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Here is a close-up view of the Four-Strand Flat Sinnet by Method 1, an open weave.

Method 2 weave made tightly.

Here is the same pattern of Four-Strand Sinnet, Method 1,
using four pairs of strands instead, and tied somewhat openly.

alternate Weaves

Four-Strand emperor Sinnet
(aka Snake Band)
As children we played with plastic lace to form
bracelets, lanyards, and other long forms of plastic Place a core cord middle
twists. One of the favourite forms of using this lace 1 (blue) over a cover cord
was to make the Emperor’s Lace, also known as middle (red) and tie an
Snake Band, Diamond Braid (a slightly different Overhand Knot around
the core cord, as here.
form) and by various other names. Emperor’s
Lace is a Four-Strand Sinnet where the centre two
or perhaps alternate the colours, inside to outside 2 tie the Overhand Knot
strands act as a core for the outer two strands.
tight and you should
You can also use just a single cord in the centre
see a small ‘bump’ on
and vice versa. The two outer strands are tied so as one side, as here on the
right…
to form an attractive chevron pattern (if you have
different colour cords, as here shown) and may also
be tied to form a twisted spiral piece. Here is one
way of making this popular sinnet: