I noticed somebody said it was "easy" in the comments. I'm not seeing it... [www.youtube.com]

A chevron can be made either along the rod's axis, or perpendicular to it. Without watching the video I'm assuming this is what you're talking about. So instead of laying threads continually to the left of right, you lay them continually to the top or bottom. Spacing is very much compressed.

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This is a variable-spaced chevron wrap. I have never done a variably spaced wrap like this, but a chevron wrap is about the easiest wrap there is. Once the desired spacing is laid out, the first thread laid is the black thread showing in the middle of the finished wrap. from here, threads are laid adjacent to the last thread laid. What distinguishes a chevron from a box style wrap is that a chevron's thread is laid to one side of the first thread while box threads are laid to both sides. The side you choose to wrap your chevron threads to determines the direction of the points.

So this wraps sequence was black, red to one side, black to same side, silver trim to same side, then the same threads were wrapped on the opposite side in the same sequence.

In Tom's post above, he refers to the wrap being compressed. a compressed layout is when the layout distance between centers is less than the circumference of the blank. The compressed portion of the wrap is seen at the beginning of the video. As the camera pans left along the wrap, the spacing between centers increases and at some point the threads cross each other at 90 degree angles, the point where the center distance is equal to the circumference of the blank.; this is known as a square layout as is the traditional spacing for most but not all wraps. At the very left of the pan, it appears the distance may be greater than the circumference. If this is the case, it would be called an elongated layout.

John did a nice job explaining what was happening in the video.

Chester

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