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These nits you two are picking are very fine nits to be picking. Imagine a word board discussion thread getting down to the nitty-gritty nit picking of 45 v. 60 degrees in describing the perfect plait. Where else but on AWAD, A Weave a Day...or not.
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Whoof. That's a sure sign of a warped mind. And I assume your use of the word thread was a pun. If not, it was looming on the horizon of your mind.
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If not, it was looming on the horizon of your mind.
Looming apparently on the horizontal and vertical of someone's braid...no, that's brain...no, weave...mebbe brain weaves.. or brain waves...or someone's braid waves...or braid weaves...yes, that must be it: "Looming apprently on the horizontal and vertical of someone's braid weaves, perfect 60 and 90 degrees, respectively."
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Now that we've completely forgotten where this thread started, let's take a straw bowl of the membership and find out how many think it should be 45 degrees, how many want 60 degrees, and how many vote for 90 degrees?
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Are you giving us the third degree?
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how many think it should be 45 degrees, how many want 60 degrees, and how many vote for 90 degrees?
I think it depends entirely on how tightly you weave the braids. Or braid the weaves, if that is your wont. Is this a straw bowl?
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Who can predict the name of the football team destined to win in the StrawBowl?
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Are you giving us the third degree?
We can always expect acute comment from you, Auntie.
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i vote 90° for weaving..
and 45° for braiding (plaiting)
if you take a piece of paper, (half the long way-5.25 X11) and cut 3 strips, you start braiding by turning the outside edge at a 45° angle) and then continue that as you plait them, when you come to the edge, and need to fold back the paper to make bring it back... low and behold, the internal angle is 90°.. so the braiding is being done and 45°, and a double turn (180°) gives you a 90° internal angle..
( Start with a 45°bend, weave under and over, come to edge, fold back (180°) and the internal angle is 90°--) and yet, until i did it with paper, i was sure it was 60°! ) Mind you hair and thread and straw are softer, and might not be perfect turns.. but closer to 45° than to 60°!
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I think there is the possibility we're all saying the same thing, and very vehemently at that.
Are we talking about the angle between the plaiting/weaving material and the main work direction, or between the individual strands, the warp and the woof (or weft, if you prefer)? I'm inclined to think the former, but we should all be talking about the same angle when we agree or disagree...
(Cloth can be woven with warp and woof at right angles, and then cut "on the bias" so the threads make a 45-degree angle to the length of the work...neckties, for example)
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