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Offline Knoll

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Re: Flemish twist help?
« Reply #15 on: April 17, 2019, 07:03:53 pm »
At 8:45 . . . "Cabling" is what happens if ya don't get all that twisting out of the plies making up the 2 bundles before beginning the 2nd loop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pkEKym0wyM&t=20s

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Offline Woodely

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« Reply #16 on: April 17, 2019, 08:26:38 pm »
I saw a quicker way to do it the method Clay Hayes does seems to take a while.  I watched a few videos making flemish but never saw that way of doing it.  New one on me.
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Re: Flemish twist help?
« Reply #17 on: April 18, 2019, 08:28:51 am »
I saw a quicker way to do it the method Clay Hayes does seems to take a while.  I watched a few videos making flemish but never saw that way of doing it.  New one on me.

He does a Flemish twist loop on one end and a spliced loop(like loggers and sailors use) on the other. It looks like it makes it easier to get the length right. I've often wondered why he doesn't do a spliced loop on both ends.

Offline paulc

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Re: Flemish twist help?
« Reply #18 on: April 18, 2019, 10:52:24 am »
Found another...clearly don't need to worry about middle of string until after both loops are done...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C07evRZT_PQ&list=PLqRRMQuz0SK5RomspAcOGaPSAtBC2BnhL

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Re: Flemish twist help?
« Reply #19 on: April 18, 2019, 12:01:02 pm »
She untwists the middle before making the second loop right around 17:04