A ribbon of thread

Well, it worked... sort of.
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I rethreaded my eight cards with extreme care, using the original groups of four threads unknotted and separated out again, and lo and behold it did work, eventually. When I wedged the end behind the staircase and held the end of the threads in my left hand, I was able to turn the cards with complete ease.

And oddly enough I actually got a neater start to the braid than when I was doing it with wool; the threads just packed flat immediately.

But it's definitely not a viable solution to the idea of manufacturing ribbon. ( Read more... )