lakeslinger wrote on Dec 12^th, 2012 at 4:53am:



Nice, I like this pouch a lot, it looks awesome. Will definitely have to give it a go.
I always find doing woven pouches like that a struggle as I tend to weave them too tight so it's not flexible.

Lakeslinger. These are really nice. Good attention to detail.

Personal bias here; try to complete your slings without so much whipping.

Overall, very nice work.

Pikåru wrote on Dec 12^th, 2012 at 10:32am:


Thanks for your compliment. You´re right, I also think that I use too much whipping. I realize this always after having finished the sling. While braiding I tend to see the cords not strong enough, especially the part near the release knot. Here the cords are more consumed than e.g. in the middle part.
I´ll try to make my future slings with less whipping so they`ll have a better appearance.

lakeslinger wrote on Dec 12^th, 2012 at 4:53am:


Is there a tutorial upcoming for this pouch(the shephards sling mad wig jute)?  I love the attachment loops an the pouch itself looks very clean.  I MUST have your recipe!

LightSlinger wrote on Dec 13^th, 2012 at 11:53am:


Maybe I`ll make a tutorial for the pouch. Unfortunately I´m quite busy this weekend and I don`t know if I will make another pouch of this kind very soon (to take pictures), but I could try to paint an instruction the following days. Great that you like my sling. Thanks.

Some nice slings, innovative and well woven.

here's my last   black and white yarn over hemp split pouch sling.

Had some very thick and stiff leather, as it´s used for making leather armour. After forming and softening it
with water and treating it with vegetable oil, it turned to be a good pouch material. I quickly made two slings to
test the leather. No problems with too late release...

Here is the first one

While drying the wet leather I made another sling. The idea was to make a split pouch that was divided into three instead of two parts. Weaving the outer parts I noted that the middle one was dislocated to the backside of the pouch. So I changed my plans and attached the middle part at the inner side of the pouche´s release end. This overlapping method turned out to work very well at slinging (as you may know it from the Rockman-slings). I also noted that stretching the sling into a release position the middle part is slightly lifted.
Because the pouch is divided into three parts, I considered it would be nice to finish the sling with something triple. So at the end I took 3 strands from the 4 strand braid and wove the remaining strand in. At last I made a simple knot. This combination between woven release tab and a knot turned to work well, too.

At the moment I´m finishing another triple sling without the overlap. Let´s see how that will work.