Thomas J. Elpel's Web World Portal: Primitive Living Skills, Sustainable Living Skills, HOPS Press, LLC, Dirt Cheap Builder, Green University, LLC, Wilderbabe, Wildflowers and Weeds, Jefferson River Canoe Trail, Braintan Buckskin. The Viking Answer Lady Webpage Tutorial This tutorial is supposed to teach you how to make Kumihimo friendship bracelets. String You will need strings in different colors. You can use almost all kinds of string, but I prefer to use a little bit thicker string than in ordinary friendship bracelets. Kumihimo disk You will also need a Kumihimo disk. 1. 2. 3. In this section I will show how to make a simple spiral kumihimo bracelet. Setup strings For this bracelet, you will need four blue strings and four orange strings (you can of course use any other color). The second step is to mount the strings onto your kumihimo disc. Each pair of strings will form something we will call a group. Tying the bracelet We are now about to tie the bracelet. 1. 2. 3. You have now done the three basic moves: right string down, left string up, turn disc. 4. 5. 6. Continue in the same way and the bracelet will grow, inch by inch, out of the hole on the back side of the disc. All patterns do not have four groups with two strings in each. 1. 2. 3. 4. 1. 2.
Star Knot (Dman) - Bunk's Cord Archive Star Knot (Dman) From ParaCord Archive Category: Dman McQ Personal tools Log in / create account Namespaces Views Navigation Tools This page was last modified on 4 August 2013, at 18:46. Viking Ships Viking Ships Two different classes of Viking era ships were found: warships called langskip (left) and merchant ships called knörr (right). Typically, a warship is narrower, longer, and shallower than a knörr, and is powered by oars, supplanted by sail. The single square rigged sail allowed sailing close to the wind. The Helge Ask is a modern replica of the smaller of the two Skuldelev warships. Another clue to the speed capabilities of these ships comes from linguistic studies. During the normal rowing, using fast, short strokes, we aimed for 40 minute shifts at the oars, but some shifts were longer. The sagas tell of battles involving large numbers of ships. Recently, the accuracy of the descriptions of sea battles in the sagas has been called into question. Some sources suggest large Viking warships were equipped with catapults or other engines to hurl missiles such as rocks during a battle, or against a target on land. The shallow draft of Norse war ships had several advantages.
The coracle, an ancient little boat The Coracle - a one person boat with an ancient lineage. Coracles (from the Welsh "cwrwgl") have a history dating back thousands of years. The coracle was originally covered with animal skins and in some countries they are still made this way. In Wales they are now skinned with calico which is waterproofed using a bitumastic paint. The Greenwood Trust of Coalbrookdale, Telford in Shropshire, is a charity devoted to education and training in the old country arts. Thanks to Terry Kenny, coracle maker, of Newport, Shropshire for the photographs. Peter Badge, chairman of the Coracle Society, has kindly contributed an historical note: Coracles have been in use in the British Isles from pre-Roman times. Coracles are to be found, not only in the British Isles and Ireland, but can be seen in India, Vietnam and Tibet. Coracles have not been seen in Scotland for 150 years but they were in use in Ireland until the late 1940's. Data Wales Index Page
Towns and Trading in the Viking Age Towns and Trading in the Viking Age Norse traders (and raiders) traveled extensively throughout the known world, bringing back to the Norse lands a wide variety of trade goods. The capacity of Norse era cargo ships made it possible to trade not only in high value luxury items (such as silks and spices from the Far East), but also in more bulky, prosaic, every-day items. Some of the exports from various regions during the Viking age include: Vínland: timber Greenland: walrus ivory, furs, skins, wool Iceland: fish, animal fat, wool cloth and clothing, sulfur, falcons England: tin, wheat, honey, woolens, silver, barley, linen Russia: slaves, furs, wax, honey Byzantium: silks, fruits, spices, wines, gems, silver, jewelry, brocade Frankish kingdoms: weapons, jewelry, wine, glass, salt, woolen cloth Shetland Islands: soapstone Norway: timber, iron, soapstone, whetstones, barley, tar Sweden: iron, furs East Baltic regions: amber, slaves, furs Most Norse merchants were not professionals.
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