Weaving a Handfasting Cord for a Wedding

[@Greycatuk]

I'm a professional Pagan Priest - and of all the Handfasting cords I've seen, this really is one of the most beautiful. Amazing work! ❤️👏🏻

[@timbackman5915]

Fellow Gode here and I definitely concur! ❤

[@hopehasnoplacehereabandona3068]

This tradition is definitely a lost art...when I got married we did the broom hop the hanfasting, fresh floral hair wreaths, exchanged keys and weapons....the most fairy tale ceremony they never told us about. Baby Pagan here I made my husband a walking staff( weapon) And he made me a Ritual arch encircled by 72 stones. A match made in ancient Europa

[@yobgodababua1862]

Nicely and thoughtfully done! As another "maker of things" I have to say that Wedding props are always super stressful, since you only get one shot to make (or ruin) a couple's day. That can weigh heavily on you...

[@bluejayblaze1180]

Even better than bundling the cords that way is if you can find some sort of spool or a shuttle like you'd use when weaving on a loom. It's even less likely to get tangled that way, and it's easier to unwind without dropping more than you intended to.

[@spellwing777]

That first part is called 'plying', people who spin thier own yarn do this after they've spun up the fiber into one strand-however, this first strand is spun all one way and will fall apart if it unspins enough, or kink up. They double it up and braid the two (or three, or four etc) in the opposit direction so the yarn is stronger and won't fall apart and won't kink up.

[@BryantWalker-m6e]

It's also how you make the poppers at the end of a bull whip the plaiting is similar to making the overlays of the body of a whip.

[@audoldends6799]

Wait is that where 2 ply 3 ply comes from???

[@HearthHomeandHarvest]

Had to comment on this one because my husband and I made our handfasting cord too! It included a strip from my wedding dress (I made that too😅) and some of my partners suit where I hemmed the pants of his suit. The cherry on top was one of my bridesmaids braiding in a challah bread pattern, one of the coolest parts of the day ❤

[@kencoffman7145]

Giant metal pole is a spud bar, I think 🤔. I own one and affectionately refer to it as the staff of many uses.

[@lukeboulter8735]

huh, its a wrecking bar in my neck of the woods

[@SilentSooYun]

I've always known it as a spud bar, also. Maybe it or something like it is used in planting potatoes?

[@markvaughan7530]

I've seen it as a wrecking bar or breaker bar in stores.

[@marcusfridh8489]

Spud is brittish slang for potatoes, and you use the spitbar to penetrate the ground if it is harder than usual to be able to plant the small potatoes

[@forrestmartin8608]

I know them as a tanker bar.

[@lucygettys8761]

This was so beautiful! Happy nuptials to Nate and Mick. Wonderful project and a really fun special project.

[@nateddr]

Thank you so much! That means a lot. 😄

[@cosmiccoyotedog-doreenb9605]

OMG I don't know how you made it to my feed, BUT so glad you did ! ! You are hilarious and so creative and skilled at your art. Your care in putting these two beautiful humans' symbols together for their important ceremony is fantastic. I'll be watching all your previous videos. Oh, and I subbed.

[@SkillTree]

Thank you SO MUCH! Wellcome to the Skill Tree Family!

[@CalliopePony]

If you want to measure out many pieces of yarn/string/cord/etc that are all the same length the best tool for the job is a warping board. It is a tool used by weavers to measure out lengths of yarn for warping the loom. You can buy a warping board, but it's also an easy woodworking project if you want to make your own. (Also, making your own is much cheaper than buying)

[@nanettebromley8843]

That cord is gorgeous. Congratulations to Nate and Mick I've just woven my friends re-handfasting (30 years) cord/ribbon. 20/2 silk yarn on an inkle loom. 1 inch wide took several days to weave. Just in time The handfasting is this sunday. Made the dress (linen viking style so pretty easy) and the trim for the dress too (plain inkle woven silver coloured 20/2 silk).

[@adelineforbes6041]

The timing of this could not have been better! Getting married is September, and have been procrastinating on doing the cord 😅

[@DonsArtnGames]

Happy Early Congratulations!

[@adelineforbes6041]

@@DonsArtnGames thank you!

[@randobeantv7712]

This is SO beautiful! What an honor to be such an important part of this lovely couple's day. I love how much care and thought and symbolism and detail you put into this project and how much you learned while doing it. I am genuinely inspired to do something like this if I ever get married.

