Buy three half-inch dowels or long round sticks; which may be bought from a hardware shop; and sand-paper till they are quite smooth. Screw in four large picture rings two on each side of the frame, one at each end. Slip one dowel through the rings at each end and tie to picture ring.
Fig. 224. Braiding with six strands
The warp may be cord which is sold by the pound or a heavy soft twine. A wholesale cord or rope house will be the best from which to buy the warp.
A thin board such as you have in your window shades and to which the string is attached makes a good shuttle. Cut it so that it is twenty-two inches long and wind the warp on it lengthwise.
Tie one end of the warp thread to the lower left-hand picture ring.
Lay the warp threads over the lower dowel, up through the frame and over the upper dowel. Remember always to lay the thread outside and over each dowel. The first six threads are placed very close to each other. After that the threads are laid half an inch or a little more than a quarter of an inch apart. The finer the weaving the more warp threads will be needed. The usual allowance is from four to eight threads to an inch.