see both steps completed. these two steps are repeated for the length of the braid.
here you can see what the braid looks like after several passes are completed.
there are some nice color patterns that can be made with this braid which do not make the braid any more difficult to make. two such patterns are illustrated below. all that matters for the patterns is the way the different colored strands are arranged at the beginning of the braid, and the two steps of the braid shown above are used for all patterns. to make a pattern, arrange the colors at the beginning the way they are shown at the end 