[craftcollective] Knots: What Every Gatherer Should Know

[Erica Ritter]

I'd love to make moccasins, where and what time?
How much material do I need?
I have a little bit of heavy commercial leather, and itty-tiny scraps, so I
might have to watch and learn for another time.  I s'pose I could always do
the soles with y'all, and then knit the uppers like my folks' favorite
slippers.

If anyone wants to learn leather carving (the kind used on Old Western
saddles & cowboy gear), I learned it in 4-H.  I have the basic tools, dyes,
and scraps to practice on.  It's more suitable for stiff things like
wallets, belts, and armor than for soft-fitting shoes, tho.  It works on
vegetable and sometimes chrome tanned, not so much on brain-tanned or boiled
leather. (you have to get the leather wet again to work on it, then dry it
out before final dying and finishing.)

Yours,
Erica

On 10/18/07, Val Stricklin <stricklin4337 at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Hi Erica,   I'm sad that I'll miss Ernie's knots.  I didn't retain the
> excellent lesson I got about the trucker's hitch, when I borrowed your fruit
> ladder  (I'm definitely one who must learn through repetition.)  My Monday
> night kids' book illustration class conflicts, but there are only 4 more
> weeks, so I otta be able to get in on the basketry night Nov 26th.
>   Are you gonna make moccasins with us on Sunday?
> Love Val
>
>
>
>  On Oct 18, 2007, at 4:51 AM, Erica Ritter wrote:
>
>  Knotting ... netting ... knitting...
>
> If you're not on the ancestralways list, you might want to know:
> Ernie is teaching knotwork at Cascadia Wild on Monday night.  Very useful
> skills for all kinds of crafts.  You might be particularly interested
> in decorative knots that make good buttons, or "frogs," for closing garments
> and bags.  If you want to ask him about details, he's at
> eawisner at gmail.com.
>
> Practical Knots for Impractical Situations
> Monday, October 22nd
> 7-9 pm
> Cascadia Wild!
> 3945 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
> 503-235-9533
> www.cascadiawild.org
>
> Coming sooner than you think:
> BYO Basketry workshop
> the Monday after Thanksgiving -- that's November 26th, 7-9pm, at Cascadia
> Wild.
> I'll bring harakeke techniques from New Zealand (a great way to use that
> spiky decorative plant that's been popping up all over Portland in recent
> years.)  Another basketmaker's bringing ivy baskets; another, cordage.
> What would you like to bring?
> If you don't care for baskets, you're welcome to bring another textile
> project and treat it as a craft night.  Bring a finished basket for us to
> reverse-engineer.  Or bring some creative, raw material to play with:
> flexible twigs, vines, twine, yarn, paper, etc.
> Take-home instructions will be provided for novices, with basic how-to's
> of coiled, twined, and woven basketry.
>
> Yours,
> Erica Ritter
>
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