Jute strap

[smo]

I finally stayed out of the woods long enough too get something done....

The strap measures 5’ knot too knot X 2” wide .

Finger woven out of jute twine.

 

[Carbon 6]

Works for me.

 

[Mad Irish Jack]

Looks good smo. I did several finger weave projects when I was in my early 40's. It's tedious, but rewarding. I gave mine to my family my family members. My daughter now has them. The whole key is getting the tension right through the whole strap. your look great.

 

[Ames]

Looks good! Wish I had the patience for it.

 

[smo]

Thanks Guys

 

[Grenadier1758]

You have made a good looking strap. You did a great job keeping those diagonals even.

 

[Brokennock]

Looks good. How long did it take? I think it would have taken me several days.

 

[smo]

This one is only my second one,so I’m still in the learning curve.....

It took around 6 hours, give or take a minute or two.

My hands & fingers were actually functioning like they should for a change.

Thanks for all the nice comments.

 

[JeffG]

Looks good!

 

[centershot]

FINGER WOVEN!!!! Oh my, when I first looked at that I thought to myself "I gotta' get my loom built!", but, FINGER WOVEN........Wow!

 

[BillinOregon]

What Centershot said. I tried finger weaving a couple of times, and ended up saying so many awful words that I gave it up to save my soul.

 

[Grenadier1758]

I like the variations you can get from finger weaving. Loom weaving is much faster.

Finger weaving the diamonds was about an hour a diamond. The Blue and white hemp strap took about 2 hours total. Admittedly it was a simple table loom so I didn't have much in the way of variables to add to the loomed strap.

You can see that it is relatively easy to weave in a loop for attachment to the horn without having a bulky knot. I don't know if it is documentable, but it does work for me.

 

[smo]

Good looking straps.
Nice work
How long are the diamonds?
1 foot?

 

[Grenadier1758]

The diamonds are 5 1/2" Actual size of the diamonds would be dependent on the number of strands used. I used 24 strands of wool yarn and 4 colors. The colors went from lightest in the center to darkest on the outer edge.

 

[smo]

Thanks , they looked larger it’s first photo

Great looking straps, does the wool stretch much?

 

[Grenadier1758]

No, the weave keeps the strap from stretching.

 

[PineyCreek]

Nice job! I have made several straps and slings from jute on an Inkle Loom. Nothing like the diamonds though.

 

[Cowboy]

Looks great smo!

When ever we can finally get together, maybe you could teach me how to make one?

Respectfully, Cowboy

 

[smo]

Will do Brother, I hope to see you at the Frolic!