen/ coupen) patterning.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/art-cover-group-1-straight-img_3415bf_25percent.jpgart-cover-group-1-straight-IMG_3415bF_25percentTubular loop braids with supplemental and self-cores, modern variations of traditional techniques. https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/double-tube-2_edited-plus-img_3258.jpgDouble-tube-2_edited-plus-img_3258Left: Four 6-loop double-tubular braids, two 8-loop double-tubular braids. Right: 10-loop double-tubular braid. All made with viscose paper yarn (one with variegated polyester inner braid)https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/art-6-loop-bracelet-img_3312-bf_25percent-3331.jpgart-6-loop-bracelet-IMG_3312-bF_25percent-3331Left: 6-loop square braid bracelet, braided around cotton cord. Right: 6-loop square braid cotton bracelet, braided around silk cord.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/art-6-loop-bracelet-img_3312-bf_25percent.jpgart-6-loop-bracelet-IMG_3312-bF_25percent6-loop square braid bracelet, braided around a core of cotton cord. Cotton embroidery floss.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/art-5-loop-core-trees-img_3331-bf.jpgart-6-loop-core-trees-IMG_3331-bF6-loop square braid around a core (5/2 perle cotton around silk cord)https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/art-5-loop-bracelet-img_3312-bf.jpgart-5-loop-bracelet-IMG_3312-bFhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/art-lace-vice-16-1-window-front-bf.jpgArt-Lace-Vice-16-1-window-front-bF16-loop variation of 12-loop Lace Vice, 15th C. braid. Cotton embroidery floss.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/art-couvert-pair-brightened-img_3253.jpgArt-Couvert-pair-brightened-IMG_3253Double-tubular (Couvert) braid, and double-tubular braid with color-swapping between inner and outer braids. 10 loops, cotton embroidery floss.2026-02-15T21:49:07+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2025/08/26/joy-boutrups-instructions-for-the-10-loop-letterbraid-in-the-nuns-book/2026-01-28T10:50:46+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2011/10/30/a-fell-and-v-fell-unbraiding/2026-01-27T19:02:46+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2014/09/25/solo-nuns-letterbraid/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/braids-reto-kusans-alphabeth-crop-half.jpgbraids-Reto-kusans alphabeth-crop-halfhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/braids-reto-loop-braid-lettering_bf-half.jpgbraids-Reto-loop-braid-lettering_BF-halfhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/braids-domsletterbraid1bf-1.jpgbraids-domsletterbraid1bfhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/braids-domsletterbraid1bf.jpgbraids-domsletterbraid1bfhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscn8287bfbig.jpgQuick fox braidCompleted letterbraid, braided all the way to the ends of the loops that had previously been knotted into caterpillars.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dscn8295bfthumbnail.jpgtangled wares thumbnailhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscn8295bf9001.jpg...tangled wares.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dscn8310bf900.jpgChart for Ingrid's letter Qhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dscn8309bf900.jpgNun's Book type letter Jhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dscn8285bftall.jpgLetter U, Nun's Book2025-12-25T01:59:16+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/terminology/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/v-fell_takadai_wiki.jpgV-fell_Takadai_wikiTakadai braid with a V-shaped fell, by Clairecassan, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takadai#/media/File:Pick_Up_braid_1.jpg">Wikipedia</a>, public domain.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/a-fell_takadai_wiki.jpgA-fell_Takadai_wikihttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/repp_plain_weave_7892_z-1.jpgTakadai braid with an A-shaped fell, by Clairecassan, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takadai#/media/File:Pick_Up_braid_1.jpg">Wikipedia</a>, public domain.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/repp_plain_weave_7892_z.jpgPlain weave repp loop braidsPlain weave (Plain oblique interlaced) repp braids of 12-16 loops, fingerloop braiding, cotton embroidery floss, by Ingrid Crickmorehttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/repp_plain_weave_7892_y.jpgPlain weave repp loop braidsPlain weave (Plain oblique interlaced) repp braids of 12-16 loops, cotton embroidery floss, by Ingrid Crickmorehttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/norarodgers_b.jpgCountered twiningCountered twining by Nora Rogers. Reproduction of Andean flat braid in the Textile Museum, WA DC registration no. 1965.40.19. Braid and photo © Nora Rogers.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/1perufrontb1146crop.jpgCountered twining and two-layer plain weave, hand-held loop braiding.Andean-type flat braid made with hand-held loop braiding. Oblique 2-layer plain interlacing and countered twining, wool, by Ingrid Crickmorehttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/dscn5458crp.jpgPlain Oblique Twining, loop braiding. "Rainbow Girl" by loopbraider.comWell tightened braid of plain oblique twining (POT). "Rainbow Girl" braid.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/pot_lmbric10.jpgPOT - Plain oblique twiningPlain oblique twining (POT), photo from L-MBRIC issue 10https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/plainweave_braid.jpgplainweave_braid6-strand plainweave braid. (Oblique plain interlacing - 6 elements)2025-10-02T21:04:21+00:00weekly0.6https://loopbraider.com/2019/06/05/historical-accuracy/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/kanonikerhaus2_thumb.jpgkanonikerhaus2_thumb2025-09-14T09:15:18+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/lmbric-illustrated-instruction/2025-09-11T03:52:50+00:00weekly0.6https://loopbraider.com/2014/02/08/demo-color-linking-in-a-13-loop-square-braid/2025-08-30T16:47:59+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2025/07/10/braids-2025-conference-cleveland-ohio/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/mari-books-img_5130.jpegMari-books-IMG_5130https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_4866.jpegIMG_4866https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/joy-beater-stand-front.jpgJoy-beater-stand-fronthttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/joy-beater-stand-back.jpgJoy-beater-stand-back2025-08-27T02:00:00+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2012/08/02/easy-3-loop-braids/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/bonbons3.jpgLion brand "Bonbons" sport weight braiding yarnLion brand "Bonbons"2025-08-12T01:23:44+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2020/05/25/bucks-horns-french-string-uo-loop-exchange/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dscn5600bright2medtext2.jpgNote: Loops are not drawn accurately! They should extend away from the viewer, not to the side. I drew them this way to display them more clearly.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dscn5600bright2medtext.jpgTwo braiders exchanging their nearest index loops by the European unorthodox loop exchange. Illustration shows the first part of the exchange only - Right braider has just inserted his left index finger (holding a gray loop) up through Left braider's black loop. She will remove her finger, leaving her black loop, and then take his gray loop by inserting her finger up into it from below and taking it by its nearest shank to her. (In order to display the loops clearly they are not drawn accurately - they ought to extend away from the viewer rather than to the side!)https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/french_string_plain_5599med.jpgThe French String in plain heavyweight linen.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dscn5599med.jpghttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dscn5572_460x260.jpghttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dscn5572med.jpgFrench String with Open Edges (Side-slit double braid, with unorthodox loop exchange). White silk and yellow rayon thread, by loopbraiderhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/buckshorns_5585med.jpgBucksHorns_5585medBucks Horns braids, top, compared to the same color pattern made with the "normal" loop exchange taught in my previous double braid tutorials (bottom).https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/buckshorn5560big.jpgBucksHorn5560bigBucks Horns braids. Cotton embroidery floss except for central braid (heavy linen) and second from bottom (green cotton floss, gold rayon)https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dscn5560med.jpgDSCN5560med2025-07-31T22:56:17+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2011/06/05/5-loop-v-fell-fingerloop-braids-cobbled-together-tutorial-video/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/start-here-5-loop-braids-1-dscn5200crp.jpgstart-here-5-loop-braids-1-dscn5200crphttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dscn5573crp1.jpgfingerloop braid set-upTie the header cord on loosely, so there's a little distance between the top of the loop bundle and whatever it's attached to--makes it easier to braid.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dscn5573crp.jpgTied on and ready to braidTie the header cord so there's some distance between the top of the loop bundle and whatever you are attaching it to--makes it easier to braidhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/handbookdiagramfinalversion.jpgHandbookDiagram5-loop Square Braid, V-fell method2025-07-12T18:27:11+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2012/01/17/7-loop-square-braid/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2-whole-9-yards-dscn8352crp.jpg2-whole-9-yards-dscn8352crphttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2-flat_7_folded_unfolded.jpg2-flat_7_folded_unfoldedhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2-continue-header-photo.jpg2-continue-header-photo2025-07-12T18:24:53+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2017/08/07/uo-triangle-5-7-9tut/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/noturnslong1770.jpg9 and 8-loop Triangle braids9 and 8-loop Triangle braids. 