NINE, ELEVEN & THIRTEEN PLAIT I originally worked these out to settle an argument about how many plaits were possible in the secret plait. The sketch on the cover shows a complete form of the eleven plait. In practise these plaits are not a great deal of use because as the number of strands increase they tend to bunch up too much. However I once made a nine plait belt for a customer who wore it for years and claimed that it was very comfortable. In theory one could continue to enlarge the number of strands (always using odd numbers) until one
ran out of patience.
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