Does anyone have the official pattern? I had mine strung at a store awhile ago and they strung it like this: 22 Mains X 23 Crosses Mains skip: 11T Mains tie-off: 7T Crosses start knot: 6H Crosses start: 7H Crosses tie-off: 6T Is this correct or is the pattern listed on the klipper site the correct one? They listed like this: 22 Mains X 22 Crosses Mains skip: 11T Mains tie-off: 6T Crosses start knot: 6H Crosses start: 7H Crosses tie-off: 8T
This is the correct stringing pattern. Refer to the very bottom pattern. It should be the generic stringing pattern that most rackets follow. http://www.yonex.com/badminton/stringing_instructions/index.html
Yeah that site is just really confusing and hard to understand. I'd rather have the pattern listed in words just like on tennis pattern sites. But from what I see, it is a 22x22 pattern and not a 22x23. So it looks like the klipper pattern might be the right one. The yonex site lists crosses to be strung from throat to head but I always prefer to string head to throat for frame safety.
They do make frames to support throat to head stringing since so many stringers do take that direction especially in tennis one-piece stringjobs. There is a recent thread about this and some suggest that the feel of the frame is better if string head to throat. The only difference I can see is that the tie off knot is looser than the cross start knot.