Here is a picture of what you need: silk or some other thread, the plate, and a weight. You can also use rattail, yarn or narrow ribbon.

Please choose five colors which change from darker to lighter or graduate through the color spectrum. Cut about a yard of each color.

Attach a braiding weight to the centers of the thread lengths with a Lark's Head loop as shown. This end will hang below the central slit of the plate.

The picture shows how the Lark's Head knot is used to secure the centre of the threads. The weight will hang below the central slit of the plate.

Arrange the five colors from darker to lighter as shown in this photo. This braid was made with three strands of each color of silk embroidery floss color but any other fibers on hand may be used for this first sample. You can see the lark's head knot attached to the weight in the center hanging below the slot.

The dark thread on the extreme left at the north is moved to the west [4 - B] and the dark thread at the south is moved across the threads to a slit at the east [4 - (B)].

The thread at the south on the extreme left is now moved to the north on the left as shown below. [(5) - 4]

and the thread next to it at the north is moved to the south in the first thread's place as shown below. [5 - (5)]

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BRAID 1: Basic Flat (or Anda-Gumi) Braid 2/3