Composed using FingerTips Braid Designer by Gary Mitchell

This design is for the Nun's Book 10-loop letter braid.
The charts from this application are suitable for use by a single braider as shown in a article by Ingrid Crickmore. on loopbraider.com
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
Left hand Right hand
Fingers for single worker: B⇓ D⇑ B⇑ T⇓ B⇓ D⇑ B⇑ T⇓
Left Worker Right Worker
Fingers for two workers: L1a L1b R1b R1a L2a L2b R2b R2a
1 2 3 4 - 5 6 7 8
d6 d8 17 1 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
15 16 18 27 2 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
d2 11 25 26 28 37 3 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38
d4 12 21 35 36 38 47 4 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48
13 14 22 31 45 46 48 57 5 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58
23 24 32 41 55 56 58 67 6 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68
33 34 42 51 65 66 68 77 7 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78
43 44 52 61 75 76 78 87 8 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88
53 54 62 71 85 86 88 97 9 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98
63 64 72 81 95 96 98 a7 10 a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 a7 a8
73 74 82 91 a5 a6 a8 b7 11 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 b7 b8
83 84 92 a1 b5 b6 b8 c7 12 c1 c2 c3 c4 c5 c6 c7 c8
93 94 a2 b1 c5 c6 c8 d7 13 d1 d2 d3 d4 d5 d6 d7 d8
a3 a4 b2 c1 d5
b3 b4 c2 d1
c3 c4
d3
SHIFT UP   ⇧
REVERSE COLOURS SHIFT DOWN ⇩

For example pre-prepared letter charts please see

European Loop Braiding: Instructions for Letter Braids in 17th Century Manuscripts
by Noemi Speiser, Joy Boutrup and others.
ISBN 978-0-9562620-1-1

You can buy this book at http://www.braidershand.com.
To find other sellers of this book please see http://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780956262011

Structure and method
The fell is #4 as shown on page 9. That fell #4 is used is also stated and illustrated on pages 23 and 24.
The chart produced by this application can be used by two braiders following the braiding procedure as described on page 60.
The same chart can also be used by a single braider and the procedure described in Ingrid Crickmore's article. The article includes links to Ingrid's YouTube videos on this braid. Note that you MUST TAKE THE LOOP FROM BELOW THE SHANK MATCHING THE COLOUR indicated on chart.
Starting ideas
There are illustrations of historical letters for this braid on page 24.
The corresponding Braiding charts for historical letters and motifs are described in Appendix B on page 61 to 63.
There are more illustrations of historical letters on page 13. The book does not have charts in this style for page 13 letters using this fell and procedure - but from the illustrations on page 13 you can compose the charts using this application.

Instruction reminder:

Each cycle has 8 operations with all unreversed (U).

This is the yellow chart:

* loops are taken according to colour

(If you want to turn each loop to have the colour of uppper shank as indicated on chart before starting a braid cycle then you may find it more convenient to SWITCH to 10-loop Orange Chart)

(If you want to braid the loops according to verbal instructions then you may find it more convenient to SWITCH to 10-loop Bindloss Chart )

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In "page setup" enable "Print Background (colors & images)"

This tool was designed by Gary Mitchell
If you found the program useful please recommend it to other braiders
:-)