9 and 8-loop Triangle braids. White, green, and yellow strands are bicolor loops, and all the bicolor loops have <em>purple</em> as their other color. Loops were transferred without being turned (straight/ unreversed/ open transfers).https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/triangle5to11_1763.jpgTriangle braids of 5-11 loopshttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/featureda1780.jpgFeatured_image_Triangle braidhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/parquet_1769.jpgsymmetrical Triangle braid patternssymmetrical Triangle braid patternshttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/stripes1774.jpgEdge variations in 9-loop Triangle braidsTwo Triangle braids with "Edge" pattern variationshttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/trianglevssquare_1758.jpgTriangle compared to Square braidTop braid is a 9-loop Triangle braid. Below it is a square braid that had the same loop-color set-up. https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/579-loop_1745.jpg5-, 7-, 9-loop Triangle BraidsThese are the 3 braids I demo in the videos: 5-loop, 7-loop, and 9-loop Triangle braids2025-07-12T17:47:08+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2024/09/27/braids-2025-workshop/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/case-western-reserve-university-1024x682-1.jpegCase-Western-Reserve-University-1024x6822025-07-12T16:44:36+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2011/05/31/tutorial-fingerloop-braiding-with-9-loops-v-fell-method/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/9-loop171.jpg9-loop17https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/9-loop17.jpg9-loop17https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/11-loop13.jpg11-loop13https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/11-loop11.jpg11-loop11https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/11-loop10.jpg11-loop10https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/11-loop091.jpg11-loop09https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/11-loop09.jpg11-loop09https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/11-loop08.jpg11-loop08https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/11-loop07.jpg11-loop07https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/11-loop06.jpg11-loop062025-07-08T05:56:05+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2017/10/03/pickup-2/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/919x529_1824.jpgPattern Sampler 6-loop braid, 919x529https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/square_sampler_auto_2_1802.jpgCombo pattern of Edge interrupted by Dark-Light Alternations is near left edge of photo.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/2views_2darklightalts_edge.jpgEdge and Dark-Light Alternations2 views of same braid section. Long Edge + 1 repeat of Dark-Light Alternations. Can be seen on far left portion of the sample braid below. https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/alternating_stripes_3views.jpgAlternating Stripes & All-Dark-up (3 views)Combination pattern: "Alternating Stripes" alternating with "All-Dark-Up". Three views from different sides of the same braid.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/chart_picalt_edge_2_.jpgAlternating Edge pattern - charts and photohttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/divided_loops_side_18051.jpgDivided_Loops_side_1805https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/chart_pic_1loop_wrong_.jpgOne-loop-wrong chart and photohttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/chart_picalt_edge_1.jpgAlternating Edge pattern - charts and photohttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/chart_picalt_edge_.jpgchart_picAlt_Edge_https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/chart_pic_dark-light_alts_chart.jpgDark-Light Alternations chart and photo2025-07-06T22:19:39+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2017/09/13/pick-up-101/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/8_loop_braids-2016-2ndtry-laverne.jpg8-loop pick-up braids, photo by Laverne WaddingtonMy 8-loop variation of the 10-loop letterbraids. Pickup patterns on a grid of 6 columns across (like 3 square-type braids side-by-side, or 1½ double braids) - braids and designs by me, photo by Laverne Waddingtonhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/8_loop_braids-2016-laverne.jpg8-loop pick-up braidsMy 8-loop variation of the 10-loop letterbraids. Pickup patterns on a grid of 6 columns across (like 3 square-type braids side-by-side, or 1½ double braids) - braids by me, photo by Laverne Waddingtonhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/1doublec1134bright.jpg1doubleC1134bright10-loop Double braids with 'automatic' bicolor patterns. Upper braid has <a href="https://loopbraider.com/2012/12/25/double-braid-tutorials/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">solid rectangle</a> braiding moves, lower braid has <a href="https://loopbraider.com/2013/09/03/8-loop-color-patterns/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">side-slit rectangle</a> braiding moves. The braid structure is like two square-type braids connected side-by-side.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/dscn1111_brightquart.jpg8-loop variation of the 10-loop letterbraids8-loop variation of the 10-loop letterbraids. Pickup patterns on a grid of 6 columns acrosshttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/dougs_1796.jpgDoug's Braid pick-up patternsDoug's Braid pick-up patternshttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/1squarepickc1137.jpg7-loop square braid with pick-up patternshttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/pickup5_1789.jpg5-loop braids with pick-up patternsThree 5-loop braids with pick-up patterns ('non-automatic' patterns)https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/pickup1098.jpg10-loop Double braid with non-automatic pick-up patterns10-loop Double braid sampler of non-automatic pick-up patternshttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/pickup1104.jpg18-loop letterbraid with pick-up patterns18-loop letterbraid with pick-up patternshttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/pickupa1137.jpgSquare loop braid, pick-up patternsSquare loop braid with 'non-automatic' pick-up patterns2025-07-06T22:10:04+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2019/07/02/odd/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/charts_odd_2-tube.jpgTrack-plan for a 5-transfer Two-Tubes braidTrack-plan diagram: stylized cross-section of the 5-transfer Two-Tubes variation braids abovehttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2tubes_5xfer_5317.jpgTwo-Tubes variation of the 5-transfer braidTwo-tubes shape variation of the 5-transfer braid. Two narrow hollow areas, one on each side of center of braid. Odd number of turned loop transfers.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/charts_odd_edge2.jpgTrack plans for two 5-transfer braids, showing Edge patternhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/charts_odd_edge.jpgTrack plans for two 5-transfer braid shapes in Edge color patternhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/charts_odd_sideslit2.jpgTrack-plan for a 5-transfer Side-slit braidTrack-plan diagram showing cross-section the the Side-slit variation abovehttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/thumnail5314.jpgThumbnail of 12-loop 5-transfer braidshttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/sideslit_and_centraltube2_5320.jpgSide-Slit and_Central-Tube shape variations12-loop braid of 5 loop transfers and two different structures: Top half is the Single Side-slit shape, and bottom half is the Central-tube shape. Both have 4 turned loop-transfers and one straight (open) transfer.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/5311_odddouble.jpg10-loop Double Braids, Half-hollow shape10-loop, 4-transfer Double braids of 3 turned loop transfers - Half-hollow shape. (Strands That Move article on double braids). https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/5312_odddouble.jpg10-loop, 4-transfer Double braids with 3 turned loop transfers10-loop, 4-transfer Double braids with 3 turned loop transfers - Single Side-slit shape.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/squareandahalf_3xfer_5322.jpgSquare-And-a-Half braids of 7 loops and 3 loop transfersSquare-And-a-Half braids of 3 loop transfers, several shape and color-pattern variations. 7 loops. (right braid made with doubled strands of embroidery floss, all other braids single strands.)2025-02-25T10:30:23+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2015/10/18/flat-6/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ricky58bf1.jpgRicky's Black and White "Piole" braceletRicky's 6-loop "lace Piole" braidhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ricky72i-bf2.jpgRicky's 6-loop Piole braceletsRicky's 6-loop 'Lace Piole' bracelets (pattern 6FL-2)https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/6square3ws.jpg6-loop square braid: 3-W's3-W's braided as a square braid, same yarn and colors as in the flat braid example in the charthttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dscn8684bf.jpgFour-loop flat braid, Zebra-stripesStart with two loops on each hand--A red, B white. In this braid I used medium-fine wool weaving yarn.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/6loops460.jpg6Loops4602025-02-25T08:50:04+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2019/03/06/zig-zag-patterns-flat-braids/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/dscn4854a460.jpgRainbow Zig-zag 460https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/dscn7903bthumb.jpgDSCN7903bThumbhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/dscn4852aflip1000.jpg7-loop flat '2-zig-zags' patternhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/dscn4833b2-1.jpgMulti-colored 50-50 zig-zag patternshttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/dscn4833b2.jpgMulti-colored 50-50 zig-zag patternshttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/dscn4833cthumb.jpg9-loop flat "square" braid, and 8- and 10-loop flat double braidshttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/dscn4761b-1.jpgNarrower zig-zag patterns in flat 7-loop braidshttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/dscn4832d.jpgNarrower zig-zag pattern in a 7-loop flat braidhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/dscn4832c.jpg50/50 zig-zag and Narrower zig-zaghttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/dscn4842b.jpgTwo multi-color 50/50 zig-zag flat braids of 7 loops2025-02-25T04:25:12+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2013/07/14/2-people-team-braiding/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dscn3582.jpgloop exchange doneAmy's blue loop has passed through Patrick's black loop and both loops have switched hands, without getting turned over.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dscn3581.jpgloop exchange 5Patrick (on right) is offering his middle finger loop to Amy. She hooks down into it and takes it without turning it over.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/teamc3576.jpgloop exchange 4Initiator pulling partner's loop through his own--loop will not be turned.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/teamba3580.jpgloop exchange 3Initiator hooking into partner's loop, about to draw it through his loop.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dscn3575.jpgloop exchange 2Initiator reaching through own loop to get partner's loop from above.