May 4, 2016 · Viking whipcording (or interlocking, slyngyng, or even spoon tossing) is a fun, fast, and easy way of braiding cords to make bigger, stronger, and more decorative cords. It uses four weighted bobbins to maintain tension on cords that are anchored to …

'Viking' whipcord braiding, also called interlocking, 'spoon tossing' (Thies, 2006) 'combat braiding' (Livinghistory.co.uk), 'slyngyng' (Soper Lane) and possibly 'slyngva-støkkva' (Livinghistory.co.uk). It is a technique for making cords quickly, using bobbins.

bobbins during the Viking age or medieval periods. This does not appear to have stopped people from giving this technique the name of 'Viking whipcording,' and at least two museums focusing on Viking-age history include it in their displays.iv It also makes for an attractive braid to edge seams with (even if the garments

May 4, 2016 · Most people in the SCA are familiar with the cords that can be produced through fingerweaving and lucet work, but there is a less commonly known type of braiding that may have been used in Scandinavia during the medieval period. This is called either whipcordingor interlocking and uses four strands and four bobbins to produce a round cord.

Two helpers demonstrate a basic Viking whipcord braiding technique. Weighted bobbins are swung from person to person, creating (in this case) a simple square...

Nov 1, 2018 · While this can be done with two people (tie the cord to a ceiling point, pass bobbins across the space to each other), Kolfinna taught me this one-person method. The key phrase is “Under Two, Around the Middle” and the moving bobbin will alternately be the left-most or right-most bobbin. I hope these photos help you learn this method.

The vikings devised a way to use heavy bobbins to control the ends of the thread. The beginning of the cord is attached overhead firmly, and the bobbins are manipulated to form the cord, while the weight of the bobbins controls the threads and keeps tension.

Oct 30, 2016 · My standard pass sequence for asterisk patterns is 2-5, 3-6, 1-4. This brings your passes around in a continuous circle. When you change it to 2-5, 3-6, 1-4, 3-6, like a see-saw, you get a flattened cord. The extra 3-6 pass squishes the …

Step 1: The wooden toothpicks/matchsticks are not required, but they do strengthen the finished bobbin, and help line things up for assembly. If you are going to use them, first check them for fit by inserting into the guide holes in the candlestick and the large ball, and then trim until the parts fit flush when assembled).

Viking Whip Cording (engl.) Ich habe auch schon andere Bezeichnungen für das Tundeln innerhalb Deutschland gehört. Das macht es auch schwierig zu wissen, welche Technik nun gemeint ist. Wann diese Technik erfunden wurde, ist nicht mehr eindeutig zu klären. Aber ein paar interessante Fakten gibt es dennoch: