Tutorial on loose fiber braiding basics for sling making. I had to overlay a song because there was a lot of ambient audio noise (barking dogs, clanging pans in the kitchen, and some grunting and sobbing from behind the camera).
Indeed! One can actually braid/twist with quite short fibers and make long ropes. See this video at the timestamp for a demonstration. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pO4ERyUXdYU.html
EXCELLENT tutorial!! Many slingers don't known this Balearic technique (the _empalme_ or adding fibres). It is essential to braid a quality sling. By the way, you can also do this with polypropylene twine. In many cases, the twine is also twisted, so you can make it into thin fibres. Cheers!!
Very true! Archaic Arms has made a number of high quality Balearic slings with fibers like polypropylene and polysteel. I never have personally. I hear they work very well
If you still need fibre a year later, you can cut sisal twine into segments maybe a cubit each in length and soak them in water! That will loosen the twist enough to allow for ease of breaking down further into fibre. I definitely recommend it compared to working with just twine; material addition and subtraction is a breeze, and the only thing stopping your sling's length is the amount of fibre you have collected!
