10-07-2011, 10:40 PM
I got better as I went (we all do, don't we) and the next will execute more cleanly I wonder now if I shouldn't have made a thicker cord by tripling the thread. And I learned a weave that was stronger. And I need to cut more horsehair--it's too long.
But that said--it would be soft if removed.
A last point--after looking at some Illyrians, I suspect that the crest was actually made of the whole mane of a horse, skin on. The weaving pattern shown above was used to stiffen the crest and decorate it, but the "leather" of the hide would keep the hairs together and made a soft, bendable crest with the thread work as support. its a theory--but the hair at Crete was in wrapped bundles... so...
Hope you like it.
But that said--it would be soft if removed.
A last point--after looking at some Illyrians, I suspect that the crest was actually made of the whole mane of a horse, skin on. The weaving pattern shown above was used to stiffen the crest and decorate it, but the "leather" of the hide would keep the hairs together and made a soft, bendable crest with the thread work as support. its a theory--but the hair at Crete was in wrapped bundles... so...
Hope you like it.
Qui plus fait, miex vault.
