Second part of Peter Collingwood's series on ply-split braiding, explaining two-layer oblique interlacing, a structure that allows free two-color designs that look identical on both sides. It gives step-by-step directions for a sample braid with eight 4-ply cords (2 dark, 2 light plies each), including attaching cords to a rod, alternating long and short rows, and leaving no twist or a half twist between splittings to change color. It also covers correcting errors, ways of joining the two layers at the selvedges, pocket formation, designing on a 45° diamond grid, and use of more than two colors. Illustrated with photos of an Indian camel girth and sample braids, and with design grids and a splittings diagram.

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English

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4

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