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dscn3574.jpgloop exchange 1loop exchange 1 - initiator's a-finger is readyhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/team3589.jpgAmy and Patrick's double braidPatrick and Amy's in-progress double braid sampler: solid rectangle variation, flat variation, divided variation and beginnings of hollow variationhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/team3569a.jpgAmy and Patrick team braidingAmy and Patrick team braiding2025-01-30T17:35:35+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/divided-loop-start/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/braid-loop-double-4.jpgbraid-loop-double-4A double-twist will result in black shanks being 'up' in both loops. A single twist will result in a 'red-shank-up' loop next to a 'blank-shank-up' loop2025-01-26T22:46:53+00:00weekly0.6https://loopbraider.com/2024/02/19/beater-stands-for-braiding-longer-loop-braids/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/foot-beater-beth-igakumihimomuseum-ashi-uchi-dai-brightened2.jpgfoot-beater-beth-igakumihimomuseum-ashi-uchi-dai-brightened2https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/foot-beater-beth-2-igakumihimomuseum-ashi-uchi-dai-brightened.jpgfoot-beater-beth-2-igakumihimomuseum-ashi-uchi-dai-brightened2024-09-27T21:29:19+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2012/04/26/braids-i-dont-teach/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/floopdscn6352b.jpgBarleycorn or Grene Dorge loop braidBarleycorn, or Grene Dorg braidhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/floopdscn6319.jpgfloopDSCN6319https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/floopdscn6352.jpgfloopDSCN63522024-06-02T00:11:38+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/header-photo-braids/2024-06-02T00:01:40+00:00weekly0.6https://loopbraider.com/contact/2024-02-25T10:14:58+00:00weekly0.6https://loopbraider.com/2013/02/03/in-the-works/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/plain_repp_2nd-row_5601.jpgPlain_Repp_2nd-row_5601https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/warp-faced-plain-weave-7-16-loops.jpgfinger loop braiding: warp-faced plain weave, 7-16 loopsWarp-faced plain weave, 7-16 loops2024-02-25T03:08:40+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2011/07/23/longer-loop-braids-starting-with-no-ends/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/foot-beater-beth-igakumihimomuseum-ashi-uchi-dai-brightened2-1.jpgfoot-beater-beth-igakumihimomuseum-ashi-uchi-dai-brightened2-1https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/dscn2248_bright1.jpgIn-progress loop-shorteningLeft half of braid completed, right half getting prepped. Loops all held loosely but securely on comb. At this point, each loop has already been shortened to same length with a slip knot. After that the base of the braid was tightened and the blue clip attached to hold the fell while I crochet up the the ends of the loops one by one. Loops on right are already shortened into "caterpillars." Loops on left are still long, with a slip knot where I will start knotting them up.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/curtainringf1062bf.jpgLoops on temporary holderI put the loops on the comb with each UPPER shank on the left and each lower shank on the right. (for the loops that will be on my left hand). Here the white shanks are all upper shanks and the pink shanks are all lower shanks.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/curtainringd1058bf.jpgMounting loops on a ringOne loop is a single all-white loop. All the other loops are double-length, twisted into a link at top, each one forming TWO loops at the fingers. All upper shanks are hang over the front side of the ring, all lower shanks are in back.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/curtainring1068bf.jpgMounted onto shower curtain ring.Each double-loop was loaded onto a ring, and both ends of the loop placed onto a comb for safekeeping before loading the next double-loop.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/dscn3928bf.jpgDSCN3928bfhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/2012jeanleaderc.jpgJean Leader's diagram of a twist-linked double loopDiagram by Jean Leader, showing a double-length bicolor loop twisted at the center to form two linked loops.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/dscn5695c2001.jpgDSCN5695c200https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/dscn5692c200.jpgDSCN5692c200https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/dscn5690c2001.jpgDSCN5690c2002024-02-22T02:45:20+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/caterpillars/2024-02-22T01:36:50+00:00weekly0.6https://loopbraider.com/2011/01/11/a-spanish-braid-breed-breadth/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dscn4115b.jpgbicolor loop samplers (related to 14-loop letterbraid)Two 7-loop Spanish samplers, one 14-loop sampler, dmc floss https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dscn4123backa.jpgreverse side, doubled 7-loop spanish bicolor sampler14-loops doubled spanish braid. Starting loop is a 7-loop Spanish braid, braided at the midpoint of a long, 7-loop warp which was then doubled over, and all 14 loop ends were joined to form the larger braid.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dscn4120backa.jpgreverse side, 14-loop "letterbraid" type samplerhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dscn4121a.jpg14 loops (doubled 7-loop spanish braid, bicolor pattern sampler)14-loops doubled spanish braid. Starting loop is a 7-loop Spanish braid braided at the center of the warp, then bent and all 14 loop ends were joined to form the larger braid below the starting loop. https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dscn4108a.jpg7-loop spanish braidsVarious all-bicolor patterns, 7-loop spanish braid2024-02-02T00:12:08+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/how-i-started/2023-12-12T21:01:16+00:00weekly0.6https://loopbraider.com/hist-ref-thumbs/2023-12-12T20:51:20+00:00weekly0.6https://loopbraider.com/2012/10/13/braids-2012-part-3/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dscn6906a1.jpgDSCN6906aFelted wool bag with loop braided drawstrings--so soft and beautiful!https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dscn6906a.jpgDSCN6906aFelted wool bag with loop braided drawstrings--so soft, humble and beautiful!https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dscn6877a.jpgDSCN6877aDom's red and blue-bordered flat 6-loop braid--Sorry it turned out so blurry!https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dscn6214a.jpgDSCN6214aTwo flat double braids--the upper one of 10 loops, the lower of 12 (the evenly alternating colors in the border are possible with 8 or 12 loops, but not 10). Same technique for braiding the contrast borders as used in the in-progress 6-loop flat double braids of the first photos--loops are linked rather than exchanged between the two halves of the braid.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dscn6251a.jpgDSCN6251a10-loop double-tubular braids, some with 'polka dots'https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dscn6226asm.jpgDSCN6226aSmhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dscn6226a.jpgDSCN6226ahttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dscn7099b1.jpgTulvi Turo, Dominic Taylor, Laverne Waddingtonhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dscn7099b.jpgTulvi Turo, Dominic Taylor, Laverne Waddingtonhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dscn7099a.jpgTulvi Turo, Dominic Taylor, Laverne Waddington2023-12-12T20:13:57+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/9loop-uo/2023-07-28T20:57:03+00:00weekly0.6https://loopbraider.com/9loop-tips/2023-07-28T20:45:30+00:00weekly0.6https://loopbraider.com/31431-2-basic-seamless-center-starts/2023-01-28T11:16:19+00:00weekly0.6https://loopbraider.com/2012/12/25/double-braid-tutorials/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dscn7920bbf.jpg'One-loop-wrong' Edge pattern variation'One-loop-wrong' variation of the "EDGE" color pattern. 10-loop solid rectangle double braid (embroidery floss)https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dscn7920abf.jpgEdge pattern, multicolorMulticolor Edge pattern. 10-loop double braid, solid rectangle shape. (Embroidery floss)https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/3solrecsdscn61991.jpg10-loop double braidsTop braid: Crowns pattern alternating with Edge pattern. Lower braid: Chevron pattern. (10 loops, waxed cotton cord)https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/5grodscn6197.jpg2-worker finger loop braid, made by a solo braider. Ingrid Crickmorehttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/6semidscn6202.jpgSemi-flat, humped 2-braider loop braids, made solo. Ingrid Crickmorehttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/12spirfldscn6266.jpgDouble-tube fingerloop braid, couvert braid, Lady Serene, Natura Exenterata, Loop braiding manuscriptsIn-progress double-tubular braid, with inner braid pulled to protrude slightly through the ‘polka-dot’ holes in the outer braid.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/7wooddscn6215.jpg2-person finger loop braids, solo method--flat braidshttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/3solrecsdscn6199.jpg3SolRecsDSCN61992024-08-02T15:38:00+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/hollow-double-color-patts/2023-01-03T05:37:14+00:00weekly0.6https://loopbraider.com/2011/08/09/planning-colors/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dangaisert2a.jpgDanGaisert2ahttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dscn5193crp1.jpgDSCN5193crphttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dscn5191crp2.jpgDSCN5191crp2https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dscn5184crp.jpgDSCN5184crphttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dscn6812crp.jpgDSCN6812crphttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dscn6808crp.jpgDSCN6808crphttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dscn6813crp.jpgDSCN6813crphttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dscn5193crp.jpgDSCN5193crphttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dscn5209crp.jpgDSCN5209crphttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dscn5204crp.jpgDSCN5204crp2022-12-31T03:34:47+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2011/01/20/instructions-7-loop-spanish-left-half-of-the-14-loop-letterbraid/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dangaiser4bf.jpgDan Gaiser's patternsUpper 4 braids are actually the same exact color pattern, using different color combinations. Lower 3 braids have other color-patterns.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dangaiser3.jpgDanGaiser3Dan Gaiser's 7-loop spanish braid. 