I tried my hand at ply-split braiding this week at a workshop led by Gail Marsh at Skipton Embroiderers' Guild. It wasn't the easiest skill to learn, but the results are very satisfying.
What struck me about the workshop was the effort that Gail had out into preparing for the day. Although there were over 20 of us taking part, Gail had made individual kits with 8 hand-plied cords in a beautiful selection of colours. Just looking around the room, I noticed that we had all selected a pack with our favourite colours. Mine of course had a characteristic green theme but the addition of white, soft-grey and bright pink give it a cheery spring vibe. Gail's choice of colours was spot-on for the patterns we were braiding and making them into kits meant that no time was wasted deliberating over what colours to use.
My neighbour chose a the same colours for the wave-patterned bracelet in the picture but placed the plies in a different order. The result was startlingly different. Whereas mine appears to have a wave wrapped around a pink core, hers had strong borders of pink and green whilst the white and grey cords receded into the background.
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