Knotting a Basketball
Date: 2021-05-17
Knotting a Basketball
Date: 2021-05-02
Bicycle Chain Armbands
Up-cycling bicycle chain as bead in macramé armbands
Date: 2021-04-14
Climbing Rope Knife
Another way to embed soft material in a SAK handle: encapsulating epoxy
Date: 2021-04-12
Climbing rope rug
Paillasson (ou tapis) en vieille corde de grimpe
Rug or door mats (you name it) from a retired climbing rope
Date: 2021-03-21
Reclaimed Climbing Rope Bel
From the ropes to the belt
Date: 2021-03-14
Wire Snail
Metalic wire wrapping of a boulder. Not show on the video: I put some hot-glue under the snail to ensure stability and prevent scratching the surface it will rest on.
Date: 2021-01-31
Macramé Snowflake
Quite simple work but good looking result. I used waxed cords which can be burn to end them.
Date: 2021-01-10
Alpine Pattern Knife
Inspired by Michael Alm's video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJCWEfvT_wU
Date: 2021-01-03
Epoxy resin and spalted wood SAK scales
Playing with resin.
Date: 2021-01-03
Macramé / Alpha Pattern Necklace with Wrapped Stone
Yet another use of alpha pattern in a macramé project.
Date: 2020-12-28
Knotted SAK
Côtes de couteau suisse en macramé et raisine.
SAK scales from a knotted normal pattern and resin
Date: 2020-12-05
Normal Pattern Swiss Knife Pocket
This is more an illustration than a "how to" make a pocket out of normal patterns bracelets...
Date: 2020-11-11
Macrame? Triangle Start/End for Alpha
Mixed with the macramé borders video and depending if you remove or not a centre string, the video allows you to make a nice start for 5 to 10 string alpha patterns. Also, if you do not have a bead, just knot a string with a different colour and leave the end behind.
Date: 2020-10-20
Macrame Alpha fusion
How to add macramé borders to an alpha pattern (3 different examples)
Date: 2020-10-19
Alpha Pattern Bracelet Macrame Leaf Start
How to make a leaf for starting an alpha pattern bracelet
Date: 2020-10-10
Braid in bracelet
How to create a braid within a bracelet
Date: 2020-09-30
Alpha pattern Finger Doll
How to make a finger doll from an alpha pattern
Date: 2020-09-04
The Old Chair
Cleaning of an old chair + up-cycling of a climbing rope
Date: 2020-06-21
Hardwood Braiding Pattern custom SAK (SWIZA) scales
End to end making of:
- Initial drawing,
- cutting and adjusting the wood,
- gluing the wood,
- splitting the wood block,
- cutting to size,
- making pocket for everything protruding from the knife,
- making the push button,
- shaping the scales
- sanding
- finishing
- gluing
- finished knife
The knife was bought in a local store, wood from (old) sampler:
- bubinga wood
- pear wood
- beech wood
Date: 2020-05-31
Covid19 wind-Chimes
Since few weeks I am confined with few tools, no real workshop and no way to buy supply. My only available power tool is a drill.
I had few wood rods so I decide to create a virus out of it using my drill as a lathe. I went for a dodecahedron (as regular as possible) with 20 mushroom-like corner pieces to figure the protein.
I first wanted to connect the different pieces using elastic string, however the one I had from my sewing kit where to weak. So I glued everything using string to maintain the pieces while the glue cured.
Once the virus was done I found in my basement an aluminium tube juste below 2m long and decide to use it for creating chimes. I have found a spread-sheet computing tube length on Lee Hite's site (http://leehite.org/Chimes.htm) works perfectly!
Date: 2020-04-04
Plywood stars pattern custom SAK (SWIZA) handle
The video shows:
- the gluing of the plywood pieces to create a star pattern
- cutting the result wood block
- some pictures of the shaping and the completed knife
Music: Some personal experiment
Date: 2020-02-29
Croix de Charpentier
Réalisation d'une croix de charpentier
Date: 2016-01-08