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The column coded interweaves.

The column coded braid structure is very diverse in form. One of them is a series of V's in the weave pattern that point around the knot cylinder and color bands in a multi-color interweave that run the length of the cylinder. To distinguish this from the row coded herringbone I will refer to it as a gaucho pattern. (This may not be semantically correct and is resisted by many of the old tradionalists but it will suffice here.)
Since this is a "simple" thread I am going to limit the discussion to the knots that are built with a frame and interweave of identical simple knots and can be braided by the visual methods.

A standard gaucho knot

This is a 10 part 6 bight composite knot of two 5 part 3 bight turksheads interwoven. Since the two are identical the frame is the one you did first and the interweave is the second. Pick a color to denote the interweave and observe this.
1.- We parallel the frame to the left in the odd half cycles (going up) for the // pairs. and the code sequence is O1-U2-O2-U2-O2 to "count in the code".

2.- The even half cycle (coming down) parallels the frame to its right for the // pairs and the code sequence is the inverse of the odd half cycle, begining with U2 and ending with U1.

3.-We still split the // pairs in both half cycles.

I didn't mark these on the grid for a reason. Being able to get this kind of data by a visual inspection is a valuable skill. With a little experience the grid of a given knot will serve as a complete tutorial for the knot.

More to come