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The finished two-over anti-clockwise crowning
using six strands. Note the rather rounded shape
of the sinnet when making all crown tucks in the
same direction (anti-clockwise here).
5 When all are in place, tighten each pair.

Repeat Stages 1 to 5.

With this latter technique, the Crowns are made
first anti-clockwise and then clockwise, then again
anti-clockwise and again clockwise. This reversing
action for each ‘row’ gives the sinnet a much more Here the sinnet has been finished by reversing the
triangular and solid feel than making all Crowns in direction of the crowning on each pass.
one direction.
Experiment with other colours if you would
like to see some more adventurous sinnets. Jacqui
Carey’s book 200 Braids to Twist, Knot, Loop, or
Weave can be a great source of inspiration. You can
also find information on tying triangular sinnets
using a fifteenth-century technique called finger-
loop braiding that was recently re-examined in
a book titled Tak v Bowes Departed, by Elizabeth
Benns and Gina Barrett.

triangular tWo Colour
sinnet

This next shape is a little more difficult to manage,
but I found that I could manage it reasonably, once I
had the method down pat. If you are going to make
the sinnet using the same colours of cords instead of attach nine strands temporarily to a cork or
the different colours shown here, I strongly advise 1 other base, to separate the cords more than
you to number the cords with a piece of tape around anything else. Here we show two green, one
the working end of each strand, at least initially. It is yellow, two green, one yellow, etc, attached
too easy to lose your place and then get frustrated around the circumference. as a first step, take
with having to go back and repeat that which you the yellow strands and allow them to drop
downward in between each pair of green
thought you had finished! In Ashley’s reference this strands. Here the sinnet has been started
sinnet is #3028. already, so that you can see the pattern involved.