Link sharing for those who would like to know where I get my ideas for the tassels and cords I am working on for the Cloak Project:

Tassels:

There are dozens of sites out there on how to do these. My current favorite is from Racaire on her website here. When it comes to methods for finishing tassels (ie. making them purty) there are a number of ( Read more... )

So I have been messing about *a lot* with fingerloop braiding. Honestly, once you get started with this stuff, it is sort of an obsession. I have gone through every pattern available for one person on this site and have totally fallen in love with the chevron pattern:

1) It's Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy!;
2) It goes super fast (unlike this beast - which ( Read more... )

( *Haaa haaa!* Made you look! )

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 ( Read more... )

OK, I have a few techniques I am planning on testing out and I am going to document them here for others who might find them interesting. They have to do with the making, binding and filling (use) of point holes for the 16th century.

The scope of the project should be worked out before the first weekend in April (when I plan on my husband using his ( Read more... )