[@Mommamacnz]

This was such a beautiful handfasting rope that you've made and all the symbolism is just beautiful. May the happy couple have many, many blessed years together for all the rest of your lives.

[@hansakermann]

It looks REALLY good And I SO like the way you've incorperated their animals into an almagmation of the two, symbolising their relationship becomming one - NICE JOB

[@lornacy]

Yeah, that 😊

[@kairohsebonheart8872]

Those sweet boys, they are gonna love you forever for this! It's so awesome! Great job mate!

[@Oudyne]

My wife and I made our cords we did five separate ones each representing a specific idea to make one larger “rope”. It was really fun and different thing to do at our wedding.

[@karllelke2896]

9:20 Yooo! You listen to Epic: the musical. That so cool I love all the songs! And of course as always, incredible video, it's magical every time, to see these thing form. And best regards to the two grooms!

[@ayymenalsabahi5440]

HELLO FELLOW WINION!

[@karllelke2896]

@@ayymenalsabahi5440 LET'S GOOO

[@Rev_DLCrow]

*checks to make sure there isn't an angry owl lurking*

[@Certawin]

Wow. You did an amazing job on that. And congratulations to Nate and Mick, Cheers🎉

[@janinemoss2323]

My partner and I are to have a handfasting next June. Your video is awesome , inspirational and so fun to watch. We can't wait to watch the larp videos. Subscribed with thanks . I love the cord and we are going to attempt it ourselves

[@DrPandemonium]

Beautiful work Kit, and many congratulations to the happy couple 🌈❤️xxx

[@TheEmeraldElf]

Congrats to the Happy Couple!

[@Tala1100-d7d]

Thank u for doing this I always want to make one of these for my future wife and I and now I have a video to come back to. And Congratulations to Nate and Mick may the goddesses bless you❤

[@johnsullivan6560]

Well done! I have a challenge for your knot tying skills. Tie an Ocean platte. This will create a flat knot, to be used as a door or tent mat. To keep your tent clean. Use natural fiber fiber rope from any home supply store. 50’ gives a nice size. It’s actually easy to tie but after you trace the knot three times to fill in the gaps it looks really good.

[@danieltaylor5231]

That turned out beautifully. Congrats and best of luck guys.

[@arranbtag]

In the UK it’s a Road bar point on one end and a chisel on the other it’s for work on road surfaces I use it for heavy fused down manhole covers

[@DonsArtnGames]

6:00 LOL! I was typing this suggestion in the comments when you mentioned it in video. There's an old kid's toy that braids hair just like how you suggested. I was going to say, you should follow its example. But I like your method too. A friend of mine makes really fine cords for her dresses... I kinda want to make one now just so we can veg out on the couch watching replays of your work Cl3ver

[@Erika-bu1nl]

Absolutely Beautiful, I hope the happy cute couple have a wonderful life together.

[@pitviper64]

I would think making 2 more of the griffon centerpieces. Making them in to either belt buckles or some bracelets. So they can always have it with them and keep the rope at home.

[@jannikf2504]

That is so cool. Matching suits, spirit animals, ancestral practices! We straights have some catching up to do, although I've seen a few cool straight non-traditional (not modern western traditional, but actually very traditionally traditional) wedding ceremonies. Either way, this is very cool

[@JoannaPiancastelli]

Beautiful craft, and cheers to Nate and Mick! Happy pride!

[@samstromberg5593]

Perhaps you can tell me what I've never been able to find someone to Why is "Pride Month" something to be celebrated? Any answers are accepted besides "You homophobe" You can even call me a homophobe in your answer if you want (although it's not true) it just has to be part of an actual answer

[@doloressims5677]

This is so beautiful. I love all of the thought and symbolism you wove into it.

[@OutlandStation]

Okay, NGL, those are fabulous colors - SO fabulous that my trip to Ohio CelticFest this weekend came down to a tunic color choice between green and russet! And best of luck to the happy couple!

[@lornacy]

Congrats Nate and Mick ❤

[@lemon_jester769]

Great video! I sincerely congratulate Nate and Mick!

[@kitdubhran2968]

The rats nest that happened, in the spinning community, is called a yarf. Yarn barf. It’s fucking annoying sometimes and sometimes it’s fine. 😂 If you haven’t tried it, try spinning with a hand spindle. If you liked this you might like that.

[@seanathanbeanathan]

YARF😂 that's amazing

[@ClanMcC79]

Beautiful work, the knotwork is so well done and congratulations to the happy couple😊

[@dmbook]

Best of luck to you two.

