I've been eyeballing and placing centers for open (diamond) wraps using Tom's method with NCP thread with good results. I now have a larger rod and a longer area to cover, and wondered if tapered offset spacing would look better (?) I have Clemens thread art book and know how to figure the spacing given a number of predetermined centers, but how do you determine how many centers you should have in the first place? Thanks for any help, I appreciate it! Mike (..in "doofus mode" today!)

...Oooops, sorry to take up space - it figures as soon as I posted I would find the answer to my own question. (Pi x diameter = centers).

How many centers to have is a matter of personal opinion. Obviously, the more you add in an given length the more compressed the pattern will be. Fewer will result in an elongated pattern. But there is no set number. You seem to have it down for a square pattern.


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Thanks Tom, I'm all "squared" away ;) ...out of practice I guess, it's been too long since I laid one of these out. I appreciate your reply!

Mike, I like to keep things simple on the butt wraps so I lay out my centers at one inch. Just to mix it up a bit, sometimes I'll skip every other mark for a more elongated wrap like Tom mentioned. It's really what looks good to you so go ahead and experiment.

Thanks Bruce, that's pretty much what I do also - after marking the centers on ncp thread, I also mark the thread between centers in case I want to shorten (or elongate) them a bit. Then I try to align the whole deal so it's centered on the blank.