(Originally published Feb 2015)
After finishing up the #1 band, Colorful Small Applesies, I started a new project for my dear friend, Bekah. She chose #7: Tree Climbers. It’s a four-color band (could be done with 3, but the edging has a two similar light colors that alternate).
This one is a bit more tricky, but not impossible…after some studying the pattern and experimentation, this is what I came up with:
Turn back all cards – 5 turns
Then turn card numbers:
1-4 back; 5-8 forward; 9-14 back – two turns
1-4 back; 5-10 forward; 11-14 back – 5 turns
1-4 back; 5-6 forward; 7-14 back – 2 turns
When twist is too tight on the outside cards, you can reverse the directions of those cards to untwist…
1-4 forward; 5-10 back; 11-14 forward – 5 turns
1-8 forward, 9-10 back, 11-14 forward – 2 turns
All forward – 5 turns
1-6 forward; 7-10 back; 11-4 forward – 2 turns
The twist on 5, 6, 9, and 10 will continue to build up, so you can either put spinners on those cards or untie and untwist those cards when the twist becomes unmanageable.
If, instead of untwisting, you want to simply reverse the pattern, you can get a mirror image of the pattern. If you want to try this, you would use:
Turn back all cards – 5 turns
1-4 back; 5-8 forward; 9-14 back – two turns
1-4 back; 5-10 forward; 11-14 back – 5 turns
1-4 back; 5-6 forward; 7-14 back – 2 turns
(just like in the first part…but then…)
1-4 forward; 5-6 back; 7-14 forward – 2 turns
1-4 forward; 5-10 back; 11-14 forward – 5 turns
1-4 forward; 5-8 back; 9-14 forward – 2 turns
All forward – 5 turns
Have fun!