Speaking about Finger looping don’t forget Margareten Spitze.
Ilske
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I dont know that much about finger-loop braiding. There was a reference in (I
think) Piecework maybe around 2000. Kumihimo books also make reference. I have
a feeling it may be Chinese in origindone by the monks to make red tape to
tie up scrolls and documents.
Cynthia
On Apr 6, 2018, at
; DevonThein; Arachne reply; Jean Leader
Subject: Re: [lace] Finger looping
H Bev,
Slentre braid sounds exactly like the 5 loop braid which was the first
finger-looped braid I learned.
Did you know that by picking up the loop that is transferred from one hand
to the other in different ways - eg
H Bev,
Slentre braid sounds exactly like the 5 loop braid which was the first
finger-looped braid I learned.
Did you know that by picking up the loop that is transferred from one hand
to the other in different ways - eg by changing whether you catch the top
or the bottom thread of the loop - you
Hello Gillian and everyone
I am reminded of "Slentre Braid" which is made of 5 doubled threads,
anchored at one end, looped at the other. Briefly, two fingers of one hand,
three of the other hook into the loops where a weaving motion takes place,
one loop through another. The result is a
I have had fun playing with simple finger looping in the past, but have not
dabbled in the more complex 'recipes' so I am in no position to say for
sure whether or not those braids are finger looping and the patterns do not
appear in either of the books I have. Jean has done far more finger
Gil and Jean, please correct me if you know differently, but I do not
believe this is loop braiding. I do not recognize the interlacing or color
configurations as possible with orthodox braids from this technique.
Kim
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I've indulged Devon (grin!) and uploaded her photos to a "Devon Thein -
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Gil says <>
This reminds me that I was at a show at the Morgan Library not long ago where
there were some 14th century Indulgences on display. These were the things
you could buy in the medieval world in order to shorten your time in
Purgatory. There were some braids on them that I thought might
