G'day.
Quote:You've obviously been pretty busy, or you're very fast .
Nah dude, it's just a little from column A and a little from column B
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cheers for the link wanderer. the book/ article are on my *must get list*, eventually they will be crossed off, but not just yet.
my bad, the previous Andean Braid was actually four strands - the eight was a typo, as was Kongo Garumi, it should read 'Kongo Gumi'.
After reading online that the only real difference between Kumihimo and Andean Braiding was that Kumihimo is braided on a special stand called a Maru Dai - check the slinging.org wiki article about peruvian sling recontronstruction - it gets a brief mention ( anybody know who wrote the article?, I enjoyed reading it and found it useful
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I started looking at Kumihimo as a more accessible option for sling braiding (there is more online source material and I'm not really that dextrous) and found wikipedia has a good article with links worth clicking on. After messing around with Kumihimo braids for awhile, I made a 'Rasta' sling with spiralled 'Kongo Gumi' - that should keep Babylon at bay for awhile
also note; that the Ashley book of knots (ABOK) has a section dealing with solid sennits that can resemble Kumihimo, so add a few colours and experiment!
RASTA SLINGspecs: 16 strands all 5 metres long
knitting wool, 2 extra strands added for pouch
no retention loop, just longer retention cord.
it's gona be the first of many decorative / functional slings for sure!
(Jah Bless)
K_F