[h-cost] Woven Buttons was: Monkey Claw Buttons
Whoops - I got over zealous in deleting and lost the post about which I am inquiring. Someone in response the Monkey claw buttons subject said they were weaving buttons on a loom? Can you share more about that? Thanks, Saragrace -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew T Trembley Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 3:07 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Monkey Claw Buttons On Apr 18, 2007, at 2:47 PM, Julie wrote: Apparently I have these links saved at home and not at work. There are several sites devoted to frogs, Chinese knotting. A Google search should turn it up...but look for monkey PAW rather than claw. There's another name as well...Turkish something. There are two different Monkey's Paw or Monkey's Fist knot. There's the coil-style (as found by Sharon): http://www.ropeworks.biz/archive/monkpawcoil.html It can be formed around a core (as in the link above) or without a core (as in Sharon's link), and can produce a very nice ball either way. Turk's Head knots are different. http://www.ropeworks.biz/archive/turkhed.html The basic Turk's Head is a decorative wrap or fastening, made around a cylinder. Totally not what we're looking for here. http://www.ropeworks.biz/archive/monkpaw.html The Turk's Head style Monkey Paw is formed flat and then bent over a core. It gives a different look than the coil-style monkey's paw. andy ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Woven Buttons was: Monkey Claw Buttons
I think that might have been me. I first learned how to make wrapped (woven) buttons from the Renaissance Tailor web site http://www.vertetsable.com/demos_buttons.htm but then a very nice lady taught me her method of making the same kind of button on a loom (saves the hands from aching and goes SUPER fast). I haven't found a website with the technique yet so I'll try to write up how I was taught after lunch today. This might be an interesting technique to make into a youtube demo. h I may do that at a later date. Sheree WickedFrau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Whoops - I got over zealous in deleting and lost the post about which I am inquiring. Someone in response the Monkey claw buttons subject said they were weaving buttons on a loom? Can you share more about that? Thanks, Saragrace -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew T Trembley Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 3:07 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Monkey Claw Buttons On Apr 18, 2007, at 2:47 PM, Julie wrote: Apparently I have these links saved at home and not at work. There are several sites devoted to frogs, Chinese knotting. A Google search should turn it up...but look for monkey PAW rather than claw. There's another name as well...Turkish something. There are two different Monkey's Paw or Monkey's Fist knot. There's the coil-style (as found by Sharon): It can be formed around a core (as in the link above) or without a core (as in Sharon's link), and can produce a very nice ball either way. Turk's Head knots are different. The basic Turk's Head is a decorative wrap or fastening, made around a cylinder. Totally not what we're looking for here. The Turk's Head style Monkey Paw is formed flat and then bent over a core. It gives a different look than the coil-style monkey's paw. andy ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume Life may not be the party we hoped for... but while we are here we might as well dance! - Ahhh...imagining that irresistible new car smell? Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
