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figure 109

Russian sennit (six-stranded): formed with the two outside strands used to act as borders, while all of
the plaiting is done with the central strands, of which any number can be used.

Secure all of the strands at the top; if they are regularly spaced it will make the working easier, and
the sennit can be hauled tight later.

Begin with the second strand from the left which becomes the first working strand, and take it around
under the left-hand (border) strand, and back under the third strand from the left and lay it away to the

left (figure 110.1).

Now take the next left strand, around under its right-hand neighbour, and lay it away to the left. (If we
were making an eight-stranded Russian sennit, this movement would be repeated twice more, with
each strand being laid away to the left.)

Now take the second strand from the right (the last working strand) under the outside right (border)
strand and hold it there while you return all of the previously-worked central strands to the vertical

position. Now turn the strand you are holding to the right around the right-hand side border strand and
then weave it from right to left under one but over all of the remaining strands on the left, and lay the
strand away to the left. Take the next strand in from the right and reeve that under the strand to its left

and over all of the remaining strands, laying it away to the left (figure 110.2). Repeat this last