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Sunday 2 September 2012

Making Twisted Cords

Twisted cords give a professional finish to any fringed project and are a good end treatment for a piece of tablet weaving. In this tutorial these yarn tails or extra pieces of yarn are referred to as ends.

A photograph of two hands, each holding two pieces of yarns, which are secured to a table using a piece of tape



Take a group of 2 or more ends in each hand.
A photograph of two hands each holding two pieces of yarn that have been twisted together
A photograph showing that the two groups of twisted yarn have been tied together using an overhand knot





Twist each group clockwise. 













Tie the two groups together using an overhand knot.
 
A photograph showing that the yarn has been twisted in the opposite direction to form a cord  





Twist the groups anti-clockwise as one.


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