I will ask,but he told me that is what was correct.(or maybe what he feels is best)Like I said,I do not build strings.

But,it seems you would just have to change the direction in which you start.He does not use a machine,he still does it by hand.

I thought about this again later, after I posted the question, and I said to my self..... Well Duuuuuuuuuh.

Sometimes the elevator doesn't go all the way to the top.

What you do it what most do and I believe it is perfectly accepted but I feel this is one of those "tricks" of the trade that he learned many years ago.

I believe you are right and I have never really thought about it before now but it makes perfect sense.

I learned something new today.