Silkewerk - A lace for hats of 3 fellows

A lace for hats of 3 fellows

Worked alone, without the exchanging move, this is A lace common round [3]. Two of these round braids can be joined side by side, making A lace for hats of 2 fellows [41].

Technically, it's not necessary to connect the outermost edges, although doing so makes the braid thick and round. Perhaps there's some color-design potential there I haven't explored yet.

Seat one Fellow on Your right side, and a second Fellow on Your left side.

Take fifteen loops, and place them on the following fingers:
Left hands: A B C
Right hands: B C

Work your own braids.

Right hands:
A takes through B C right, the loop of C left reversed.
Lower the left loops.

Left hands (in mirror image):
A takes through B C left, the loop of C right reversed.
Lower the right loops.

Exchange loops with your right hand:

You: With
A, enter B of the same hand from within outward and take Right Fellow's B unreversed.

Right Fellow:
Takes with his A, Your loop B unreversed.

Both:
Lower A to B.

Exchange loops with your left hand:

You:
With A, enter B of the same hand from within outward and take Left Fellow's B unreversed.

Left Fellow:
Takes with his A, Your loop B unreversed.

Both:
Lower A to B.

Right and Left Fellows exchange loops on their outer hands:

Left Fellow:
Put your A left loop over and around Right Fellow's A right, taking his A loop back in exchange unreversed.

Repeat from the beginning.

Source: Tollemache 41

A lace for hats of 3 fellows.
Take to thee 2 fellows and set the one on thy right hand and the other on thy left hand then take every each of you 5 bows and set them in the manner of the lace common round [T3] and work all at once with your right hands and once with your left hands then shall thy fellow seated on thy right hand change the over lace [bow] of his left hand with the over bow of thy right hand and thou shall change the over bow on thy left hand with the bow of the other fellows right hand that seated on thy left hand and then shall he that seated of thy left side change the over bow of his left hand with the over bow on the right hand of him that seated on the right side then shall thou and thy fellows low your bows on your right hands and be & etc.

Source: Harleian 42

A lace for hats.
Take 2 fellows, and set on thy right hand one and on thy left hand another [... ms ends here.]