Figure 76.—Plaiting sections. For ease of description the following terms will be used:

The bottom or near edge of the first or commencing section is the commencing edge; the far edge of the last completed section (2) is the plaiting edge, as the next section has to follow along it; the far edge of the last section of all is the finishing edge, as it has to have a special finishing technique; the section being plaited is the working section; its right oblique edge is the working edge, composed of a number of working dextrals; the left and right edges are obvious.