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70 This must be made, not only w ith an even number of
strands but with multiples, either eight twelve or sixteen,
Square the minimum being shown to illustrate the basic principle.
The strands are separated equally, as in Fig 1. the outside
right -hand strand brought under its fellows and on, up
Senn "lt E"lght through the centre of the left-hand four, Fig 2, drawn
tight Fig 3, before being returned to its own side, where
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it is laid on the inside of the existing three, Fig 4. The
tran e
S d d outside left-hand strand is treated in the same way,
emerging in the centre of the four right -hand strands,
Figs 5 and 6, before being returned to its own side, Fig 7.
Working alternate outside strands the sen nit is continued,
Fig 8, drawn tight in Fig 9, and to completion of any
required length, Fig 10.