Hello everyone thank you Jeri for bringing this to our attention - I know this braid well from my spinny-weavy days. However, I prefer it in thicker threads, preferably wool. It has a lovely flat side, that looks plaited, and an interested rounded side, that looks knitted. There is a single page diagram and instructions in a back issue of SpinOff, which got me experimenting with it. I hadn't thought of it in conjunction with lace, vs. using such fine threads as we do for lace, the tiny looped braid one could make with sewing thread might look insignificant? I'm game to be proven wrong, so if anyone tries it to do with a lace project, do please share. I have seen kumihimo braids used effectively with bobbin lace amulet purses (the k/h braid for the pendant cord). The slentre braid (as I know it) seems to be better applied flat than used strictly as a cord - though it would be a good 'lace' as in 'shoelace.' To make this braid, plan on miles more thread than you think you need. It seems to me there was a limit to how long you could make it, according to one's armspan (on account of having to swing the threads wide to tension - might be a problem for those with arthritis, plus you do have to have finger dexterity to transfer the loops).
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