Marine Corps Weave Logo

[Carpenter]

Does anyone have the Marine Corps weave logo they'd be interested in sharing with me? I am going to do a Corps rod for my dad for xmas and would like to try to incorporate that weave. It'll be my first, but I'm thinking if I keep it one color I might not mess it up.

Thanks,

[Gary_l]

I personnaly don`t but if you look up doc ski's web site he may have one....he sells his patterns for about 10 bucks a piece

[Gary_l]

Just looked, he does have a pattern for the marine corps and its single color. It runs 10.99 , if you cant find his HSOforum and are interested let me know.

[Carpenter]

Thanks, hope I can make it work

[Gary_l]

I have a few suggestions,

1 Try the first one on a wooden dowel

2 Once you start your wrap w/ a certain tension don`t adjust it during the

weave because you`ll rotate the threads slightly downwards

3 Watch for twists (when moving a thread,it is now under a different

thread ie #7 thread is under #8.... if it happens just change #8 to #7

and vica versa)

[TooTallTom]

Carpenter, will you please post some pictures of/ description of the process for the Eagle, Globe, and Anchor weave when you get it done? Sounds pretty interesting.

[Carpenter]

Ok, here it is. First weave done. Finish isn't on yet. Turned out pretty good. I'm stoked. Putting on a walnut handle from Archie. Going to have my dad's name on one side and Semper Fi on the other. Guides will be ti frames with gold rings. Wraps will be the red with gold bands. I'll post a pic when I'm done.

Oh, it's the new Croix blanks WTSMXF. It'll be roughly 5'-6" with the handle on.

[Smoker]

Nice Job.

[Gary_l]

Looks Great...........did you order the pattern from doc or make it yourself? Once you do one, you'll want to do another !!

[Carpenter]

I ordered it thru a supplier on the west coast...but its Docs, I think. It came as a step-by-step and a pic. The pic was all but worthless. Looked like a copy of a copy of a copy. So I went to the stepbystep and found the numbers were backwards from how I set up the wweaver...major bummer. So after an hour or so in excel and some help from a buddy I basically redid it.

I'm happy. And as I've found with building rods...I do want to do it again. Don't know what, but the next one is going to be multi color.

[upnorth]

Something to try is to take a picture and paste in paint then have it show grid lines. if you get a fine enough detail on the grid lines it will literally show you how to setup your weave. Got that from back in days of working in a commercial knitting mill.

Just number your rows and columns in the grid and it will give you a pattern. Won't work for anything too complex but simpler stuff it should be OK

[Gary_l]

If your interested the rod builders libary have a few free weave patterns with a left list both single color and multi-color weaves. Doing 2 weaves for friends and then I have to create an angel for the wifes new rod.

[Carpenter]

What do you use for a loom?

[Gary_l]

Homemade, will handle 120 threads........think I am going to seriously look at the wonder weaver....seems everyone now wants a weave on a rod.

But my homemade one is good for most projects.

[Carpenter]

I tried a weave with the flat style weavers you can buy. Think they hold 40-50 threads. Was so frustrated. Now I might be able to get the hang of it. But that wonder weaver was so dang easy. Wish someone had a home made round weaver. I was trying to figure out how to make it, have some ideas, just haven't sat in the plumbing dept playing with parts yet