Ply-split braiding is a technique where one twisted cord ("splitter") passes through another twisted cord or cords splitting the plies of the latter cords ("splittee" cords). This is unlike weaving or …

A guide to getting started in Ply-Split Braiding including recommended suppllies, pattern links, and cord making hints.

Ply-Splitting: Books, artist-made cords , kits for ply-split braids and ornaments, kits for ply-split baskets , and gripfids. To see photos of my work, visit my Tablet Weaving Gallery and Ply …

Julie Hedges has created a beginners guide to ply splitting, to download click here. It includes: Basic Ply-Splitting for 4 ply cords; Ply-split Darning (PSD); Single Course Oblique Twining …

Ply-Split Braiding is an ancient art originating in the desert of northwestern India and in some parts of South America. In India this unusual braiding is used to make elaborate camel girths …

The ancient technique of ply-split braiding offers contemporary designs to knitters, weavers and basket makers. However, unlike the techniques of these fiber arts, in ply-split braiding one …

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Ply-split braiding is a hand-weaving technique, using simple tools. A Gripfid tool is used to push through the plies (splitting the plies) of a series of cords, to pull a single cord through the …

Ply-splitter, tutor and supplier of cords, gripfids and kits. Every two years there is an exhibition of ply-split work at various art galleries in Tokyo.