Hey fi3l2, when you say "half the size of a tennis ball" you're talking about diameter, right?

So what you want is pretty much slightly oblong, pingpong ball sized flour/clay glandes?

I made my first batch today . Two tips to others who try this:

1) Oil/Greece/Do something to the pan so that you don't need to find a chisel in order to get the glandes off

2) Cook them for longer than 30 minutes. After 30 minutes they were just about right... to eat. I baked them for an extra 2 hours and then they turned out rather hard.

Here's the picture of the first batch. Most of them are cracked in one place or another... Let me know if there's anything you'd like me to change for the next batches I do.

Larger image at: http://www.altay.vilko.net/dl/sling/glandes.jpg

Atlay, those look great. They'd prolly last between 3-5 shots in grass each (depending on how they hit the cracks). I'm more than happy with those. btw, are they about 1/2 size of a tennis ball?

Check your PM's.
Lemme know what color(black or blue) and size you want your sling.
I will prolly get started tonight.

one tip, they reason they crack is because they have an air pocket somewhere(no matter how small). The way to make them not crack as big is to really make sure the dough is kneaded very well. This will eliminate most of the excess air.

usually I measure length from when it is folded. So fold it in 1/2 and measure from the top of the loop to the very bottom(which would be the middle of the pouch).

Let me know.  A sling that size is gonna take a little bit longer to make. And dont forget.. I am no professional corcheter just really learned how this month and thought I could share it with u guys.  Dont expect the sling to be perfect :p  I will try my best tho!

^^ Not anywhere as good at yarn crafts as Matthias or Willeke are ... yet

The look like cakes!! Are they edible? They really do look Yummy.

I was really just wondering

I will make the sling about 3' long. These stretch quite a lot and I figure that it would be a good length. Fully stretched it will be between 3'5" and 3'10"  I Hope.. if it isnt, Ill just pull it apart and keep trying

When im done w/ studing and midterm today I will be back here. I am goin to go check what % my other ones stretch and figure out how much plus or minus i will need to make yours.  Wont check this till like 9 tonight so dont expect to hear from me till then.

Thanks

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Yeah, 30-40 minutes @ 325 F is way too short a time for them to turn rock hard. I leave them in the oven until I go to bed. So I bake them about 2-3 hours.

By the way, I just put the next batch in the oven. I made most of these much smaller than the last batch. They're about 5/4 the size of a glof ball (for those of you who don't like math, that's one golf ball plus a quarter of a golf ball ). I think this batch will turn out much better. I only had 1/4 cup of salt left, so I used a little extra flour to make up for the missing salt. I actually kneaded this batch.  Another useful tip is add a bunch of flour to the surface you'll be kneading on and add some to your hands. It was a pain trying to peel off wet flour from my hands, especially because it was all over both hands... I just keep learning