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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)