Flemish Flukes!

[Scattergun2570]

So.. there`s a guy who shoots at my local range. He has made quite a few people strings,including myself. One day I am shooting next to one of the guys he made a string for,and the the thing just unravels at full draw,and falls to the floor. I start looking at the string on my bow which he made also. Mine took a while longer,but mine unraveled as well.
 So being I do not know how to make strings,I ask you.. what are some of the possible explanations as to why this happened?

[m midd]

They only thing that holds a flemish string together is the twist. If done wrong they can unravel.. There is alot of top notch string makers here that are sponsors. A string is a cheap investment compared to a new bow.

[Whip]

I'm not a string maker, but have done a few.  Sounds like they were probably twisted the wrong direction.

[Grey Taylor]

Both loops must be twisted in the same direction. Some people new to the Flemish string overthink the process and believe the second loop should be made opposite to the first one.
That's a recipe for it untwisting and failing.
Hold the two loops up next to one another, do they look the same, are they twisted in the same direction?

Guy

[LBR]

What Grey said...or, if after the loops are made, the twist in the "body" of the string is in the wrong direction.

[Overspined]

I can't imagine twisting the loops in opposite directions!!!   OMG.  

Also, not enough twists, or not enough tail wrapped into the string...

NEVER had that happen. Crazy