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Braiding
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You can use braiding for a lot of things; belts, cords, knot magic etc. This page will explain some of the different braiding techniques.
3 strands
![](https://lindaursin.net/images/flette3-1.jpg)
![](https://lindaursin.net/images/flette3-2.jpg)
![](https://lindaursin.net/images/flette3-3.jpg)
![](https://lindaursin.net/images/flette3.jpg)
5 strands
![](https://lindaursin.net/images/flette5-1.jpg)
![](https://lindaursin.net/images/flette5-2.jpg)
![](https://lindaursin.net/images/flette5-3.jpg)
![](https://lindaursin.net/images/flette5.jpg)
You can use the same technique for any odd number of strands (7, 9, 11, 13, 15 and so on).
![](https://lindaursin.net/images/flette7.jpg)
![](https://lindaursin.net/images/flette9.jpg)
10 strands/5 loops
![](https://lindaursin.net/images/flette10-1.jpg)
![](https://lindaursin.net/images/flette10-2.jpg)
![](https://lindaursin.net/images/flette10-3.jpg)
![](https://lindaursin.net/images/flette10-4.jpg)
![](https://lindaursin.net/images/flette10-5.jpg)
![](https://lindaursin.net/images/flette10-6.jpg)
![](https://lindaursin.net/images/flette10-7.jpg)
![](https://lindaursin.net/images/flette10-8.jpg)
![](https://lindaursin.net/images/flette10-9.jpg)
![](https://lindaursin.net/images/flette10-10.jpg)
![](https://lindaursin.net/images/flette10.jpg)
You can use the same technique for any odd number of loops (7, 9, 11, 13, 15 and so on), but it gets harder after 9 since you only have ten fingers.