Gullinbursti wrote on Oct 17^th, 2009 at 3:13pm:


Thanks for the kind words, Gullinbursti.

As for the extra strands, I actually like the way they look. If you look at the Rockman Tutorial the picture that's 4th from the bottom looks really good with the extra stands. Mine, being of such rough material, didn't keep their shape nearly as well.

However, if you want to be rid of them I wonder if you can't just incorporate them into the weave? Or as my wife suggests what's done in knitting - thread the strand onto a darning needle and use the needle to push and hide the dropped strand up through the wider section.

- Dataryder in Toronto

Gullinbursti, if you are using a round braid, just cut the strands so that about a half inch or so is sticking out and then braid around them so the cut strands are in the middle of the cord. That's actually what a 4 strand round braid is for - braiding (plaiting) around a core.


walter

Thanks.  I like to experiment a lot.  I almost never make the same type of sling exactly the same way twice. The Cobra/Rockman pictures (which could be of better quality, sorry) are posted in Pictures of Slings and Slinging now.