Thursday, July 21, 2016

THREAD MANIPULATIONS


There are …. Manipulations: (Ways to blend and combine the strands from a simple crossing to tying

          of various knots, aligning, fusing, layering, wadding, weaving, braiding.)

Align: this is simply laying strands down in a pattern beside each other or a target. The patterns may be simple (lines) or complex (figure eights) to achieve various permutations of a spell.

Layer: this is a form of stacking strands. Again, it could be simple (one on top of another) or crisscrossed, teepeed, stair stepped…..

Cross: this is a form of layering including X patterns, T, right angled, obtuse, acute, and oblique, L, teepee,…..

Twist: self-explanatory the strands are twined together, in single, double or multiple variations…

Braid: a complex form of twisting, much stronger and harder to unravel, many strands and colors of strands can be braided.

Weave: the most complex of twisting this manipulation requires a pattern, very strong and nearly impossible to unravel unless you know the pattern and order of weaving.

Shake or Wiggle: taking hold of a strand and moving it either next to a target or while attached.

Pull or Push: just what it says, either the strand itself or while its attached to something.

Thread: this requires a user to poke a strand between items or through them.

Granny: the simplest form of tie off knot, easy to undo and not very strong.

Square: a stronger tie off knot but easily recognized and undone.

Carpenter: the strongest of tie offs, unless they are combined, looks tangled and is hard to find the starting point.

Hitch: a very complex tie off knot but is very quick to release if you know where the “slip” is.

There are many terms used to describe the direction the strands appear naturally in nature. Verticle, Horizontal, Wispy, Attached…

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