The Big Book of Sling and Rope Braids: Patterns for Over 250 Braids

Rodrick Owen

ISBN 10: 0304348252 / ISBN 13: 9780304348251

Published by London: Cassell, 1996

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Condition Notes: Wrapper price clipped. Previous owners' name to the half-title page. The contents complete, clean and tight otherwise; Paperback; Measures 11" x 8½" (1.1 kg); pp 159; Index; Includes: List of suppliers; Sewing patterns; Sketches; Further reading list; Colour photographs, within the text with some full page; References; Appendix; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #203844 ||.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Big Book of Sling and Rope Braids: Patterns for Over 250 Braids
• Publisher: London: Cassell
• Publication Date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0304348252
• ISBN 13: 9780304348251
• Binding: Paperback (No Dust Wrapper.)
• Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Crafts, Hobbies & Pastimes Embroidery

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Synopsis

This work explains the ancient art of rope braiding in straighforward, step-by-step instructions and illustrations. It looks at two families of braids - Peruvian, traditionally used as slings for hunting or in war, and Japanese braids, known as "kumihimo". More than 50 different braid designs incorporate over 250 patterns. The equipment used to make the braids in this book ranges from small slotted boards to the traditional Japanese braiding stool, the "maru dai". Flat, round, square and hollow braids are shown, and instruction progresses from the most simple four-strand design through to eight- and 16-strand examples, building on skills learned at the beginning.