[@Seiaeka]

Beautiful work! Gratz to the couple!

[@d-elf5313]

I remember weaving a 4 part cord with my witch friends from green, white, red and black that was used in a protection binding ceremony. This is so much more elegant and beautiful, though!

[@CuteSeamus]

woot woot for celebrating Queer Love during Pride Month... i think this is now my number one favorite video from Skill Tree... thank you supporting us... hugs from Dallas...

[@Alexis_Vega1784]

Thank you for this video it’s very helpful! I’m making my hand fasting cord myself I just got engaged. There isn’t many videos on how to weave them. This video had great detail on it love the way yours came out.

[@jessiepapabear4272]

Freaking Amazing. Hell, I love it. I plan to steal the coin ideas. Thanks !

[@R.DZ-qi3cv]

This is so cool that you guys are showing this, I'm planning on doing a gealic wedding for myself and my furture wife, so thank you for making this because now I can make my own cord ❤❤ thank you

[@amgroves76]

The reason I like this channel so much is watching the ideas outside the box. Your rope walk was a decent distance for a good amount of cord. There are several ways to do cord/rope.youve taken a variation on finger weaving and mixed it with rope making. Impressive. I'm working on a medieval spindle device to spin jute/bast cord. I'm hoping to inkle weave them as that's what I'm familiar with.

[@graywolfdracon]

I have always been told that metal thing is called a spud bar. No idea why but I've even seen it labeled such in hardware stores where I live.

[@chriskwammie2773]

Need to get make a Long Pipe (Gandalf style) to be able to use a Fum in it!

[@barbaraZ-z9m]

Very well done!! It's very masculine and fits the couple well, from the little bit I know.

[@Zenith12321]

I love this! Another awesome way to do these is with card weaving. THAT would be a fun one too!

[@SLorraineE]

That is so pretty! I wish I had seen that before our handfasting. I ended up using decorative curtains pull cord and they were soft and a little shiny, but I wish I had made it myself

[@IgnizAnima]

This is absolutely beautiful! Love it. Great work, Kit!

[@baileywright1656]

Love it! My Aunt did one of these for my wedding. It was a lovely addition.

[@donaldconder7563]

That is F*ing awesome. They will be proud.

[@Jumbojet776]

Did one of these for my wedding last year! Its very sweet

[@hyrulelizard2635]

Nice video which I have definently already watched through

[@TheFomharfyre]

That is gorgeous! I would have loved to have that for our handfasting!

[@themaninthefurhat2798]

never never new this thing existed

[@ShaneTallon88]

Omg !!!! I’m obsessed ❤ And I freaking love your channel? Your content & you yourself as an epic creator 😮🎉💙💜🩵

[@ropeany1]

That turned out beautiful. Great job!

[@BluestormsSong]

That is so lovely! In more ways than one!

[@Madebysg]

Wow!!! This is stunning

[@R-E-Productions]

Dude, I’ve been a fan of epic for a long time and I found this video while looking for an easier way to make my rope for my wedding so seeing that you listen to epic was very unexpected and very cool!!!

[@acetelvanni884]

i love this one so much! i want a hand fasting viking wedding too. always been a dream of mine. congrats to the newly weds! made me smile and tear up with joy. loved the piece and the symbolism you put into it!! and i learned how to make heccing rope XD that simple. lol.

[@SavingErin]

This is a beautiful piece

[@corbyrobinson3640]

The name of that pointy metal thing you stick into the ground is, as I have heard it called anyway, a digging bar.

[@AsariGreenfire11]

ok. this is very cool!.... if you want a good video to watch for tablt weaving try looking Norgan Donnor. she did a video on it. she's also in the g historical clothing community. and she did make a Midvale bed with ropes straps for the bed runners.

[@Faelandaea]

Oh wow. The timing of this video! My sweetie and I are getting married at a renaissance festival on June 30th and it will also be a hand-fasting. I already bought a cord off Amazon but I might give this a try to make one special for us.

[@guencaelin9590]

I love this. My fiancee and I want to do a hand fasting for our wedding. Definitely wanna make the cord myself and this has been super informative.

[@alexdarrah1388]

The metal thing is called a digging bar in the trades

[@saddlerrye6725]

This is the most wholesome craft I've ever seen n_n

[@dmanster96]

The pole thingy looks like a rock bar, used to break apart and pry out large rocks!

[@belindachristensen2967]

I love this! I'm making one for a couple too. Do you remember how long each rope was after you twisted the 24ft? Before you started the weave? I'm not sure how long to make my cords. Thanks

[@Zenith12321]

I just noticed you were listening to Epic! That's my #1 crafting playlist!