6 bicolor loops and 1 black loop. https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dscn4111a.jpg7-loop Spanish braid sampler, bicolor loops--navy+white7-loop Spanish braid, bicolor loops2025-08-21T10:43:08+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/old-english-pattern-books-for-loop-braiding/2025-08-12T00:21:54+00:00weekly0.6https://loopbraider.com/2019/12/28/spirals-and-2-loops/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/nonspirals_5441crp.jpgNon-Spiral Braids2022-12-21T21:59:46+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2013/02/02/flat-double-braids/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dangaiser1.jpgDan Gaiser's flat double braid, with color-linking8-loop flat double braid, braid and photo by Dan Gaiserhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/two-6-loop-flat-double-braids.jpgTwo 6-loop flat double braidsTwo 6-loop flat double braidshttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dscn7901.jpg10-loop flat double braid sampler10-loop flat double braid, pattern samplerhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/8-loop-flat-double-braids.jpg8-loop flat double braids2023-11-11T07:25:28+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2019/10/18/intro-to-new-track-plan-page/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/squarebraiding_machine_patent460horiz.jpgsquareBraiding_machine_patent460Horiz2023-02-05T18:21:58+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/about-loopbraider/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dscn4129a.jpgAndean-style hand-held loop braid, see footnoteAndean-style hand-held loop braid. https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dsc05590a.jpgDSC05590ahttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dscn4893a.jpgPanamint daisies2024-10-23T08:40:25+00:00weekly0.6https://loopbraider.com/uo-vfell-afell-mystery/2022-10-06T01:41:01+00:00weekly0.6https://loopbraider.com/divided-start-2/2022-08-31T18:41:34+00:00weekly0.6https://loopbraider.com/2019/09/18/an-iron-age-loop-braid/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/15thc_lacebroadparti_5426.jpg15thC Lace Broad Parti15th C. fingerloop braid Lace Broad Parti. Color pattern variation with 4 bicolor black/white loops and 3 gold loops. Tightened very carefully to emphasize color pattern. Mercerized cotton yarn - 3 different weights, gold thickest and black thinnest. https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/iron_age_diagrams_5414.jpgIron Age Braid as shown in DiagramsHallTex 301 color pattern shown in schematic diagrams of study. (Wool weaving yarn)https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/iron_age_text_braid.jpgIron Age Text braidHallTex 301 color pattern described in text of study. (Wool weaving yarn)https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2_iron_age_braids_b.jpg2_Iron_Age_braids_Bhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ironagecotton5403.jpgIron Age braid, cotton sampleTwill-and-plain-weave interlacing of doubled strands. This is the sample Kim and I made in the vertical video.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/3_iron_age_braids_5406.jpg3 Iron Age loop braidshttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ironagethumb5406.jpgIronAgeThumb54062024-08-10T21:13:11+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/tutorials/2021-02-17T21:31:46+00:00weekly0.6https://loopbraider.com/2013/10/26/rodrick-owen-and-the-braids-of-the-mummies/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/rodrick_bothrecentbooks-1.jpgRodrick Owen and Terry Newhouse Flynn, Andean Sling braid bookshttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/rodrick_bothrecentbooks.jpgRodrick Owen and Terry Newhouse Flynn, Andean Sling braid bookshttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/rodrickbook.jpgSling braid bookRodrick and Terry's new how-to book on Andean Sling braids (available Spring 2016)https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/norarogers400bf.jpgNora Rogers 400Andean braid reproduction. Original is in the Textile Museum, registration no. 1965.40.19. Braid and photo © Nora Rogers.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/rodowenphoto2bf1b.jpgRodrick Owen, reconstructionhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/rodowenliverpoolbf1b.jpgRodrick Owen, Andean braid reconstructionhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/perubrmus_am3b.jpgdetailINSERT CAPTION HEREhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/perubrmus_am3a.jpgpendant, peru 100BC-600Museum #Am1931,1123.13 "double-layered camelid braiding and warp-faced plain weave" Not sure how the braided and woven sections are combined! The braided sections (most of the piece) are a combo of double-layer braided plain weave with braided twining.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/rodowenliverpoolbf1.jpgRodrick Owen reconstructionhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/mhattori_hands2bfdetail-e1382674021617.jpgTightening2Tightening/ beating the fell. Photo by Michael Hattori.2020-11-29T22:30:04+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2015/05/04/uo7-dshaped-patt-a/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/uo7-8428-7d1thtxt.jpgUO7-8428-7D1thtxthttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/uo7-8561-7d4bthumb.jpgUO7-8561-7D4bthumbhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/uo7-8559-7d4th1.jpgUO7-8559-7D4thhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/uo7-8551-7d1_2th2.jpgUO7-8551-7D1_2thhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dshaped-pat1-br.jpgD-shaped 7-loop braid, asymmetrical color-patternhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/uo-8560-7dsamplera1.jpg7-loop D-shaped braid pattern-sampler, 3 patterns<span style="font-size:xx-small;"><em><strong>Rounded side</strong></em></span>https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/uo-8560-7dsamplerb1.jpg7-loop D-shaped braid, reverse (flat) side<span style="font-size:xx-small;"><em><strong>Flat side</strong></em></span>https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dshaped-pat1.jpgD-shaped 7-loop braid, pattern1https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/uo7-8561-7d3th.jpgUO7-8561-7D3thhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/uo7-8559-7d3th.jpgUO7-8559-7D3th2020-11-05T19:40:06+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2019/02/14/toy-braiding-machine/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dscn4773b-1.jpg2 KumiKreator bracelets, cotton crochet thread and KumiKreator threadhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dscn4824b.jpgLonger KumiKreator braid_DSCN4824bhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dscn4815b.jpgIn-progress silk braid on KumiKreator_DSCN4815bhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dscn4817c.jpgTie-on for longer KumiKreator braid_DSCN4817chttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dscn4809c.jpg12 strand Kongoh on KumiKreator_DSCN4809chttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dscn4821c.jpgLinen Kongoh-gumi, 12-strand made on KumiKreatorhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dscn4821b.jpgLinen Kongoh, 12-strand made on KumiKreator by ingridcc DSCN4821bhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dscn4809b.jpg12 strand Kongoh, spun silk, cobweb weight tripled. DSCN4809bhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dscn4817b.jpgtie-onDSCN4817bhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dscn4777smaller.jpgDSCN4777smaller2026-02-18T10:22:29+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2016/05/03/itsukushima/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/itsukushima1190th1.jpgItsukushima1190thhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/almostitsukuth.jpgAlmost Itsukukushimahttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/itsukushima1190th.jpgItsukushimaThhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/blue-and-grey-1200.jpg4th attempt, blue and grey version4th attempt, blue and grey versionhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/22-loops-wrong-pattern1200.jpg22 loops, wrong pattern3rd attempt. 22 loops (44 strands), but wrong color-pattern. Edge columns should not cross through center of red diamond!https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/zigzag1199.jpgzigzag, 22 loopsPractice braid with 22 loopshttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/itsuku18loop1197.jpgItsukushima attempt - 18 loops2nd Itsukushima braid attempt - 36 strands (18 loops), mistake in non-linked areashttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/itsuku18loopup1197.jpg2nd attempt2nd attempthttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/itsukushimaattempts1200.jpgItsukushima attempts (厳島組)Series of trials in left - right order. First two made with 18 loops, rest made with 22 loops. Fingerloop braiding, cotton embroidery floss. (厳島組, ループ指操作組紐技法)https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/itsteapot1186.jpg1st attempt1st Itukushima attempt - too many loops in central column2020-08-08T06:35:48+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/letter-braids-of-the-17th-century/2020-07-22T00:15:30+00:00weekly0.6https://loopbraider.com/2013/03/19/year-of-the-snake/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/snakedetdscn7998.jpgDetail of 9-loop wavy double braiddetail of 9-loop wavy double braid, purple and blue embroidery floss, gold rayonhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/snakedscn80351.jpgSnake braid - wavy solid-rectangle double braidhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/snakedscn8035.jpgSnakeDSCN8035https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/snakedscn8033.jpgwavy double braid, 9 loops, solid rectanglehttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/snakesdscn8004.jpgVarious curvy double braids - solid rectangle typeVarious curvy double braids, all 'solid rectangle' type, 9 - 11 loops, cotton, silk, rayonhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/snake2dscn8057.jpgcurvy double braid - solid rectanglehttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/snakedscn8043.jpgSnake braid - curvy double braidhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/kaitlyns.jpgKaitlyn's braid patternKaitlyn's pattern, 7-loop flat braid2020-06-20T06:02:34+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2015/04/21/uo-dshaped-7tut/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/uo-7-8406bf460c.jpgUO-7-8406bf460chttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/uo-7-8406bf460b.jpgUO-7-8406bf460bhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/uo-7-8406bf460.jpgUO-7-8406bf460https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/uo-7-8529bf.jpgSlew of 7-loop D-shaped braidshttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/uo-7-8520bf.jpg7-loop D-shaped braid sampler with matching ends7-loop D-shaped braid with mini-braid fringe at both ends.