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Re: Sling Braiding Questions
Reply #60 - Jun 13^th, 2018 at 10:12pm

Right now I am at the transition between the pouch and the cord of a new sling. I'm going to tentatively call it the fades because this is the bowmaking terminology used for the transition from limb to handle. Has anyone here ever tried incorporating macrame into this section of the pouch itself?

It looks great but I have two possible reservations concerning it. One, it's incredibly final. I mean...youre tying knots. If you screw up it's not easy getting the knots undone. And I'm pretty amature at it so messing up seems likely.

Secondly, when put under tension the space in between the knots would stretch leaving gaps right?

Anyways, this brings me back to my second question, has anyone experimented with *weaving* patterns into the fades or pouch instead of macrame and if so would you kindly point me in the right direction for learning about it? Thanks.

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Re: Sling Braiding Questions
Reply #61 - Jun 14^th, 2018 at 12:25am

Morphy wrote on Jun 13^th, 2018 at 10:12pm:

Right now I am at the transition between the pouch and the cord of a new sling. I'm going to tentatively call it the fades because this is the bowmaking terminology used for the transition from limb to handle. Has anyone here ever tried incorporating macrame into this section of the pouch itself?

It looks great but I have two possible reservations concerning it. One, it's incredibly final. I mean...youre tying knots. If you screw up it's not easy getting the knots undone. And I'm pretty amature at it so messing up seems likely.

Secondly, when put under tension the space in between the knots would stretch leaving gaps right?

Anyways, this brings me back to my second question, has anyone experimented with *weaving* patterns into the fades or pouch instead of macrame and if so would you kindly point me in the right direction for learning about it? Thanks.

I haven't personally done macrame at the transition from pouch to cords, but I don't see a reason it wouldn't work, although if you tie macrame as slow as I do it may be more decorative than practical. If the stretch of the knots is a problem, maybe you could try tying the knots around a static core, if that works with the design of your sling.

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Morphy Slinging.org Moderator Offline Checkmate Posts: 8102	Re: Sling Braiding Questions Reply #62 - Jun 14^th, 2018 at 4:31pm Thanks Timothy, seems like it's worth looking into.
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Morphy Slinging.org Moderator Offline Checkmate Posts: 8102	Re: Sling Braiding Questions Reply #63 - Nov 20^th, 2020 at 4:34pm Just ordered this and a mini loom from some guy in Russia. Was I too hasty in doing this? Is 25 cm big enough for a maru dai for 32 strand braids? Seems kind of small for all those strands.
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Teg Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 1115 Central Europe Gender:	Re: Sling Braiding Questions Reply #64 - Nov 20^th, 2020 at 4:42pm 25 cm for 32 bobbins/tama works, but it is right at the limit.
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Morphy Slinging.org Moderator Offline Checkmate Posts: 8102	Re: Sling Braiding Questions Reply #65 - Nov 21^st, 2020 at 2:43pm Thanks Teg. So long as I can do 32 that should keep me busy for awhile.
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vetryan15 Slinging.org Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 1913 Northern Maine Gender:	Re: Sling Braiding Questions Reply #66 - Nov 21^st, 2020 at 4:20pm When my gf got into kumihimo, ( which she took it over when i wanted to learn it. But then gave up on it after 2 weeks. ) Lol. I picked these up for here. Which we now have a ton to last forever. Eventually i will attempt to get back into it. https://www.weircrafts.com/kumihimo/kumihimo-EZ-bobbins.html
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Morphy Slinging.org Moderator Offline Checkmate Posts: 8102	Re: Sling Braiding Questions Reply #67 - Nov 21^st, 2020 at 5:38pm Oh yes I have tons of those. I use them with the foam disks. I'm seriously considering putting little pinhole cameras below the mirror on the Maru Dai so I can look at a screen and see if the braid is coming along nicely. Yes, I am a major nerd.
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vetryan15 Slinging.org Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 1913 Northern Maine Gender:	Re: Sling Braiding Questions Reply #68 - Nov 21^st, 2020 at 9:47pm Thats a good idea, or use a mirror. Before we moved my gf had mirrors everywhere. Would be a bit cheaper
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Morphy Slinging.org Moderator Offline Checkmate Posts: 8102	Re: Sling Braiding Questions Reply #69 - Nov 22^nd, 2020 at 12:08pm vetryan15 wrote on Nov 21^st, 2020 at 9:47pm: Thats a good idea, or use a mirror. Before we moved my gf had mirrors everywhere. Would be a bit cheaper And make far more sense. Good idea Vet.
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Re: Sling Braiding Questions
Reply #71 - Nov 23^rd, 2020 at 7:48am

a wrote on Nov 23^rd, 2020 at 7:43am:

Morphy wrote on Jun 13^th, 2018 at 10:12pm:

Has anyone here ever tried incorporating macrame into this section of the pouch itself?

Yes, my daughter tried this with a wool sling, it looked really cool, but just didn't work. It went anywhere when throwing. Sometimes ok, other times not. No consistency, so I threw it away.

Ah ok well I can definitely see that being a problem with wool. Anytime I've done macrame with it it tends to stretch horribly. I have dyneema now which has almost no stretch under slinging conditions so hopefully that will do the trick.

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