1. Place 2 finished motifs together, wrong sides facing each other, and hold the 2 sets of loops on the left, with your left hand, and flick the 2 motifs open.

2. Slipstitch from knot to knot down the 4 knots, and fasten off. Add motifs in this manner until you have the desired length of your project.

3. When you turn your work over you will have a set of loops on the front of the motifs.

With your choice of yarn and crochet hook, 3 trbl into each loop around the Motif, and when you reach the corners, 3trbl, 3ch, 3 trbl into each corner. When each Motif has been crocheted around, slip stitch the Motifs together.

1. Take any size Crochet Hook and insert it into the bottom loop on the Motif.

2. With Crochet Hook still in the bottom loop, insert Crochet Hook into the next loop above, loop 2.

3. Pull that loop through the loop already on your Hook.

4. Insert Crochet Hook into next loop, loop 3.

5. Pull that loop through the loop already on your Crochet Hook.

6. Continue in this manner all around Motif. Secure the last loop into the next X. Finish off.

7. Place the finished motifs side by side, with wrong sides facing up, and stitch the motifs together knot to knot, and when you turn the motifs to the right side, a lovely braid appears.
Refer to butterflyloom.blogspot.com where it shows you how to finish off the last loop.

1. Lay the motifs on a flat surface, and using any size Crochet Hook, start at one side, (bottom loops) and put the Crochet Hook through the loop on the right hand side and through the loop on the left hand side.

2. Pull the loop on the left hand side through the loop on the right hand side.

3. Twist the Crochet Hook up and through the second set of Loops on the right hand side, and then through the 2nd set of loops on the left hand side, and pull the left hand side loops through the right side loops.

4. Continue in this manner alternating from side to side until you have pulled through each loop, ending with the last loop on your crochet hook and fasten it off to secure it to the Motif.