Loop Braiding

Two different types of beater-stands for loop braiding extra-long braids are shown in images from Japan, Egypt, and Bulgaria on Masako Kinoshita's old online journal L-MBRIC (plus an eyewitness r...

https://loopbraider.com/2024/02/19/beater-stands-for-braiding-longer-loop-braids/

Two double braids from the 17th C with a wonderful "unorthodox" loop exchange method that goes back to the 12th Century, if not further. This exchange move is so easy to do with REALLY cool resul...

https://loopbraider.com/2020/05/25/bucks-horns-french-string-uo-loop-exchange/

4-loop to 10-loop Spiral braids - whether spiral-patterned or not - as well as the smallest possible loop braid: the Two-loop Braid. I made these video tutorials years ago to accompany a series o...

https://loopbraider.com/2019/12/28/spirals-and-2-loops/

A track-plan diagram is both a cross-section view of a braid’s shape, and also a road map of how the strands interlace. Aside from looking cool, they can be useful even if you don't totally "ge...

https://loopbraider.com/2019/10/18/intro-to-new-track-plan-page/

Two alternative fingerloop braiding methods for making the 2,500-year-old, 15-loop fingerloop braid known as "HALLTEX 301." This braid artifact is one of the amazing textile finds from the famous...

https://loopbraider.com/2019/09/18/an-iron-age-loop-braid/

A tutorial for a non-traditional 12-loop braid with an unusual number of loop-transfers: Five! You might call it a DOUBLE-AND-A-BIT-MORE BRAID. The video tutorial is for my solo-braider method. A...

https://loopbraider.com/2019/07/02/odd/

An all-history post: Which braids belong to which era? Which ones are 'made up'? Can a braid be 'period' if it's not in the old manuscripts? Information on the known loop braiding manuscripts, di...

https://loopbraider.com/2019/06/05/historical-accuracy/

There are 3 'rules' for braiding flat braid zig-zag patterns, and they apply to all (unfolding) flat braids, including 5 and 7-loop flat braids. Using them you can plan wide zig-zags, skinny zig-...

https://loopbraider.com/2019/03/06/zig-zag-patterns-flat-braids/

I've always been fascinated by braiding machines, so I couldn't resist the new hand-crank toy by Spin Master / Cool Maker that makes a real Kumihimo braid called Kongoh-gumi! It's not much like t...

https://loopbraider.com/2019/02/14/toy-braiding-machine/

Gary Mitchell's new pick-up planner for Doug's Braid allows you to design and braid new and surprising patterns for it - patterns that might require different moves in successive rows of braiding...

https://loopbraider.com/2019/01/10/pick-up-4-garys-dougs-braid-planner/