Jim Upton
Registered: March 2005
Location: Huntington Beach, CA
Posts: 449
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Wed November 23, 2005 9:14pm
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What did you use to hold it in place as you went along? It really makes an interesting embelishment.
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Jim Kastorff
Registered: March 2005
Location: San Diego
Posts: 127
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Wed November 23, 2005 9:19pm
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I think he's been smoking those funny little cigarettes you hand roll.lol
I also want to know how the thread is stuck on!!!
Very unique.
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Tom Kirkman
Registered: March 2005
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 1,805
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Wed November 23, 2005 9:19pm
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I tried several things and haven't yet decided which is the best. Color preserver works as good as anything. Now that I have an idea that I can do it, I plan to do a much more intricate one. I'm working on a signature now and will see how that comes out.
It's a simple wrap but it's somewhat time consuming the way I did it. It'll get easier as a I do a few more. I think I can combine more threads, although a single thread like this, in an endless loop (don't ask me to explain that) could be wound more tightly to make the thing a bit "busier." I think there are a lot of possible variations that could be done with this technique.
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Mike Barkley
Registered: March 2005
Location: Southgate, Michigan
Posts: 1,141
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Wed November 23, 2005 10:38pm
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Now that is cool!!! Love it! What possibilities. "marble" with thread!!!!!
Mike
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Mike Barkley
Registered: March 2005
Location: Southgate, Michigan
Posts: 1,141
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Wed November 23, 2005 10:40pm
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How did you make it endless? Run the 2 ends together??
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Tom Kirkman
Registered: March 2005
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 1,805
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Wed November 23, 2005 10:55pm
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You start the same way you would do a single thread inlay - stick a tag end under your underwrap thread and also a tie off loop at the same spot where the thread exits the underwrap. You work the pattern or whatever around so that you end where you finish. Pull the thread back through and you're done. This keeps you from having to use the standard tie off wraps found on most cross-wraps.
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stan mclean
Registered: September 2005
Location: MA
Posts: 340
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Wed November 23, 2005 11:57pm
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it makes for some interesting ideas. i like it:)
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Dennis Papike
Registered: March 2005
Location: Palo Cedro
Posts: 67
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Thu November 24, 2005 12:18am
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That's very cool!!! lots of possibilities.
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Jim Rippe
Registered: March 2005
Location: Hammond, Indiana
Posts: 637
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Thu November 24, 2005 12:40am
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Really nice! Love it!
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Michael Joyce
Registered: March 2005
Location: Central MA
Posts: 1,540
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Thu November 24, 2005 6:40am
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Thats something you don't see everyday...like you said "lots of possibilities" a signature being one of them....where can I purchase the pattern? lol.
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James Labanowski
Registered: March 2005
Location: Oxnard, California
Posts: 2,083
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Thu November 24, 2005 10:46am
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Now I know what to do with all the left over thread I have left over from my weaves. There was some experimentation with this type of thing quite a few years ago but never caught on much out here. Also combined with threads ducking in and out of the under wrap. Loops would be inserted at different points along the under wrap to pull threads through.
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admin
Registered: February 2005
Posts: 89
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Thu November 24, 2005 12:00pm
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I can see why it didn't catch on. It's a simple wrap but somewhat hard to do. Thread doesn't really like to bend or conform the way you might expect.
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Tom Kirkman
Registered: March 2005
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 1,805
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Thu November 24, 2005 2:41pm
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I did a multi-layer version this afternoon - with a coat of finish between layers of thread. This is going to be interesting.
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Italo Busi
Registered: August 2005
Location: Roma Italy
Posts: 596
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Thu November 24, 2005 6:08pm
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Tom, it is very clean and cool !!
What do you think if I try to do it also with different color threads and / or metallic threads ?
Ciao Italo
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Bill Stevens
Registered: April 2005
Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Posts: 720
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Thu November 24, 2005 6:58pm
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Could it be that one of the most orderly people in the universe has found a need to display Chaos in an orderly manner? I hope he does not show up in Charlotte with a piece of his ear missing! This weave does not meet the criteria of "simulated" - it is the real deal.
Gon Fishn
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