an apparatus for producing fringed braid comprising a reciprocable weft guide for meshing weft yarn with warp to form a braid with projecting loops of the yarn . a sliver guide is reciprocable to form loops of fringe sliver . one guide is displaceable from one side to the opposite side of the other guide whereby the yarn and sliver loops are formed interlooped . sliver loop halves are interconnected by warp threads . a similar apparatus has an additional weft yarn guide , two braids being simultaneously produced , with projecting yarn loops of each being interlooped with loops of a single sliver .