Putting the "Bang" on a Leash
We’re slowly by surely getting our gear together for the upcoming School of the Renaissance Solder (April 17th - 19th at Camp Tamarancho). Since the powderflasks are here and are ready to get finished, I need to start formulating my plan for their cording. I am gathering a few images together from the various sources I have found to try and get an idea of what cording style I should use.
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This tag is for the two preceding above images:
I have no idea if the cord on this early 17th C horn is original or not. If it is, perhaps it shows that these cords were sometime flat braided? Or maybe the cord was simply braided differently in this section, making it flat. I believe this can be done with fingerloop and a couple of other styles:
And before you think it, no...we don't want *this* many tassles. Just a couple of smaller ones and perhaps one for use as a vent brush...
I can fingerloop, lucet and card-weave: However, I am not sure that the cords in the images above were produced with any of these methods - at least I have never managed to make a cord of that size, using thread/yarn elements that small. The cords made via Kumihimo seem to look more like the ones in the images, but what technique did Europeans use at this point in time that produced a cord of such thickness?
My initial thought is that I should card-weave a band about 1” - 1.5”, I could then stitch it into a cord (either around a core of an alternate material or not). This would leave me plenty of ‘tail strands’ to make the various fringe and tassel hangers that the images show. Then again, almost any cord weaving technique using multiple strands will do the same.
Anyone out there have any suggested techniques?
Of course, once I am done with this cording I will be starting on cording for the cartridges...