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six-strand round sinnet
The Six-Strand Round Sinnet does not require any
further amendment beyond what we have already
seen in plaiting and braiding, although there are the only hard part –
some variations that may prove interesting. The 4 take #6 and pass it
behind the whole
method I have shown below uses one strand at a bundle to the left,
time. then cross it to
the right over
#1 (1,6,3,2,5,4).

now reverse direction so
that right passes over left.
5 Pass #3 to the left, over
#6 (1,3,6,2,5,4).
lay out six strands in a bundle, with three left and
1 three right, numbering them 1 to 6 left to right.

6

Pass #2 to the right, over #3. Do not cross over Pass #5 to the left, over #2 (1,3,6,5,2,4).
2 #4. (numbers left to right are now 1,3,2,4,5,6.)

3 now cross #4 to the right, over #5 (numbers l to 7 Finally, pass #1 to the right behind everything and

over #4 (3,6,5,2,1,4). Repeat Stages 2 to 6 until
r are now 1,3,2,5,4,6).
you reach the length you need.