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And how do you do it?

Hello,

That is known as a twisted inlay, or one-half of a JT Olive Branch.

It is done by spiraling the inlay thread over the main thread for exactly one revolution of the blank.

-chad

There is a vidio of it on You Tube

Bill - willierods.com

I forgot to thank you for your rapid replies!

Jon, just a tip in doing this.

in this example, the blue thread is held taut by the wrapper's tension device and the spool for the silver thread is held in the hand and loosely passed around the blue thread. It's helpful not to get the silver thread too tight otherwise it will end up looking more like a child's braided hair.

Thank you John, I actually ran into that.
Sometimes when I look at the pictures posted, I swear you guys are all using some finer thread than I can buy. I can't even see the threads in your shots, in mine the A threads look like steel cables and the gaps look like canyons.
On the olive branch, when I got it too tight I got little tiny "shadows" next to all of the leaves.