Finally I resized and grouped the pictures for the #3 tutorial.
It shows how to weave small Vs in the pouch, a typical pattern of the middle east.

Hopefully I´ll find the time to add some text to all pictures.
Until then, try to figure out with the photos.  ;)

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:o Wow  :o   Nice tutorial

Those look great!

looks great. What material is that?

Very nice! Thank you very much for this tutorial!

  Thanks for the tutorial, I may have to try that sometime.  It looks like a fine sling.

Thanks L.S., I think I would have a hard time weaving on a sheet like that but I was able to understand how to do the color pattern well enough and will use it in my own ways:)

Thank you all for the replies!



English_Marauder wrote on Oct 20^th, 2013 at 12:08pm:

looks great. What material is that?

Although I prefer jute for woven pouches (see tutorials #1 and #2) here I used thicker cotton cords to demonstrate the weaving method easier. Also with thicker cords there are less rows to be made. The traditional shepherd or bedouin slings from the middle east, which are sold in some online stores are made of wool. I never bought one but watched the pictures and descriptions to figure out the pattern.

Tomas wrote on Oct 20^th, 2013 at 9:39pm:

Thanks L.S., I think I would have a hard time weaving on a sheet like that but I was able to understand how to do the color pattern well enough and will use it in my own ways:)

The sheet I used here is my Tut-sling loom that is simply a piece of plastic. For this pouch you can use any flat and hard object, e.g. a piece of wood, a hardcover-book or even an iPad (with this tutorial on the display, so you have the instruction directly as a background behind your weft ;))

very nice  ;)

Thanks for making this tutorial LakeSlinger! It is interesting to see your style of making multiple coloured pouches compared to my own versions! I prefer your method!

That is the kind of tutorial I wish I would've had the first time I wove a sling like that. Very clear and well done. I especially like how even you kept the edges of the pouch, which is a difficulty I've had when using twined wefts.

-Timothy Potter

Thanks LS.  Love the shape of that pouch too.  Perfect.

Many thanks for the feedback and sorry, I didn´t respond here for a long time. I haven´t entered this topic for a while, still trying to find some time to write a text (offline) that I can paste into the picture posts.


Timothy Potter wrote on Oct 22^nd, 2013 at 12:02pm:

That is the kind of tutorial I wish I would've had the first time I wove a sling like that. Very clear and well done. I especially like how even you kept the edges of the pouch, which is a difficulty I've had when using twined wefts. -Timothy Potter

I´m glad you like the tutorial. In fact I had the luck to have found your Tut-sling tutorial when I made my first woven pouch sling and it was your homepage I learned the >3 strand braids from.

lakeslinger wrote on Dec 18^th, 2013 at 6:03am:

I´m glad you like the tutorial. In fact I had the luck to have found your Tut-sling tutorial when I made my first woven pouch sling and it was your homepage I learned the >3 strand braids from.

Same here.