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Five-strand braid tutorial; use flat leather thonging or ribbon.

The crocodile ridge braid is quite an exotic braid. It resembles the back of the crocodile. It seems like a mix of flat braid with a round braid at the center. In this video we take a look at the 6 stranded version.

Four leather strands are round braided against a wood core, followed by the same four strands round braided without the core. Showing the around-the-core part first gives a good look at the structure of the braid, and makes doing it without a core clearer. (The leather strands that are braided around the core are ~8 mm wide each; in the round braiding without the core the leather thongs are thinned from ~8 to ~4 mm to give the round braid a tapered look.)

Four-sided braid made with ribbon. While this tutorial uses the cube braid as a centrepiece for a necklace, I think it would be better suited as a bracelet.

While this is ostensibly about fancy hair braids, the braids therein could be used for things other than hair.