[@SquirellFriend]

I really like his sweater!

[@angeldublin]

Beautiful. Thinking of doing this for my son's wedding. My colours are very similar to yours, as we are from Ireland, so very like our Irish flag colours 🟩⬜🟧. One question, how do you get the wool off the tree? 🤪

[@DisturbedGeneration]

Awesome!!

[@ayymenalsabahi5440]

9:13 F*CK YEAH, I SAW YOU LISTENING TO EPIC LET'S GOOOO!!! Sooo... any EPIC inspired projects coming up?

[@SkillTree]

Maaaaaaybe. Madi shared it with me recently and both of us have been obsessed since then. Listened to it the whole drive to Reckoning

[@noaccount2494]

@@SkillTree Ruthlessness and Dangerous are just in my brain with Get in the Water as a close next

[@RoseStoller-xq7sh]

Suggest next time you do it, allow it to hang as opposed to lying on the table. Continue with your bundles of the warp yarns. This will be easier to control and less bothersome than what you had done.

[@mikeytheeaglescout]

As a fellow (hobbyist) craftsman, I gotta say you saying that the hardest part was not putting something in you mouth was the realist thing ever. I have put many things in my mouth that I shouldn't have. But, it's just so convenient. What is a mouth if not a third hand?

[@scottstuart1515]

Another excellent video!

[@kenkneram4819]

What kind of laser engraver are you using?

[@SkillTree]

That one is the Omtech MOPA Fiber laser. We have an 80w, but they come in all varieties. Ours might be a little overkill 🤣🤣

[@kenkneram4819]

@@SkillTree I actually love the depth of cut and clairity on those coins. TY. I love the channel but am too poor to Patrion. (for now) However, I'm learning a lot from you and hope to "Level Up" my leathercrafting enough to make money with it soon. LOL

[@kimwilliford6303]

I love the handfasting cord. I want one too. ❤❤❤❤

[@410colepyro3]

I didn't know you listen to the album Epic

[@marcusfridh8489]

Personally i prefer to weave with a rigid heddle

[@mattgarcia3203]

Dude! That's gorgeous! My wife and I had a hand fasting last year, and I made our courd. Sadly, with all the stuff going on, it was kinda last minute. It turned out well enough, but damn. I wish I had thought of doing it the way you did. I may have a little bit of rope envy now. Lol

[@steveleavell114]

When judging tbe proper thickness, assuming the cordage was bought at a store and not online, I'm surprised the staff wasn't helpful. I'm sure they deal with lots of customers needing to do custom braids.

[@charliedahlskog279]

do you know how to make a braided leather cord? :)

[@cosmicbrambleclawv2]

Watching the vid while having lunch, super nice ❤ One thing I did notice after a minute or two, is your "weave" is something I've done before making myself some paracord wrist cuffs :D If I remember correctly it's called a Celtic Bar pattern

[@Rev_DLCrow]

Listening to Epic while doing this makes it epic!!!

[@ajbear2921]

Inspiring

[@thehungryVampiress]

I do a lot of medieval camping events and some I'd really like, is a way to take a bath. I need some sort of collapsible bathtub. I don't trust the inflatable kind for camping environments. Maybe someone Clev3r could figure it out 😁

[@If-ish]

Clever, that's a crowbar. Also known as a wrecking bar, the hooked bar commonly called a crowbar is actually a pry bar.

[@alexxiswalters5660]

Did you make the white cordage with the same amount of yarn or less? They look much thinner than the orange and green

[@SkillTree]

Thinner! Good eye. I didn't want them to overpower rhe colored ones

[@jennglow4647]

Very pretty 😀

[@ericwilliams1659]

"If you have friends" ...... that makes me a sad panda

[@andrewrenbarger2646]

Nice build and heart warming too. Also still making me want a laser engraver. Lol

[@dmoneyonair]

its a fishtail braid

[@ghislainsb2259]

yeah another video

[@eternalmiasma5586]

This is absolutely beautiful, I’m trans male to female and I just hit that phase of imagining my wedding and this has been added to my weird obsessive list

[@Dman0001]

OHHHHH - that would be a great thing for some kind of Shaman character -

[@seanathanbeanathan]

Might have to look into füm. I'm a social smoker at conventions and I think something like that would help me cut back after cons. It's less of an addiction issue and more phasing it out as like, a ritual action 😂