New To Braiding

[megabit]

I think it mostly depends on the dog. Mine has eaten a scarf slide or two but never bothers his leash. Then again it generally gets put up when not in use.

[KnotHead]

Hi and welcome to LW.

Well here's a few things I've learned over the years braiding and knot tying.

• Once you start braiding, you'll get hooked to it like a drug user and when you get past the learning curve, IT'S over for you. It does not matter what material you use either.
• I spent my first 2yrs braiding with calf lace bought from Tandy before I bought kangaroo lace from Tandy. Then I met my braiding mentor Mike Storch and he introduced me to buying lace from him. To say the best that I can about what happened after I got my first tamale of lace from his hand cut stock, " WOW! " Once I discovered cutting my own lace, I never went back to anything else.
• Prepare your self for investment into the tools, books and materials later on. That's all there is to it.
• Prepare your self to burn a lot of midnight oils and sometimes till the wee hours of the morning.
• Practice, Practice, Practice and when you think you're done, Practice some more.
• *** Buy yourself a very large note book. This is for keeping a journal. This is very, very important. *** You'll learn to keep a journal of your projects and the different braids you learn. What's most important about this part is, you'll be able to record your mistakes, likes and dislikes for the different aspects of your braiding.
• And second most important, develop a love for this craft and the learning wont be as intimidating, or as rough as you may or may not see it now.
• And third most important, HAVE FUN MORE THAN ANYTHING with this art and craft.
• Fourth, ask questions. Don't be bashful either. You'll find that with the combined braiders here that we have more than 150yrs of experience combined. (Yep, that's probably a modest estimate). LOL...

When you think that your interest in the craft has gone well into the art of the craft, let us know. We here on LW will more than glad to point you to suppliers, and resources for just about any of the material you will need. We will be here, although it may take a few of us a few days to get to your posted question for the reason that we all are in our own parts of the world and into our own projects as well.

I hope that this little bit of advice will help you and others as well.

B...