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Working first with the inside left strand, take this over the inside right strand, so that these two strands
have swapped positions. Next take the outside right strand over the inside right (remember this was

originally the inside left strand), and the outside left strand under the inside left strand but over the
inside right strand. These last two movements can now be repeated: outside right over inside right,
outside left under inside left and over inside right, and so on until the required length is reached;
figure 69 shows both the tightened plait, and lower down the loose plait, for clarity.

figure 69

French sennit (seven-stranded): the same principle applies as for the narrower four-stranded French
sennit, of weaving under one, over one, from the outside to the centre.

Secure the seven strands at the top and divide with three to one side and four to the other. Starting
with the even side, take the outside strand and weave it under one, over one, under one so that it now