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markinengland:
It looks to me like you are twisting the wrong way. This is easy to do, I've done it lots of times! You have to twist each strand one way, then twist the strands up on themselves the other way.
If you do t right you end up with a nice tight string and loop.
If you don't it comes out just ike in your picture.
I find it easiest to position the loop in my left hand and have a good look at the twist, give each set of strands some extra twist and then being careful the twist them back on each other the opposie way to lock the twist in. It's easy to get lost as you switch round in forming the loop.
Try on a small practice piece until it come out right. Just keep twisting, undoing, twisting until it come out right. If you're like me you will still get confused and do it wrong from time to time though!
Mark in England

OldBow:
I'll work on it.  Thanks, everyone.
Right after I got my "Doing the Twist" DVD, I made a decent Flemish string.  The site http://www.geocities.com/salampsio/flemish1.htm was helpful, too.
But maybe the arrow serving I put on stabilized it. 
Right now, I did my old technique, crudely braid a loop into both ends.
Hope everyone is having a good Memorial Weekend.

George Tsoukalas:
I add 12 inches to the ntn length of the bow for the first strand of each bundle. I tie one loop on the flemish, secure it with a twisty tie, braid the other loop, remove any twists, secure one loop over a nail or some such, stretch the string and twist counter clockwise until I get the length I want, brace the bow, let the string stretch, twist it a little tighter as needed and add the serving when the string has stopped stretching. Serving should be put on the same direction as the string is twisted. I like the string to roll off my fingers on release in the same direction the string is twisted too. I'll hun t down some sites for you, Oldbow. BTW i make the bottom loop small enough to stay on the bow nice and tight. Jawge

George Tsoukalas:
I had more but they evaporated.
http://www.angelfire.com/sk/myplace/sparky.html

Justin Snyder:
I think Mark in England is right.  Twist away wrap toward you. It looks like you twisted away and wrapped away.   I have lots of 60"+ strings with only 6-7 twists in the rest of the string, beside the twists on each end.  Justin

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