Members Ecapone Posted September 21, 2011 Members Report Posted September 21, 2011 Hello everyone I am new in this forum. My name is Enrique and I have been braiding rawhide for at least 28 years. I was born in Argentina where I learnt most of my techniques. I just finish this "Cattle Counter" a few days ago. A Cattle Counter has 10 sliding beads so it can be used as an abacus. Normally the 10 beads are identical but in this case it has 10 different beads so it is a sampler. I hope you like it. Cheers, Enrique Quote
Members Aggiebraider Posted September 21, 2011 Members Report Posted September 21, 2011 Welcome Enrique! Glad to see someone bring a bit more gaucho work to the site. On the edge lacing on the straps, how many strands did you use? Ive been trying to figure out a way to do something that has an over 2 under 2 pattern for edge lacing that would look like what you did. By the way, you did an excellent job on this, looks really clean. Have a good one, CW Quote
Members megabit Posted September 21, 2011 Members Report Posted September 21, 2011 Welcome and verry nice work! Quote
Members KnotHead Posted September 21, 2011 Members Report Posted September 21, 2011 Welcome aboard Enrique. Nice to see you here. LW here is a very fine braider and he has a couple of books he has published. Just thought you all should know. I have one of his books called braided boarders. Excellent book and very informative and easy to follow. B... Quote Best Regards, Brian Kidd
Members Nod4Eight Posted September 21, 2011 Members Report Posted September 21, 2011 Welcome Enrique. Beautiful work, I like the "sampler" of beads - quite a variety. Quote
Members Ecapone Posted September 21, 2011 Author Members Report Posted September 21, 2011 Welcome Enrique! Glad to see someone bring a bit more gaucho work to the site. On the edge lacing on the straps, how many strands did you use? Ive been trying to figure out a way to do something that has an over 2 under 2 pattern for edge lacing that would look like what you did. By the way, you did an excellent job on this, looks really clean. Have a good one, CW CW, This braided borders are made with only one strand. There are some variations on how to do it. I self learn this so I didn't know any name for it. Later I found that in my country everybody know them as the Sewing from 1 to 7. The way to do it is easy. You go from hole number 1 to the hole number 7 over the border. Then you come back over the border again but this time you enter on hole number 2. From hole nunber 2 you have to go to the number 8, then from 8 to 3, then from 3 to 9, etc. As you go forward, you have to braid with the strands you find. The patern will be: when you go forward you pass over one, under 2 over 2 and then over the border to enter in the next free hole. Coming back you go: Over the edge and then over two, under two and over one. There is an easier one called from 1 to 5. I wrote a book about it as it was mentioned by one of the members. It is called "Braided Borders" Let me know if my explanation was not clear. Cheers, Enrique Thanks everybody for the warm welcome. Enrique Quote
electrathon Posted September 21, 2011 Report Posted September 21, 2011 I wrote a book about it as it was mentioned by one of the members. It is called "Braided Borders" I have that book! Bought it a couple years ago on Ebay. Your work is stunning. Aaron Quote
King's X Posted September 21, 2011 Report Posted September 21, 2011 Enrique Welcome to the forum! Quote Greetings from Central Texas! The Grain Side Up blog #TheGrainSideUp
Members benlilly1 Posted September 22, 2011 Members Report Posted September 22, 2011 Ooo la la! Excellent work! Quote
Contributing Member TwinOaks Posted September 22, 2011 Contributing Member Report Posted September 22, 2011 Bienvenidos, Enrique! ¡Somos felices de tenerle aquí con nosotros! Usted hace un cierto trabajo asombroso! That braided edge, as explained , sounds like a lengthened version of the "Mexican basket weave" border. Quote Mike DeLoach Esse Quam Videri (Be rather than Seem) "Don't learn the tricks of the trade.....Learn the trade." "Teach what you know......Learn what you don't." LEATHER ARTISAN'S DIGITAL GUILD on Facebook.
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