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... i told her size doesnt matter but she didn`t listen... crow

thanks everybody, no roo, cow i quess, veg tanned and colored myself. PS. my girlfriend came home today and said the long pineapple is too big, so after finishing it yesterday evening i cut it off today in the morning. cant fight women ) crow

hi guys, did some braiding. And once again my selfphone camera eats all the colors. try to imagine the true colors are nice bright red and dark black. and here is also an old useless saddle i tried stamping on for very first time a month ago. Probably im the only stupid here who stamped right on the ready made saddle. Just didn`t have thick leather around and i was so excited to try. all the best crow

KAW excellent work! Hopefully someday catch you up. Would be nice if one whos starting a new project takes pics of progress and post as tutorial. Imagine how many tutorials we could have and how much we could learn...just dreaming. crow

congrats. Entiendo i think this knot by rawhide1 is the 4 turn knot. It is also in Gails book, where she explaines how to expand the knots, 2 X in front and 1 in back. check the link below, this is 3 turn knot http://www.khww.net/readarticle.php?article_id=47 and thanks guys for kind words crow

finally finished. Started all over again 4-5 times to be satisfied. The black and red color have a nice bright tone, but selfphone`s camera does its work. crow

well, Sorry guys for this long confusing thread, i should have waited for my books instead of tortureing you here. Got my GH books set today. I`m truely impressed of the clarity of explanations. All the books are even handsigned by autor. I guess i`m a better braider now just having these books crow

started all over again, the first one was too tight in narrow places, too wide strings i guess. The second one one the pics is too loose, too much open space. Its 6 bight. Should i increase the bights or redo with wider lace, what you think. As you see there are lots of places with different width. Your suggestions how would you cover it are warmly welcome. I`d like to keep the lace quite narrow, maybe 2mm. RIght now it is 6 bight, do you think adding bights, 8bights for example, will loose gaps in narrow part? I m going to fill the wide part later with o3 or o4 if 3 is not enough. crow

Thanks once again Mike, i got it this time. "split where you can" was all i needed to know. all the best crow

...i just can`t end this thread... I increase it to 6 bight but now i`m strugling with o2 interwave. As i understand basicly going up follow the string left, down follow the string right, am i right? Fisrt 2 turns up and down under the cross. then i just follow the left and right string. If it is going under 2 to i just follow under 2 right? top and bottom will be u3 from this point. Now if take a look at Grants book the instructions of small PA, somehwere it starts like o2 u1 o1 u1 o1 u3 , then if my knot is longer should i go like o2 u2 o1 u1 etc. What i mean is that should i increase this formula someway for long pineapple. For more explanation: Grants book: o1, u1 etc o2 u1 o1 etc o2 u2 o1 etc o2 u2 o2 u2 o1 etc and last is all the way o2 u2 etc How should i change this formula for my purpose? hopfully this question wasn`t more difficult to understand than answer itself thanks in advance

Mike , i did it. thanks man. Hopefully lots of other people get some help from this thread too. crow

Mike`, Thank you so far helping me out, i think im almost done, some last questions. turn up red string u1o1u1o1u1turn going over two down u1o2u1o2u1 turn o2 green string going up u1o2u1o2u1o1 turn down u1o1u1o1u1o1u1o1u1o1u1o1 turn u1 n As you see on the pic i`m on the o1 (the bold letters) with working end. Now i cant find where to go u1. crow

Thanks Mike for finding time to take these pics. I almost got it but still have some confuson in some places "2nd pass going up. purple string wrap around again when you get to the top go o1,down turn and go u1o1u1o1u1(standing end)o1" - I`m going over every lace anyway why this o1 before turn then? I also found this thread in knot heads forum http://www.khww.net/readarticle.php?article_id=53 Isn`t it the same with 3 bights? Then is the sequence of adding bights to 2 turn PA different then on 1 turn? crow

Alan, Ive been trying this all night now but no sucess. Did i get it right: i start as short PA but make 2 turns around mandrel instead of 1. Then i go around the top and come down making 2 turns again without going under.There will form 2crosses in the front and 1 in the back, is it correct? then going up again with 2 turns but cant figure out what is the o/u sequence there. Should i just go all the way to the top no passing under? Ive tried different set ups but i end up with parallels which i cant get out. thanks crow

yep , i know that there are instruction, just can`t wait until they are here and thought maybe and just maybe somebody is so kind to tie an little knot and take some pics. No use of useing your selling skills on me :-)), already fell in that net and ordered the books. Have been peeking them in internet since last autumn and hesitated because of the price but finally ordered last week. Cant wait them to be here. And have to say, living in europe is kind of expencive, paied 40$ just for shipping, ouch. For my sake, hope that it does not turn out that there was a possibility to order them in europe for much less cost If somebody does know such a place in europe, please, dont tell me!!Dont ruin my day crow

thanks Alan and the others. Can´t say i figured it out. Atleast i got that lenght depends on number of turns. If there was somebody who have time to take pics of making 2 turn 4 bights (adding bights later, shouldnt be difficult). I`ve used to make knots on mandrel, but i was thinking of it earlier that i may use mandrel only for foundation and add bights on an item, so thanks for confirming my idea. best regards Crow

Hi braiders, have a question, probably easy for you but hard enough for me. Learned a new trick (finally)how to increase bights, not much to show off but so far i`ve just used 6 bight knot everywhere. I`m trying to cover my awl with pineapple. It is about 3" long. But i`ve no idea how to increase lenght of knot. It increased a bit adding bights but how many bights you add anyway, it is going to bundle in the ends. Do you guys make the basic turks head right on the item you want to cover, tighten and then just see how many bights and interwaves need to be added or is there another way? Just took a look on Rawhides 12 plait reins (fantastic job by the way), and i don`t understand how these long nots are narrowed on one end and wider on the other. Maybe i`ll find answer in GH books i ordered, but it takes 2 weeks to receive, can`t wait that long any help appriciated crow

i find no point making a new topic about my question, i`d like to know how do you braid just one single zic-zac in the middle of the pineapple knot. I have o/u 3 for now and now i`d want to add different color in the middle, what is the sequence top and bottom? thanks in advance crow

thanks everyone, decided for http://www.ubraidit.com/ beacause i also wanted D.W. Morgans "braiding fine leather" and some laceing needles. And i calculated that if order the books from two different places i have to pay twice for shipping and after all it makes about the same in price. best regards Crow

good to know. Here is nothing to do with my age but the fact that i`m on the other side of ocean and may not know these companys. Thank you for your reply. crow

thanks for your kind replys so far, i`ve done some homework on this, and ofcourse found also hought.com site. And somehow i feel buying from there more secure than trust somebody who can sell the same item for half a price. But still, i wonder if there is somebody out there who has bought from macphersonleather.com and can ensure that this is not freud. I`ll wait for some more replys here before i make decision. crow

hi guys, please share some advice, i want to purchase set of GH books. What site do you recommend? How come that most of the sites i found sell around 50$ per book but on one site (http://www.macphersonleather.com/bbbasicsrevised.htm) they ask 35$ per book, kind of strange. I sent email them in the morning and asked a question about the price but no reply so far. crow

i finally took out my rawhide (i made last year) from the cellar to give rawhide braiding a try, but it stinks kind of bad, something between of dead rat and dried fish. . The cellar was dry and heated, no moisture. how about you guys? is it normal? crow

...finished it tuesday late in the evening and next morning my friend wanted to use it on one of her horses in showjumping competition. As you see this is the first place rosette. ...