On Oct 14, 2010, at 11:07 AM, Rachael Watcher wrote:
Humm, fascinating. I never used one of the tools shown for finger
braiding
work. Just stuffed a loop into the existing loop then tightened.
Rinse and
repeat.
I think I know what you're talking about -- is it this?
http://www.boondoggleman.com/prj_butterfly_stitch.htm
I'm happy to discover the term "butterfly stitch" for this, BTW,
because I've never known what to call it.
The problem here is that there are certainly many techniques that
involve loops, and fingers, and produce a braid, that can be done
without tools.
Some -- but not all of them -- are what is now being called
"fingerloop braiding" here. This is a technical term that was invented
in the late 20th century to label a particular set of techniques like
what Ginni was describing, involving loops held on the fingers (or if
you're Japanese, across the palms of your hands) and passed through
each other without tightening.
I've seen butterfly stitch called "fingerloop braiding," and it's kind
of problematic, because it does involve fingers, loops and braiding.
But it isn't really "fingerloop braiding" in the technical sense.
http://fingerloop.org has lots of material on what's now being called
"fingerloop braiding."
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