7-loop spanish braid, pt 1

Better version of my previous videos on this braid. Learn the 7-loop square braid first--spanish braids have twice as many loop transfers as square braids. Braiding moves start at 5min45sec into the video.
This braid is a very fun braid, with a lot of color pattern possibilities! check my blog for many more color patterns:
loopbraider.com...
It's also the base, component braid of the 2-person, 14-loop Letterbraid, or alphabet braid from the 17th Century. Each of the two braiders would be doing the braiding moves of this 7-loop braid, and exchanging adjacent index finger loops after each braiding cycle. This braid and two other letterbraids have been recently decoded from the original documents by Joy Boutrup, and published in:
European Loop Braiding - Investigations and Results, Part II: Instructions for Letter Braids in 17th Century Manuscripts, by Noemi Speiser and Joy Boutrup
The instructions in the monograph are very concise, with no illustrations or diagrams of the movements.
I do the first loop transfer a tiny bit differently than Joy Boutrup describes, this does not change the resulting braid. More info is on my blog:
loopbraider.com...

[@MaryGershwin]

These Loop Braiding Videos gave me a new obsession a few years ago and recently I started again. And it is absolute incredible how my fingers remember all the movements. I finished my first spanish loop after 5years or so in less than 20 minutes.

[@loopbraider]

@cherryester
Thanks! I may tack another video onto this one--pt 2 is shorter and shows how the braid turns out. I'll see if the youtube editing feature will let me combine them into one video.

[@cherryester]

Wow!!! Great instructions.

[@bollykolly8546]

Talk less. Loop more.

[@loopbraider]

Why, thank you.