Thank you so much for the mini demo where you deconstructed the three-strand braid!! It has increased my understanding of the Turk's head by orders of magnitude. I was always thinking of it in much too complicated a manner. It makes much more sense to think of it the way you showed it, with a strand on top waving back and forth over the strand on the bottom and the third strand weaving in and out of it. Wonderful!!
Mikko-While I’ve tied multi pass Spanish Ring Knots, I’ve always had trouble remembering which way the crossings go. You’ve just made starting a SRK simple by pointing out that one strand always stays on the top. As always, I thank you for sharing your skills and insight on knot making. Donald
Those were the days...Skipper told us about 57 or so knots, hitches and splices...all of which were made with a 18 mm Sisal rope - taught in front, made behind your back - to proof you knew how to do it, even when one couldn't see what one was doing, i.e. an emergency - capsized, no light... . Forgot most of them by now, but still brings a smile to me face watching them appear in front of me. We had to make all of them with nothing more than our bare hands, and the occasional Marlin spike. Different names for most of them tho, like this one I think we call a ' Turkish hat ', or a ' hitch ' we call a ' stitch '... .
Exelente maestro muy bien explicado y que buena técnica. Gracias por compartir tu conocimiento con aquellos que buscamos y anhelamos aprender esa sabiduría ancestral. Un gran abrazo desde Colombia 🇨🇴.
Another masterpiece Mikko, thanks! I learned a lot from this, for the same reasons as given in other comments. I encountered an issue relating to the trim (navy blue in yours): i used 2.5 mm cord (smaller than the 3 mm forming the ring) and pushed it down between the 3 mm strands, causing the piece to become much smaller (circumference going from 24 to less than 19 cm). Perhaps i tightened the ring too much...? I dont think i had the trim pushed any deeper than yours. Regardless, thanks again!
Hello Mirko I am the one who asked you about making this spanish ring brazalet, and now I am delighted whatching how have you made it,!!!!!!!! Thanks a lot. I’ll try it, for sure…
Yes.. beautiful! I already knew the Spanish ring; the question is : if you have to put it and take it off your wrist, after you have adjusted the size, how do you do it? Anyway thanks for your videos... they taught me a lot!
>This makes me so relaxed to watch (must try it in real life) I find this so zen buddhism meditation friendly (delete mind chatter) soul pleasing. When can I jump on my motorbike and ride west to meet you again and talk websites and knot making? The weather is turning here in Finland you can feel the northern winds and see the nights getting considerably darker.
@@mikkosnellman just placed an order for cordage... looking on your shop fo that brass needle with flat end for threading the 3mm cord but can't see any... mistä niitä löytyy?
Are we at sea or what, fathoms, good grief, how ridiculous. The instructions or very confusing I suggest you watch other people on instruction sites and how they explain what to do.
Measurements for knotwork don´t need to be on millimeter, everyone has fathom at hand at all times. Always eager to improve, any recommendations for good sites for learning?
