OA Pocket Dangles

This isn't much of a post. These are OA Vigil (far left) and Brotherhood pocket dangles. They're done in 15/0 seed beads using button hole thread for both warp and weft. More interesting posts would be on designing the pattern and making the loom I beaded them on. Maybe next week...

These are the same pattern and beads but using overlock thread for both warp and weft. Notice the size difference.

I've currently got the loom warped with general purpose thread, the resulting dangles are somewhere between these two. I think I'll try next with the button hole thread as warp and general purpose "dual-duty" as the weft.

Some topics that will likely show up on this blog (in no particular order):

• Scouting BSA
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• Marlin Spike Seamanship
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Marlinspike Seamanship - Fancy Knotwork

Some of Today's Passing Fancy:

It's a bracelet, just in case you couldn't guess. I'll try to remember to include something to give scale, in future pictures. The catch loop is a "regular" three strand plait or braid. When middled it gives six strands to go on with. Next is a four strand, two pass, foot rope knot, ("But wait!" you say, "that is only four strands, don't you have six to work with?" And I reply, "Yes, a strand from each side is left down the middle of the knot.) The main length is a six strand, half round sennit. The finial or catch is a six strand star knot. This is all done in natural color, #18 cotton twine I bought at Alred's Ace Hardware in Pleasant Grove, UT.

I'll be posting variations on this basic theme, using different knots and plaits and materials.