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Instructions for a 5-strand Flat Braid #1

This braid is basically a 5-strand version of the simpler 3-strand braid, and this type of braid can in fact be expanded to work with any odd number of strands. This is a common braid for slings from the Balearic Islands.

To start the braid, hold two strands in the left hand and three in the right hand. Bring the outside right-hand strand over the other two right-hand strands and transfer it to the left hand as indicated by the arrow. Keep it on the inside of the other left-hand strands.

The second step is the opposite of the first. Take the outside left-hand strand and bring it over the other two left-hand strands and transfer it to the right hand, keeping it inside of the other right-hand strands.

Here is what it looks like when both steps have been done. These steps are repeated for the length of the braid.

This is what the braid looks like after several repetitions of the two steps.

"So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone..." I Samuel 17:50

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