Sari Ribbon creation…and a little History

(written Friday, October 14, 2011)

I had absolutely no idea what to do with Sari Ribbon when I agreed to join this Blog hop but, I did it.

This design also challenged me as I am not a fan of “pink”. I was soon called to visit a friend that wanted to show me an idea as an alternative to my current handmade cords. I just knew I had to incorporate this idea into the Sari Ribbon challenge!

So, after going through 4 different designs here is my FINAL last-minute piece… (hope you enjoy)

I do feel that I may have cheated a tad bit seeing that I did not make or “color” all the stampings myself but, that wasn’t the what the challenge was about.

Now about the Sari Ribbon section of my design.

Do you know what a Lucet is?

A Lucet is a tool used for cord making or braiding which is believed to date back to the Viking and Medieval periods. Creating strong square springy cords that were used in clothing or to hang useful items from belts back before the 12^th century and then again in the 19^th century. A Lucet is a normally made of wood. As always, my husband’s metalworking hands was able to physically create my thoughts (perhaps someone else has thought of this as well), here is our version…

 

Meat Fork from my stash of silverware, middle tine rolled back to hold the finished braided process.

I used a wide piece of the pink Sari Ribbon, cut into 3 pieces, then tied together into “tiny” knots (sewing them together would have been a better alternative). Then, I started the Sari Ribbon on our crafted Lucet and completed.

As you may have noticed, I was only able to incorporate 3 of the wooden ring beads (shown here) for the Sari Ribbon that I used in this project. A lot to learn in a short time as a tutorial for adding beads was hard to find. So, I winged it!

For more information click here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucet

For step by step instructions click here: http://kws.atlantia.sca.org.photos/lucet/
There are many YouTube Videos as well.

Oh, I almost forgot…

 

…the matching earrings! 

Thanks for hopping by. Have a blessed day!