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/uo-7-8495bf.jpgD-shaped 7-loop braidD-shaped braid--a different type of braid from the more well-known "broad lace." (Top view) The 'D-shape' isn't apparent in a flat photo, but the black center line down the braid is higher, and the colors slope down to the edges of the braid.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/uo-7-8497bf2.jpgD-shaped unorthodox braid of 7 loopshttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/uo-7-8497bf.jpgUO-7-8497bfA 7-loop D-shaped braid--an Unorthodox loop braid, of a different type than the more well-known "broad lace." (different loops are skipped over by the braider).https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/uo7-8406bfwax.jpgBracelet braided with waxed cotton cord and cotton yarn This is the first color-pattern my video teaches (though not with the waxed cotton cord of this example).https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/uo7-8493bfreverse.jpgReverse sideReverse side. While in progress, this side was facing down, but you could choose to make it the "right" side.2024-04-13T01:36:54+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2013/02/23/hollow-loop-braids/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dscn7953cbf.jpg12-loop hollow double braidsHollow double braids of 12 loops, some with openwork areashttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dscn7991crp.jpg2 sets of bicolor loops13 loop hollow double braid, Edge pattern with 10 black/white bicolor loops, followed by 3 pink/brown bicolor loopshttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dscn7984crp.jpg2 types of color-linking in this hollow braid8-loops hollow braid. Right loops are bicolor tan/black, turned twice. Left loops not bicolor. Final loop exchange done twice.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dscn7987crp.jpgHollow braid with 2 types of color-linking16-loop braid with 2 kinds of linking---at final exchange, and also at right hand outer loop transfer (turned twice)--with bicolor loops this results in 2 bands of lengthwise colors on the right side of the braid. https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dscn7993crp.jpg8 loop hollow braid with linked loop exchange8 loop hollow braid with linked loop exchangehttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dscn7908crp.jpg6-loop hollow braid, right loops all black, left loops bicolor white+other6-loop hollow braid, right loops all black, left loops bicolor white+other--LINKED EXCHANGEhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dscn7970crp1.jpg8-loop hollow double braid, no bicolor loops8-loop hollow double braid, no bicolor loopshttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dscn7939crp.jpg8-loop hollow braid, with openworkhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dscn7914crp.jpgEdge + 2 orange contrast loops, 8-loop hollow double braidhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dscn7909crp.jpgwith the edge - here in a hollow version of the double fingerloop braidHollow rectangle double braids with "Edge" type bicolor patterns, 9 loops2020-05-27T19:53:33+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2013/05/29/poll-results/2020-02-04T07:57:09+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2011/03/19/you-can-put-your-loops-down/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dscn5448crp.jpgDSCN5448crphttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/dscn4618a.jpgin-progress fingerloop braid on comb holderin-progress fingerloop braid 'resting' on a wide-tooth comb holder2021-01-27T00:26:10+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2018/06/08/a-longer-braid/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn2247_crp_brt_thmb.jpgfeatured image thumbnail - longer braid2020-01-18T22:12:35+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2013/10/14/more-square-braid-color-set-ups/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscn4518_bf.jpg9-loop square braid, single and bicolor loops9-loop square braid, single and bicolor loops, cotton 5/2 perle threadhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscn4521_bf.jpgSquare braid, silk and linenSquare braid. 6 loops, all bicolor, two different patterns. (3 yarns: silk variegated yarn; black and gray linen thread)https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscn4516_bf.jpgSquare braidsSquare braids (linen, cotton, a bit of silk). Bicolor loops mixed with single-color loops2020-01-14T20:16:07+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2014/08/30/a-ten-loop-letterbraid/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscn8272bf1000.jpg50/50 multicolor zig-zag pattern in a flat variation of a 10-loop letterbraidhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscn8273bffeatwarmer.jpgNun's Braid letterbraid sampler, thumbnailhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscn8273bffeatured.jpgNun's Book letterbraid samplehttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscn8270bf.jpgIn-progress letter braidPartially completed <a href="https://loopbraider.com/2014/09/25/solo-nuns-letterbraid/">letterbraid</a>, about 1/4 done, resting on a comb, with the remaining loop lengths still knotted up into 'caterpillars.'https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscn8273bf.jpgNun's Book letterbraid sampler2020-01-11T07:55:49+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2011/09/03/teeny-weeny-braids-2-and-3-loop-braids/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/dscn5424br1.jpg3-loop fingerloop braidsSeven 3-loop braids. 1-4: Round; 5: Divided; 6 and 7: flat (tight vs loose tension)https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/dscn5431brt.jpg2-loop braid samples and fringe2-loop braids, and a weaving with a fringe of 2-loop braids. 1st and 3rd from left have been blocked or pressed flat.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/dscn5436crbr.jpgFringed 3-loop-braid finishes 'square'Finger loop braids with fringed finishes of 3-loop braidlets, both divided and round.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/dscn5424br.jpgDSCN5424brhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/dscn5441crp.jpgSpiral braids with non-spiraling color-patterns6-loop and 8-loop "Spiral" braids with non-spiraling color-patterns. (cotton, rayon, wool)https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/dscn5430crp.jpgSpiral and 2-loop braidsAbove: 8, 6, and 4-loop spiral braids with the typical spiral color-pattern, plus two 2-loop braids (center of photo). Cotton, rayon, silk.2020-01-01T01:57:16+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2017/10/22/pickup-3/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/fl_darklightalts_wsetup_1c.jpgChart and set-up for Flat Dark-Light Alternationshttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/flatlink_7_combo_featured_920x460_1860.jpgFlat Pickup braid featured imagehttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/fl_div_contrastvs_4row_chart_small.jpgChart for 4-row Contrast V'shttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/fl_contraststripe_7cwsetup2.jpgChart and loop set-up for Contrast Stripe patternhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/flat_5_dlalts_1935.jpg5-loop flat braid with Dark-Light Alternations patternhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/fl_5_3quartervsfull_1936.jpgA 3/4-flat and a fully-flat 5-loop flat braidhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/flat_5_3braids_altstripes_1864.jpgFive-loop braids of (mostly) Alternating Stripeshttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/fl_7_pickup_dlalts_flipped_1905.jpgDark-Light Alternations pickup pattens in a 7-loop flat braidhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/flat_5and7_1861.jpgPile o' samples: 5-loop (left) and 7-loop (right) flat bicolor braidsPile o' samples: 5-loop (left) and 7-loop (right) flat braids with bicolor patterns, some pick-up, some 'automatic.'https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/flat_7_pickup_auto_1932.jpgOne pick-up pattern and one automatic pattern, 7-loop braids, loopbraider.com2019-12-20T07:26:29+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/posts/2019-11-28T06:06:11+00:00weekly0.6https://loopbraider.com/unorthodox-braids/2019-11-26T18:08:35+00:00weekly0.6https://loopbraider.com/exact-center-start/2019-11-25T20:02:13+00:00weekly0.6https://loopbraider.com/2010/12/27/hello-world/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/braiding-demo-083.jpgBraiding demo '08https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dscn2551thanks2.jpgDSCN2551thanks2019-11-11T20:58:30+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2018/11/28/one-of-noemi-speisers-braiding-books-reprinted/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/speiser_manualofbraiding2.jpgSpeiser_ManualofBraiding_Thumbnailhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/speiser_manualofbraiding.jpgManual of Braiding, by Noémi Speiser2019-11-08T21:48:15+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2013/12/23/thumb-practice/2019-09-28T08:00:51+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2011/06/01/tutorial-11-loop-v-fell-braids/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dscn4537.jpgDSCN4537https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/11-loop131.jpg11-loop1311 Second loop transfer--Ld tunnelling through R loops toward thumb.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/11-loop111.jpg11-loop1110 Tighten--spread loops further apart than shown, til L and R loops form a straight linehttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/11-loop101.jpg11-loop109 Left loop shifts done.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/11-loop092.jpg11-loop098 Last loop-shift: Ld gets old high (orange) loop back, now to be in low positionhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/11-loop081.jpg11-loop087 Last loop shift--d-finger reaching out for its old high loop, temp-held on Rahttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/11-loop071.jpg11-loop076 1st loop-shift: purple a-loop shifting up to thumbhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/11-loop061.jpg11-loop065 Ra (index) is temporarily holding the orange loop from Ld, so left loops can all shift up one position, filling the empty space on Lthumb.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/11-loop051.jpg11-loop054 L Thumb now has no loop. Rd-high is visible (yellow); Rd-low is at the base of the finger--didn't make it into the photo. In the next move, the orange loop at the tip of Ld will be temporarily lifted off.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/11-loop041.jpg11-loop043 Taking Ld's "upper" shank...