This braid is illustrated in ELRB on page 87, PLATE 28. Grant's lettered strands are as follows: A = yellow, B = red, C = purple. The three strands can be loose, attached at the top, or in a special case - the "magic braid" - attached at both top and bottom. Here, the strands are loose and held in a clamp for convenience.
 | The starting position, YELLOW-RED-PURPLE. Begin by taking two strands in your left hand, and the remaining one in your right. |
 | At every point, you will have two strands in one hand and one strand in the other. A single movement will pass the outer strand from the two-strand hand over the inner, to become the inner strand in the other hand. First movement passes YELLOW over RED, from the left hand to the right. |
 | Next, pass PURPLE over YELLOW from right hand to left. This position is Plate 28, Fig 2. |
 | RED over PURPLE, Fig 3. |
 | YELLOW over RED, Fig 4. |
 | PURPLE over YELLOW. |
 | RED over PURPLE. Note that at this point, you have made one complete cycle... the strands have made it back to their original order. |
 | Continue the same movement over and over until the desired length is reached. |