10/30/14. I changed my mind (read the last sentence in my entry below). As tempting as it is to make an item for the very first time and give it to a friend, RESIST! (I was so excited when I began braiding that I gave one of my first bracelets, made with cheap metal finishings, to a friend, not considering her position as the president of a national horse organization…Hopefully she’s not showing my beginner work to people all over the country who might think it representative of my current work!) After making several 8-ply hard round braids, I made this set of identical “twin” bracelets — one for my new horse hair teacher and one for myself. We really like our “twins!”