(the pink d-loop should be lower down on finger!)2019-08-13T21:47:25+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2011/03/17/bicolor-loop-magic-instructions/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dscn4525a1.jpg6-loop square braid, bicolor loopszebra-stripe areahttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/handbookdiagramfinalversion1.jpg5-loop V-fell square braid instructions5-loop V-fell square braid diagramhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/handbookdiagramfinalversion.jpg5-loop V-fell square braid instructions5-loop V-fell square braid diagramhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dscn4551a.jpg3 variationsEdge pattern plus 2 variations (upper one is the "one loop wrong" variation)https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dscn4552z.jpg"Edge" pattern, bicolor loopsEdge pattern in progresshttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dscn4552c.jpgbicolor loop setup for "Edge" patternLight shanks up on one hand; dark shanks up on the other handhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dscn4550a.jpgReady to braidfixed point could be a chair, pole, c-clamp, etc.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dscn4549a.jpglarkshead tie-on loop...easy to undo later.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dscn4546a.jpglarkshead knot "lasso"A larks-head "lasso" knot is handy for fastening...https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dscn4543a.jpgbicolor loop setup, step 3step 3: Tie pairs together at the other end, using an overhand knot2019-08-03T19:29:43+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/braiding-with-more-loops/2019-07-21T23:14:50+00:00weekly0.6https://loopbraider.com/handshake-loop-start/2019-07-13T20:11:56+00:00weekly0.6https://loopbraider.com/hollow-lace-of-7/2019-06-20T04:34:00+00:00weekly0.6https://loopbraider.com/about/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dscn3925kthrn1.jpgKatheren Wheelehttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dscn3925kthrn.jpgKatheren Wheelehttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dscn3925kthrntype1.jpgDSCN3925kthrntypehttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dscn3925kthrntype.jpgDSCN3925kthrntypehttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dscn2551thanks3.jpgDSCN2551thankshttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/braiding08crp.jpgbraidingdemo'08https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/joes-fiddle-braid2.jpgJoe's fiddle braidhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/6cardsturkey.jpg6cardsTurkeytemp photo! these are not my braids--may not even be fingerloop!2020-06-09T08:54:01+00:00weekly0.6https://loopbraider.com/2011/10/24/lace-dawns/2019-06-09T20:31:15+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2014/01/21/demo-video-12-loops/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dscn7953bf.jpgDSCN7953bfhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dscn3943abf.jpgDSCN3943aBFhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dscn3944bf1000w.jpgDSCN3944bf1000w2019-03-26T21:22:17+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2016/10/01/upcoming-workshop/2019-03-13T07:21:10+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2014/05/13/braids-and-beads/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dscn8227bf460x260.jpgDSCN8227bf460x260https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscn8251featrbf.jpgBeaded, half-round shape - thumbnailhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscn8246bf2featr.jpgBeads, loaded two ways - thumbnailhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscn8233bf1featr.jpgCharm bracelet -thumbnailhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscn8228bf.jpgTwo beaded spiral braids and two beaded double braids.Two beaded spiral braids and two beaded double braids.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscn8251bfbig.jpgHalf-round beaded braceletHalf-round beaded bracelet, 8 loops, small drop-shaped seed beadshttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscn8224bfmini.jpgbeaded loop braidsbeaded loop braidshttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscn8224bffull.jpgBeaded loop braidsBeaded loop braidshttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscn8227bfsmallish.jpgIn-progress braid with Super-duo beadsIn-progress braid with Super-duo beadshttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscn8230bfsmall.jpgBeading samplescapcap2019-03-11T08:27:11+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2019/01/10/pick-up-4-garys-dougs-braid-planner/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/ExampleChart-1.jpgPick-up chart for a Doug's Braid color-pattern: Two-row Dots<strong>Chart 1</strong> <em>Two-row Dots</em>. Keep repeating rows 1-7 in the Pick-up Chart to braid this pattern. Click <a href="http://islandbraider.com/cgi-bin/letter7doug.pl?hx1=0x000101&hx2=0x000404&hx3=0x010100&hx4=0x040400&hx5=00000000&colourA=white&colourB=black&hx6=00000000" rel="noopener" target="_blank">here</a> to go to live chart in separate tab.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/ExampleChart.jpgTwo-row Dots - Doug's Braid pick-up pattern<strong>Chart 1</strong> <em>Two-row Dots</em> Keep repeating rows 1-8 in the Pick-up Chart to braid this pattern. (After row 8, if you continued by following rows 9-15, you would finish after only a <em>partial</em> repeat of the pattern, so you wouldn't be ready to continue with Row 1.) Click <a href="http://islandbraider.com/cgi-bin/letter7doug.pl?hx1=0x000101&hx2=0x000404&hx3=0x010100&hx4=0x040400&hx5=00000000&colourA=white&colourB=black&hx6=00000000" rel="noopener" target="_blank">here</a> to go to live chart in separate tab.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/examplechart.jpgExample Chart: 2-row dotsDisplay chart (on left) shows design in full 360°. Pick-up chart (right) shows numbered rows of braiding moves. This pattern has an 8-row repeat. The complete pick-up chart is indicated by the red bracket: <strong>rows 1-8</strong>. (From row 9 onward is only a <em>partial</em> repeat of the pattern, so it's best to ignore those rows when braiding.) Click <a href="http://islandbraider.com/cgi-bin/letter7doug.pl?hx1=0x000101&hx2=0x040400&hx3=0x010000&hx4=0x000001&hx5=0x000404&colourA=white&colourB=black&hx6=00000000" rel="noopener" target="_blank">here</a> to go to live chart in separate tab.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dougs_1796_crop5.jpgDoug's Braid pickup pattern sample braid - chart 7 Alternating Chevrons/ striped 'back'https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dougs_1796_crop3.jpgDoug's braid pickup pattern sample braid - '2-row Dots and Lengthwise stripes'https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dougs_1796_crop4.jpgDoug's Braid pickup pattern sample braid - chart 3 "Emblems"https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/21c1_jotted_chevrons2b.jpgJotted-down chart 2 (Encircling Chevrons 2)https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sampleplanner1d.jpgDoug's Braid Pick-up pattern: Two-row Dots"3-Row Dots." Display chart (on left) shows design in full 360°. Pick-up chart (right) shows numbered rows of braiding moves. This pattern has an 8-row repeat. The complete pick-up chart is indicated by the red bracket: <strong>rows 1-8</strong>. (From row 9 onward is only a <em>partial</em> repeat of the pattern, so it's best to ignore those rows when braiding.) Click <a href="http://islandbraider.com/cgi-bin/letter7doug.pl?hx1=0x000101&hx2=0x040400&hx3=0x010000&hx4=0x000001&hx5=0x000404&colourA=white&colourB=black&hx6=00000000" rel="noopener" target="_blank">here</a> to go to live chart in separate tab.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/21d_thin_fullwidth_chevrons31.jpgDoug's Braid 'automatic' pattern Alternate Encircling ChevronsClick <a href="http://islandbraider.com/cgi-bin/letter7doug.pl?hx1=0x050a05&hx2=0x0a050a&hx3=0x050a05&hx4=0x0a050a&hx5=0x000a05&colourA=white&colourB=black&hx6=00000000" rel="noopener" target="_blank">here</a> to open interactive planner page for <em>Alternate Encircling Chevrons</em> in another tab.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2_interlockedchevrons_21.jpgDoug's Braid pick-up pattern for Alternating ChevronsVery simple pick-up pattern - the actual chart is only 2 rows long (see red bracket), and the braiding moves are very repetitive and easy to memorize. This is the main pattern of the red-and-white braid, 2nd photo from top of this page. Click <a href="http://islandbraider.com/cgi-bin/letter7doug.pl?hx1=0x040804&hx2=0x080408&hx3=0x040804&hx4=0x080408&hx5=0x000804&colourA=white&colourB=black&hx6=00000000" rel="noopener" target="_blank">here</a> to go to the pattern's live webpage in a separate tab.2019-02-15T01:16:57+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2012/09/19/braids-2012/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dscn6580abf460x260.jpgDSCN6580aBF460x260https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dscn6870a1.jpgLaverne's classPebble weave and tubular bands!https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dscn6594small.jpgLavernehttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dscn6870a.jpgPebble weave and tubular bandshttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dscn6463small.jpgOur second (?) team braidA 2-person braid in which each braider uses orthodox moves on one hand, and unorthodox moves on the other. https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dscn6860tiny.jpgDSCN6860tinyhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dscn6859tiny1.jpgDSCN6859tinyhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dscn6862tiny.jpgBraids2012 teahttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dscn6859tiny.jpgBraids 2012 main hallhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dscn7602a.jpgInfo about falconry set with loop braids2019-02-12T22:58:12+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2017/08/30/uo5-11-triangle-patt/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/thumbnail1763.jpgTriangle Patterns post featured image2019-01-17T09:19:16+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2012/05/01/dougs-braid/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dougdscn6348b.jpgDoug's Braid braceletDoug's Braid bracelet. Shades of red, embroidery floss.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dougdscn6367.jpground spanish loop braid, 5 bicolor + 2 single-color loopshttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dougdscn6281.jpgDoug's Braids of bicolor loopshttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dougdscn6286b.jpgdougDSCN6286bhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dougdscn6348.jpgdougDSCN6348https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dougdscn6335.jpgDoug's Braidshttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dougdscn6334.jpgdougDSCN6334https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dougdscn6286.jpgDoug's Braid2019-01-17T08:12:18+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2012/07/12/video-dougs-braid/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dscn6421crp.jpgDoug's round spanish braid, bicolor loops2019-01-11T15:59:49+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/99-2/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dscn3926dwnshz.jpgLace Dawns/ DauncLace Daunce, 8-loop flat braidhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/uo-9-11-08jcrpbrtt1.jpg11-loop unorthodox finger loop braids11-loop unorthodox braids. Underside of top braid is solid orange, of lower braid is solid black. These two are D-shaped braids. Many other types of unorthodox braids can be made with 11 and more loops.2019-01-10T20:35:17+00:00weekly0.6https://loopbraider.com/31793-2-square-flat-patterns/2019-01-03T05:03:14+00:00weekly0.6https://loopbraider.com/9loop-hand-positions/2018-12-26T05:52:44+00:00weekly0.6https://loopbraider.com/handshake-start/2018-10-10T02:07:21+00:00weekly0.6https://loopbraider.com/2013/09/30/color-linking-in-a-7-loop-flat-braid/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn8206_bf.jpg13-loop flat braid on fossil13-loop flat braidhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn8211_bf.jpg9 to 15-loop braids with color-linking9 and 13-loop flat "square" type braids, and a 15-loop flat double braid, all with color-linking.