Bow String adjustment understanding Help

[rluttrell]

OK I thought I was semi intelligent but I just don’t understand. I got my new bow and the sting has stretched some. My boyer said I should keep the brace height at 7 ¾ and 8 ¼. It was at 7 ¼ So I unstrung the bow and tightened the sting by turning it in the same direction as the twists. When I measured the brace height it was even shorter. So I unstrung the bow and went in the opposite direction 10 turns past where I was before and now I am at 8. I just don’t get it. Will someone explain how the longer string made the brace height longer? I should mention I have a T/D recurve.
Thanks for helping me

[Green]

If your brace height went up to 8 then you shortened the string.  

Next time you twist the string, hold just below the loop and site across that loop to some reference point on a wall and watch as you twist....it will either go above or below your reference point as you twist.  Going below is shortening obviously.

[rluttrell]

you know i would of thought turning it in the same direction as the twist would of made it shorter. It didnt I will try what you said when i put the next sting on.
Thanks for your help

[Orion]

Turning in the same direction of the twist untwists the string, makes it longer giving you a lower brace height.  To shorten the string, and increase the brace height, you need to turn it against the existing twist.  That's what you ended up doing, of course.

[rluttrell]

Turning in the same direction of the twist untwists the string, makes it longer giving you a lower brace height. To shorten the string, and increase the brace height, you need to turn it against the existing twist. That's what you ended up doing, of course.  

Very well said,
I sometimes get tunnel vision and have to step back and see the big picture.