Forgive the quibble.

Certainly, Bill - all the more so as you really back up what I said - that plaiting is SIMILAR TO WEAVING - not the same: the angle, as you rightly point out, is less than the 90 degrees comon to most sorts of weaving ( exception being the weaving of cane for chair bottoms). However, I would have siad that the angle in plaiting was nearer to 60 degrees than 45?