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Instructions for a 5-strand Flat Braid #2

This braid is wider than the simpler 5-strand flat braid, but with some materials it can be difficult to keep it orderly. It is well suited to flat material like leather lace or coreless parachute cord.

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

For the second step, take the outside left-hand strand and bring it over the middle left-hand strand, under the inside left-hand strand, and transfer it to the right hand, keeping it inside of the other right-hand strands.

Here both steps have been done. These two steps are repeated for the rest of the braid.

Here you can see several passes of the braid completed.

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

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