ply-split gallery 5

The Una-Corda bracelets have a section of P-S Darning, the rest of the cord being unworked. It is impossible to continue this cylindrical structure all way around as the unsplit cords become increasingly tightly twisted; you are working on a closed system.

The only way to achieve the complete circle is to start with separate cords - on the right, 12 of a beautiful smooth worsted; on the left, 14 of the normal linen.. Because the cords used were all twisted in the same direction, the longer cylinder corkscrews as seen, like a tablet-woven band if all the tablets are threaded in the same direction. This produces a bracelet as firm and hard as wood, but of course with the usual finishing problem, avoided with the Una-Corda  technique. Maybe solutions better than those  shown will develop.

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