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Linda Shegonee Transcripts
Making sashes 1
Let’s see. I was thinking about this as I was making sashes and it isn’t
an easy thing to do. Each stage of it is time consuming, right from the start
where you have to string-up the yarn. It’s got to be a certain tension. Then
you’ve got to get the part where it holds the yarn together. Then you’ve got
to measure it for the width of, either if it’s going to be a waistband, or an
armband, or a headband, or whatever length it’s got to be, you’ve got to
measure that. And you’ve got to measure the fringe. But even before that,
before you start that, you’ve got to figure out the math in your head, not in
your head, but write it down however wide it’s got to be, five inches, the
pattern you’re going to use. It’s all different stages. You can’t just
start stringing it up, and cutting it, and weaving it. You’ve got to take
certain stages.
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Making sashes 2
I just mostly want to stress how that’s really – each step is really
important. Take time at each step. You’ve got to take care in what you do, the
amount of strings you use, and you have to take care of everything. Then when
you have it strung up like that, it’s like a frame there, like a weaving
frame. When you’re weaving, the amount of tension you use on the strings –
you might pull one too far and it will be crooked like that. It’s all really
time consuming. [There’s] a lot of steps to it. Each step is important.
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Wearing sashes
Men and their outfit they have, they wear them on top of their shirt so you
can see the pattern. But the women have to wear them under their shirt or their
blouse. So all you can see is the fringe hanging down.
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