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The Four Species
London S&P Lulab: The 3 myrtle sprigs are to the right and 2 willow fronds on the left - not following the later, oriental, kabbalisticaly inspired custom where the 3 myrtle sprigs are in front and the two willow fronds on either side. They may be bound to the lulab directly (with loops made from palm leaf) or inserted into the woven palm leaf holder (known in Yiddish as a koishele) shown.
In London two rosettes are pinned to the lulab; different colours - such as red, pink, orange, white and blue - indicating the function of the person in question, hazan, haham, parnas, etc.
Photographs courtesy of my friends Rabbi Jeff and Mitchie Berger.
In this close-up of a London rosette you can see how it's made. 5 cm wide satin ribbon is sewn together at 5 cm intervals on both edges. The threads are then gently pulled together to form the rosette.
I count about 44 "loops" in this example, so it would be made of a ribbon about with about 2.3 m in length. So you'd need almost 5 m to make two. There's a challenging and worthwhile Succot project right there.
The Amsterdam tradition
This impressive petit point rosette is from the S&P community of Amsterdam. Petit point seems to be a favorite there, as you can see in Dutch examples of tallet corners on the Tallet page.