Members Peter T Posted December 6, 2013 Members Report Posted December 6, 2013 G'day Everyone, Here is a 24 x 32 Plait Stockwhip I completed recently. 24 strands in the thong and 32 strands in the handle. Colours are saddle tan and whisky. Pete Quote
Members megabit Posted December 6, 2013 Members Report Posted December 6, 2013 :thumbsup: :thumbsup: WOW! That is sure some nice work. Quote
Members Leatherpownder Posted December 6, 2013 Members Report Posted December 6, 2013 Very Nice. Quote
Members bucksnort Posted December 7, 2013 Members Report Posted December 7, 2013 Nice work Pete. The patterns in your braids amaze me. Buck Quote
Members GrampaJoel Posted December 7, 2013 Members Report Posted December 7, 2013 (edited) How do you do that??? That is a beautiful piece of art! Is the black design painted on? Joel Edited December 7, 2013 by GrampaJoel Quote
Members Peter T Posted December 8, 2013 Author Members Report Posted December 8, 2013 Thanks everyone. Joel, the two colours are from two separate kangaroo hides that I cut it all out from. In this whip it was a saddle tan and a black hide (oops, just realized I said whisky in my first post). I pencil in my patterns on a grid and then write down what each strand has to do when you are plaiting it. For eg if a saddle tan strand is the next one to be plaited, i will follow the sequence I have written down for it to go through the 16 black strands. The sequence might look like U2 O2 U3 O1 U4 O2 U2 I will have all these written down before I start plaiting (For a 32 strand handle there are over 400 sequences). I then organise with my wife to look after our boys for the day, make sure I've got nothing happening the next day (so I can sleep in!) and away I go. I'll see if I can post a picture of a pattern I've drawn up when I get a chance. Hope that helps. Pete Quote
Members TXAG Posted December 8, 2013 Members Report Posted December 8, 2013 (edited) That's funny...that's the same way I notate how to tie different turkshead knots in my small notebook... I probably need to start working on plaiting different patterns once I get a little better with the turkshead knots. Edited December 8, 2013 by TXAG Quote
Members Feraud Posted December 8, 2013 Members Report Posted December 8, 2013 Sublime work, simply stunning! Quote
Members GrampaJoel Posted December 8, 2013 Members Report Posted December 8, 2013 Actually two different colored hides! Now I am more impressed! I would love to see your braid maps. So on a 32 strand handle there are over 400 sequences! You must be a genius to figure all that out. My hats off to you Sir. Joel Quote
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