‘Couvert’ braids and other tubular loop braids that can be braided around a pre-existing core (or not)! At Braids 2025 I’ll be teaching a 15th C. method, and a very different and …| Loop Braiding
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 results! It produces unusual loop braids that may be unique to Europe. Videos for my solo braider method, illustration for the traditional team braiding method.| Loop Braiding
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 of text-and-photo tutorials for another website. Those photo-tutorials are now available here too, you can download them as PDF files straight from this post...| Loop Braiding
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. Also text instructions for an easier "odd" braid - the 7-loop Square-and-a-half braid of 3 loop transfers - for the left braider of a team making the larger 12-loop braid. (The smaller braid has some fun asymmetrical color-patterns of its own!)| Loop Braiding