weaving around hiking sticks?

[Globetrotter.uk]

Please can someone recommend a website with instructions to weave cord around sticks etc

[scanker]

Here's a start: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turks_head_knot

[clcuckow]

Or you could try French wipping

http://www.backpacking.net/makegear/hiking-staff/index.html
http://marinews.com/French-Whipping-532.php

Or how about starting off with a Turks Head then continuing down with French Whipping and finishing off with another Turks Head.

[Ben Trout]

I have nearly finished a walking stave with a French Whipping grip on it. Another related option is Cockscombing (or Ringbolt hitching);

Cockscombing (http://marinews.com/Cockscombing-622.php)

Thanks clcuckow, think that's a site I'll visit again!

Both can be tied with a number of differently coloured cords for a nice effect. Both are basically a series of half hitches. In the French whipping, all in the same direction giving a spiral pattern. With Cockscombing the half hitches are in alternate directions giving a plaited pattern.

With my stave I used three shades of Leather thong. As I went along I brushed PVA glue onto the wood before tying the leather down. When I got close to the end I laid three loops of thread under the wrapping. Once I got to the end I used the threads to pull the ends of the leather underneath the wrapping. It seems to be good and solid.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/bentrout/SANY0043-1.jpg

Some other options.

West country whipping;

West Country Whipping (http://marinews.com/West-Country-Whipping-629.php)

Common whipping. The marinews entry is not what I recognise. As concisely as I can manage: Form a loop with one leg a bit longer than you want the grip, the other with lots. Lay the loop where you want the grip and pointing upwards. Wind the long leg round and round the stave, with 50 or so mm of the short leg out the bottom. Keep the winds snug against on another and continue up as far as you want the grip. Take the end through the bit of loop at the top. Pull the bottom end gently through until the loop has disappeared underneath the grip. Trim the ends.

Hope that makes some sense

Portuguese Sennit;

Portuguese Sennit (http://home.hccnet.nl/m.pieters/images/spiraal_platting/spiraal.gif)

Have fun!

[tiggerhawktrainer]

hi people i have some whittaill antlers and some moose antler and i m planing on making a pick/hawking stick and wondering wot the best way of ataching the antler the the stick or a web site that show u haw to do it

[Mesquite]

hi people i have some whittaill antlers and some moose antler and i m planing on making a pick/hawking stick and wondering wot the best way of ataching the antler the the stick or a web site that show u haw to do it

Try this site
http://www.scottishwalkingsticks.com/

or this forum
http://www.thestickman.co.uk/forum/

[tiggerhawktrainer]

chears mate

[weaver]

You do realize that none of that is weaving, right?