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn8196_bf.jpg9-loop flat braids with color linking9-loop flat braids with color linking, 2 color patternshttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn8198_bf.jpg7-loop flat braid, color linking in center of braid7-loop flat braid, with color linking between left and right loops.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn8200_bf.jpg7-loop flat braid, color-linkingThis 7-loop braid has color-linking in only one place in the braid, between the left loops and the right loops. Not taught in videos, described in "Notes" section.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn8181_bf.jpg7-loop color linking patterns7-loop color linking patternshttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn8204.jpg7-loop flat braids, color-linking7-loop flat braids, variations of the same color-pattern. (set-ups described below videos)https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn8201_bf.jpgTwo 7-loop flat braidsTwo 7-loop flat braids with variations of the same patternhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn8169crp_bf.jpg7-loop flat braids with color-linkingBraids shown in video: Upper braid is the embroidery floss pattern sampler, lower braid is the demo braid of heavier cotton.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn8194_bf.jpgFlat 7-loop braids with color-linkingFlat 7-loop braids with color-linking2018-09-25T15:02:29+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/tightening-tips/2018-09-17T06:07:00+00:00weekly0.6https://loopbraider.com/2012/05/14/garys-pattern-planner/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/garys-2-color-planner2.pngimage of Gary's interactive chart for planning color-patterns for the 7-loop spanish braidChart for Braid ID #595 (the "lopsided crowns" pattern)https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/garys-u004.pngGary's multicolor pattern u004https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/garysu001.pngMixed bicolor and single-color loop braid patternMixed bicolor and single-color loop braid pattern, Gary's pattern ID #https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dscn4108g.jpgDSCN4108ghttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/garysu0081.pngGary'su008https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/garysu008.pngGary'su008https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/garysu007.pngGary'su007https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/garysu006.pngGary'su006https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/garysu005.pngGary'su005https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/garys-2-color-planner.pngGary's 2-color interactive pattern-plannerpicture of interactive chart for Braid ID 595 (the "lopsided crowns" pattern)2018-05-15T00:37:35+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2012/06/05/bracelet-with-chevrons/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dscn6402crp490.jpgDSCN6402crp490https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dscn6404crp490.jpgDSCN6404crp490https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dscn6403crp490b.jpgDSCN6403crp490bhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/fastenb3.jpgfastenB3https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/fasten5.jpgfasten5https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/fasten3.jpgfasten3https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/fasten2.jpgfasten2https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/fasten1.jpgbracelet4 bicolor green/red loops, and 3 single-color loops (black, white, black) https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dscn6416-490pix.jpgDSCN6416-490pixhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dscn6416.jpgDSCN64162018-02-10T21:18:50+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/divided-start-1/2018-02-03T04:55:09+00:00weekly0.6https://loopbraider.com/2012/06/04/video-for-garys-planner/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dscn6423crp.jpgDSCN6423crphttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dscn6423crp490.jpgDSCN6423crp4902018-01-11T02:14:11+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2013/04/29/a-couple-braids-and-a-poll/2017-11-20T19:22:21+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2011/06/04/back-later/2017-11-15T17:47:59+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2017/09/08/two-day-workshop-in-november/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/dscn6882crop.jpgBraids 2012 workshop2017-11-13T07:03:55+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2015/07/23/braids-2016-pattern-play-2/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/920cdscn8327bf.jpgthumbnail - pattern samper fingerloop braidshttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dscn8327bf.jpgDSCN8327bfWorkshop braid sampleshttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/patterns1a2bf.jpgworkshop braid samplesPick-up type patterns and motifs in square, double-square, and double-layer plain weave loop braidshttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/patterns1a1.jpgPatternsPick-up-like patterning in square, double-square, and double-layer plain weave loop braids2017-10-25T17:49:42+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2011/10/07/videos-for-the-half-letterbraid-the-7-loop-spanish-braid/2017-10-22T23:47:36+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2015/08/01/letters-and-knots/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/doms460letterbraid1bf.jpgDominic's Letterbraidhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dom460_2015-07-1409-52-20bf.jpgDom's 10-loop bracelet thumbnailhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dom2015-07-1409-48-31bf.jpgDom's 10-loop bracelet, waxed leatherworking threadhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dom2015-07-1409-47-53bf.jpg10-loop flat bracelet, with star-knot buttonshttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dom2015-07-1409-57-04bf2.jpgDominic's bracelets, waxed leatherworking threadhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/domsletterbrbraceletbf.jpgDom's braceletDom's bracelethttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/domsletterbraid1bf.jpgDom's LetterbraidDom's in-progress letterbraid2017-10-22T23:45:43+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2013/06/09/braided-tunes/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/pickspinends_8126.jpgPick&Spin EndsOverdone ending braidlets--final ends are nine 2-loop braids.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/cluckends_8107.jpgCluck Ends6 ending braidlets, themselves braided, then fused into two 9-loop square braids, those finished with 3-loop divided braids.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/pickalittle_8123.jpgPick A Little Cotton & Spin Some TooBlack DMC cotton floss, and white weaving wool (worsted spun)https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/bulky_fine_8102.jpgBulky_Fine_81026-strand embroidery floss, top braid; fine silk thread, bottom braid.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/rock_8140.jpgRock the Cradle, JoeFine silk threads. Finished with six 3-loop, divided braids.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/idared_8150.jpgIda Red2/3 size embroidery floss, bicolor loops with one length of white and the other length of red and blue linked in the middle.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/walk_8111.jpgWalk Along John to Kansas2/3 size embroidery floss. Second half of braid has variations of some of the non-letter charted symbolshttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/queen_8113.jpgQueen_81132/3 size embroidery floss. I meant to braid "and Child of the Skies" which was what Edden Hammonds called this tune! "of the Stars" is out there as an alternative title and it infected my braid!https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/queen2_8118.jpgQueen 2https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/queen1_8116.jpgQueen 12017-10-22T23:31:48+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2011/01/04/304/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dscn3949at2.jpgDSCN3949aThttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dscn3949at1.jpgDSCN3949aThttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dscn3947bt2.jpgDSCN3947bThttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dscn3947at1.jpgDSCN3947aThttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dscn3947bt1.jpgDSCN3947bThttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dscn3949bt.jpgDSCN3949bThttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dscn3949at.jpgDSCN3949aThttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dscn3947bt.jpgDSCN3947bThttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dscn3947at.jpgDSCN3947aThttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dscn3951abr.jpg14-loop letter braid14-loop letterbraid, made by Ingrid Crickmore from instructions in European Loop Braiding part II--"17th Century Letter Braids" by Joy Boutrup2025-07-05T17:31:40+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2010/12/31/156/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dscn39062.jpgcitrus braid on comb holderAlmost done, on comb holder (I ended up unbraiding this partially braided fringe, and rebraided it differently--see next post)https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dscn3905crp2.jpgDSCN3905cphttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dscn3903crp2.jpgDSCN3903cphttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dscn3898crp.jpg14-loop charted letterbraid, 17th C structurehttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dscn3903crp1.jpgDSCN3903cphttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dscn3905crp1.jpgDSCN3905cphttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dscn3915cp.jpgDSCN3915cp-https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dscn3901.jpgcitrus braid loop starthttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dscn3899crp.jpg14 loop charted letterbraid, 17th C structurehttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dscn39061.jpgcitrus braid on comb2017-10-22T23:29:11+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2017/06/14/new-website-about-loop-braided-kumihimo/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/fumiyokitaharablog.pngKumihimo With Loops - blog<a href="http://kutebraider.blogspot.jp/" target="_blank">Kumihimo with Loops site</a>https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/fumiyokitaharablogth.jpgFumiyo Kitahara_Horyuji Bansuishoku braid2020-07-21T20:09:21+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2011/03/30/sorry/2016-12-24T22:01:15+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2012/05/07/waxed-thread/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dominic-waxcotton.jpgDominic-waxcottonhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/waxdscn6274.jpgwaxDSCN6274https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/345recsdscn6196.jpg3,4,5RecsDSCN6196https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/8semigrdscn6222.jpg8semiGrDSCN6222https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/6semidscn6202.jpg6SemiDSCN6202https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2bsepmydscn6173.jpg10-loop braids, openworkhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/1asqdscn6160b.jpg5-loop braids, waxed cotton cord2016-01-07T04:53:20+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2011/09/16/rainbow-girl/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/dscn5458crp.jpgDSCN5458crphttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/dscn5460crp.jpgDSCN5460crphttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/dscn5456col.jpgDSCN5456colhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/dscn5456crp.jpgDSCN5456crphttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/rainbowfigure1.gifrainbowFigurehttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/rnavajo_sandpainting21.jpgNavajoSandpainting2Navajo sand painting, vintage photographic print by Poley, H. S. betw. 1890 and 1908.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/rnavajo_sandpainting2.jpgRNavajo_sandpainting2https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/dscn5456.jpgDSCN5456https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/rmountway.jpgRmountwayNavajo textile representation of traditional sandpainting, 4 longbody gods surrounded by the Rainbow guardianhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/rnavajo_sandpainting.jpgRNavajo_sandpainting2015-11-11T19:10:46+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2011/05/24/reader-gallery-pics-braids-and-knots/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/dominic-pineappletoruscr.jpgDominic's waxed cotton braid on right (pineapple knot on left)Dominic's waxed cotton braid on right (pineapple knot on left)https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/dominic-turksheadoverhandcr.jpgDominic-turkshead,overhand knotshttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/dominic-starknotcr.jpgDominic' star knot in cottonDominic' star knot in cottonhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/dominic-starknotscr.jpgDominic's star knots, hempDominic's star knots, hemphttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/dominic-bicolorcr1.jpgDominic's bicolor loop braid, hemp, star knotshttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/dominic-bicolorcr.jpgDominic's bicolor loop braid, hemp, + star knots2015-11-05T06:52:48+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2012/04/15/readers-gallery-part-1/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/janetyosemiteb.jpgJanet finger loop braiding in Yosemitehttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/janetbackstrapbraidsb.jpgjanet,backstrapbraidsBhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/janetbackstrapbraids2b.jpgJanet,backstrapbraids2Bhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/domsspanish2b.jpgDomsSpanish2bhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/domsspanish1c.jpgDomsSpanish1chttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/pattyimg_0526b.jpgPatty's braided pencil-holderhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/pattyimg_0527b.jpgPatty's braided key-holderhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/pattyimg_0525b.jpgPatty's braide dog brush hangerhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/pattyimg_0524b.jpgPattyIMG_0524bhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/pattyimg_0524.jpgPattyIMG_05242015-11-05T06:43:26+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2015/08/25/centralia-2015/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/hannah2b.jpgHannah's braceletsHannahhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/adah-and-amelias-braids460.jpgAdah and Amelia's braids460https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/hannahdscn2162bf.jpgHannahHannah's "Three W's" bracelethttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/hannahadahcr2163bf2.jpgAdah and AmeliaAdah and Ameliahttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/carolyn2172bf.jpgCarolynCarolyn2015-10-19T08:28:16+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2011/07/15/double-braid-workshop-at-braids-2012/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/8-loopdoublebraids2.jpg8-Loop Double Braids8-Loop Double Braidshttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/8-loopdoublebraids1.jpg8-LoopDoubleBraidshttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/8-loopdoublebraids.jpg8-LoopDoubleBraids2015-07-29T18:27:11+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2011/10/16/new-tutorials-page/2015-07-24T23:17:52+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2013/08/23/double-braid-color-patterns/2015-05-31T23:54:13+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2013/08/29/readers-pics/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/coleenobrianfiddlebf1.jpgColeenObrianfiddleBFhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/alcarinwe_maskell_bf.jpgLace Maskell15th C. openwork braid called Lace Maskell, by Victoria <a href="http://alcarinwe.wordpress.com/2013/08/15/more-loop-braids/" title="Alcarinwe" target="_blank">Alcarinwe</a>https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/alcarinwe_9lp-square_bf.jpg9-loop square braid, by Victoria on the blog Alcarinwe9-loop square braid, by Victoria <a href="http://alcarinwe.wordpress.com/2013/08/15/more-loop-braids/" title="Alcarinwe" target="_blank">Alcarinwe</a>https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/alcarinwe_9lp_plainweave_bf.jpg9-loop plain weave braid9-loop plain weave braid, by Victoria on the blog Alcarinwehttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/alcarinwe_9lp_flat_bf.jpg9-loop flat braid9-loop flat braid, by Victoria of the blog <a href="http://alcarinwe.wordpress.com/2013/08/15/more-loop-braids/" title="Alcarinwe" target="_blank">Alcarinwe</a>https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/c-kurtonicnew7bf.jpgC. Kurtonic, in-progress necklaceChris Kurtonic, 5-loop in-progress necklace, C-lon (bonded nylon cord)https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/ckurtonic5loopclonbf2.jpgC. Kurtonic, divided loop startChris Kurtonic's 1st C-lon braid: 5-loop square braid with divided loop start. (braided with fine-gauge bonded nylon cord)https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/c-kurtonicnew8bf.jpgC Kurtonic, flat braidChris Kurtonic, flat braid bracelet, 5 loops. https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/c-kurtonicnew2horiz.jpgC. Kurtonic, necklaceChris Kurtonic, 5-loop square braid necklace with gemstone beads. https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/c-kurtonicnew1.jpgC. Kurtonic, necklaceChris Kurtonic, 5-loop square braid necklace with gemstone beads. 2015-05-24T19:10:00+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2015/05/14/maker-faire/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/gcr-maker-faire-2010_08.jpgGCR-Maker-Faire-2010_08https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/igktlogocolour1.jpgIGKTLogohttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/area-logo.pngarea-logohttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/makerfaire-logoth.pngmakerfaire-logothhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/igktlogocolour1th.jpgIGKTLogo2https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/igktlogocolour.jpgIGKTLogoColour2015-05-18T17:36:24+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2013/08/21/free-pdf-download-now-works/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dscn7919crpbf.jpgdouble braid color variations2015-02-24T07:32:40+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2012/04/22/readers-gallery-part-2/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/julie3b1.jpgJulie3bhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/julie3b.jpgJulie3bhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/julie2b.jpgJulie's ball button on finger loop braidhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/julie1b.jpgJulie's silk purse with finger loop braidsSilk + linen purse, silk embroidery and fingerloop braids. By Julie Tamurahttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/gudrunnewbraid1.jpg Gudrun's square braid necklace, bicolor patterningNecklace and pendant, 5-loop square braid, bicolor patterns, cotton embroidery floss. Made by Gudrun Polack.https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/gudrunsling_dia3b1.jpgGudrunsling_dia3bhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/gudrunsling_dia2b3.jpgGudrunsling_dia2bhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/gudrunsling_dia3b.jpgGudrunsling_dia3bhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/gudrunsling_dia2b2.jpgGudrunsling_dia2bhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/gudrunsling_dia2b1.jpgGudrunsling_dia2b2015-02-22T05:04:58+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2011/09/30/videos/2014-05-08T00:49:43+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2013/04/01/a-twill-alphabet-braid/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/dscn4509a.jpgbicolor 14-loop Spanish sampler2014-04-16T19:37:21+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2013/11/05/cnch-2014-workshop/https://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/cnchlogo250high.jpgCNCHlogo250highhttps://loopbraider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/cnch2014-logo-image.jpgCNCH 20142014-04-03T20:13:53+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2012/01/17/note/2012-01-24T02:19:27+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2011/12/13/loop-braiding-workshop/2012-01-31T00:52:07+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.com/2011/09/02/centralia-braiders/2022-07-02T20:05:00+00:00monthlyhttps://loopbraider.comdaily1.02026-02-23T08:48:58+00:00