Page 126 - Eric C. Fry - Knots and Ropework

Four strands being the minimum, this sennit is made with
69 any even number of strands and although it wou ld
normally be made vertically, it is shown 'flat' for maximum
Round clarity.
It consists of laking alternate strands anti-clockwise
Sennit, Six around and over their immediate neighbours, the first
strand, Fig 1, and all three strands, Fig 2, after which each
is drawn down, Figs 3 and 4, leaving three strands 'up'.
Stranded The 'up' strands are next taken clockwise over each of the
'held down' strands (which are released in passing), Fig 5,
showing the first and all three in Fig 6, before the
clockwise strands are in turn 'held down', Figs 7 and B.
The first three are again taken anti-clockwise and the
whole process continued, when the sen nit begins to take
shape, Fig 9, a completed length appearing as in Fig 10.