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Hello from Norway (Read 941 times)

lauk Ex Member	Hello from Norway Nov 13^th, 2011, 3:19pm Hey! I live in Oslo, Norway, and found this site by completely by accident. I was instantly intrigued, and started braiding my first sling the very same day. I've lurked for some time and really appreciated the tutorials and articles on the site, so thought it was time to sign up.
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timann Interfector Viris Spurii Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2203 Gender:	Re: Hello from Norway Reply #1 - Nov 13^th, 2011, 3:34pm Welcome. I am a Norvegian, and live not all that far away, in Bærum. Slinging is fun but not all that common around here. Derfor er det greit å bruke Engelsk som fagspråk timann
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Masiakasaurus Slinging.org Moderator mah-SEE-a-kah-SOR-us Posts: 4923 Gender:	Re: Hello from Norway Reply #2 - Nov 13^th, 2011, 3:43pm I'm sorry for deleting you, lauk! If you reregister for the forum I promise you will not be deleted a second time.
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lauk Novicius Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3	Re: Hello from Norway Reply #3 - Nov 13^th, 2011, 4:25pm No problem. Hei timann! Gøy med andre nordmenn her. Dessverre dårlig med rund, fin stein her. Anyway, here's my latest sling:
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xxkid123 Past Moderator Hallo, ich heiße kartoffel Posts: 4798 Gender:	Re: Hello from Norway Reply #4 - Nov 13^th, 2011, 5:03pm great job on it. i still haven't made one of those yet.
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Bill Skinner Slinging.org Moderator Forum Moderator Slinging Rocks! Posts: 1347	Re: Hello from Norway Reply #5 - Nov 13^th, 2011, 8:05pm Welcome and a very nice sling. It seems as if everyone is making that type of sling, I always chickened out because I thought it would be difficult to make. I think that I will give it a try pretty soon.
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Dullard Tiro Posts: 15 Gender:	Re: Hello from Norway Reply #6 - Nov 14^th, 2011, 12:13am Great looking sling and welcome to the site.
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Re: Hello from Norway
Reply #7 - Nov 14^th, 2011, 1:01pm

So you made it back

Nice sling you got there. Don`t seem bad at all Wink

Runde steiner, ja. De få jeg har funnet bruker jeg bare når jeg er sikker på å finne dem igjen. Ellers bruker jeg ofte bandyballer, de er greie nok for trening, og rosa eller oransje så de er lette å finne igjen. Eller tennisballer, når sikkerheten teller. Golfballer går også, men da må man ha en slynge som "liker" dem.
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Re: Hello from Norway
Reply #8 - Nov 15^th, 2011, 3:40pm

Welcome, norvegian slinger ^^

I have a question for you : where should I go to sling next time I'm in Oslo ? I can bring my own tennis balls, but then I would not sling them at the fjord...
I found one little stony beach along the Akerselva but it is very narrow

Maybe Karl Johans' gate, it's wide and large enough, and in july empty enough Tongue

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Rat Man Slinging.org Moderator Slinging Rocks! Posts: 9442 Gender:	Re: Hello from Norway Reply #9 - Nov 15^th, 2011, 4:30pm Hello, lauk; Welcome to slinging.org. That's a really great looking sling.
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lauk Novicius Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3	Re: Hello from Norway Reply #10 - Nov 17^th, 2011, 8:18am Thanks! Caldou: Karl Johan would indeed be perfect (except for the royal guard in one end and the junkies in the other). Can't think of any good spots in central Oslo (maybe a fenced sports field if slinging tennis balls). Otherwise Bygdøy maybe, or a trip out in Marka. I usually just sling rocks on the beach though.
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Re: Hello from Norway
Reply #11 - Dec 1^st, 2011, 10:07am

Lauk, that is a very nice sling!

I would very much like to learn how make one like it. I have seen Timothy Potters' description for a similar sling (also at his own site), but he doesn't (except for the braiding) show how to make the pouch bicolored - and I am severely challenged, when it comes to weaving.

Do you by chance have a link to a description?

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Masiakasaurus Slinging.org Moderator mah-SEE-a-kah-SOR-us Posts: 4923 Gender:	Re: Hello from Norway Reply #12 - Dec 1^st, 2011, 10:11am Potter wrote out a tutorial, which is on our homepage. http://slinging.org/index.php?page=a-method-for-reproducing-a-sling-found-in-the -tomb-of-tutankhamen---timothy-potter
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Re: Hello from Norway
Reply #13 - Dec 1^st, 2011, 11:37am

Quote from Masiakasaurus on Dec 1^st, 2011, 10:11am:

Potter wrote out a tutorial, which is on our homepage. http://slinging.org/index.php?page=a-method-for-reproducing-a-sling-found-in-the -tomb-of-tutankhamen---timothy-potter

Thanks, but try the link behind "similar sling" in my previous post Wink

What I would like, is a description of how to make it bicolored, like the one Lauk has made. Most likely pretty darn simple, but if I could avoid messing it up again and again ...

Edit: ah! Found the description of how to make contrasts at the end of TP's article. Had only read parts of the text, until now. I'll need to run through it tomorrow. I don't think I'll risk making one for the SITH though.

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Re: Hello from Norway
Reply #14 - Dec 1^st, 2011, 1:05pm

I basically follow Timothy Potters tutorial. With that sling, i started left to right, weaving in two dark and two light strands (for the cords) through the whole warp. Then i started the hourglass shape with a single long light strand. When about a quarter of the way, i tied the weft strand around a warp strand and pulled it through, out the side of the pouch. Then introduced a dark strand the same way, in through the side, and weaved the middle section of the pouch. And repeated the process on the other side.
Also, remember that the warp will be visible at the edges, so use the right colour. I can post some pictures next time I make one.

With small variations it's easy to make different patterns:
(the left one is an experiment with assymetry, ie. skipping more warp strands on one side of the pouch - tried to get more of a leaf shape, didn't really work out)

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