Jesstickle
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yeah, it made my meager 'wages' into something i could live on!
Isn't that the truth? That and our pool money used to be what got us all by!
yeah, it made my meager 'wages' into something i could live on!
i taught myself to do it (with the plait on the underside) and then eventually worked out how to do it the other way. It took (i think) about 2 months to get my first BTO from the first attempt! Took a little while longer to get consistently good though! I can do a full horse - mane and tail- in about 15-20minutes now!Bloody hell cuppatea, those tails are fabulous ! how long did it take to get that good ?
Apparently traditionally this is a plait for geldings and the underside plait is for a mare? I was told by someone but no-one else ever sems to have heard this so not sure if it has any trith to it or not.....cuppatea, wonderful plaits. It looks like it the plait is raised almost a reverse to the normal?
JenHunt, immaculate.
yeah, it made my meager 'wages' into something i could live on!
I did manage to win BTO with every single horse on the yard at some point.
I regularly got £150 at Brighton (with the same horse!) and had £200 for one at chepstow I also had an 80% win rate at cheltenham!! God i miss that money!! You're lucky to get a tenner at point to point!
awww... thanks!!
it's very easy to do really, and when he's got a bog brush made of wire wool, it's a heck of a lot easier than washing it after hunting! K9h taught me, via PM'd description, how to do it and I've never looked back!
I can do his mane and tail (all stitched) in about half an hour now.
dead easy DD....
plait your tail as normal to about 2/3 or 3/4 of the way down the dock, then start adding bigger pieces of the tail in until, by the time you get to the bottom of the dock you are plaiting it all. Once you get to the end of the tail, put 2 bands in it so that it is nice and secure.
Next, take enough thread to stretch your arm width. Seriously! Then tie a loop in one end, put the needle about 1/4 of the length in from the other end. Push the needle through the end of the tail, just above the band, then through the loop, pull tight, wrap around a couple of times keeping it tight. Then fold the tail up to the top of the dock, or as far as it goes, and start feeding the needle around the back of the plait (the bit nearest the dock) , then through the plait, and round and downwards going behind one bit and through the next until you get to the rounded end of the tail/dock, then either work your way back up or tie the thread off, round to one side so that it can't be seen and trim it.
as for stitching normal plaits... I plait and band the end as normal, then put the thread though the banded bit to hold it, wrap it round once or twice and feed it back through the plait, then fold the plait in half (fold under not over), put the needle through, just above the crest, pull snug, fold the remaining plait in half, pass the thread around the plait and through it from your side, round the other side and through again (like a figure of 8). do this a couple of times then trim the thread off and it should all stay put!
i taught myself to do it (with the plait on the underside) and then eventually worked out how to do it the other way. It took (i think) about 2 months to get my first BTO from the first attempt! Took a little while longer to get consistently good though! I can do a full horse - mane and tail- in about 15-20minutes now!
Apparently traditionally this is a plait for geldings and the underside plait is for a mare? I was told by someone but no-one else ever sems to have heard this so not sure if it has any trith to it or not.....
as Enfys said, you take the hair to the underside of the plait rather than over the top. Its not hard to do but if you can already do the mares plait its confusing to re-learn it! You do have to hold your fingers differently.
Would love to learn how to do it the 'cuppatea' way - don't suppose you have a video of you plaiting the tail so we can see how its done?!
no, i dont.....hmmmmmm, maybe i should bring out a dvd, make some dollar!!Would love to learn how to do it the 'cuppatea' way - don't suppose you have a video of you plaiting the tail so we can see how its done?!
Me tooooooooooo. Can't say as I've seen a nicer plaited tail in all my life! My fingers are too stiff now to plait nicely and my gelding has a tail like chimney brush.
Cuppatea, I think you could earn yourself a bit of pocket money from all us HHO's! Where abouts are you? lol
no, i dont.....hmmmmmm, maybe i should bring out a dvd, make some dollar!!
coud market my own bands, tail badages, hairspray......
the bands could come in various colours, assam, darjeeling, ceylon, lapsang souchong.....
Think im getting a litle carried away, yes?!!!
thanks tictac! I am in the far beyond of Wales so i may have to do 'tours' round the country in show season methinks!! Though i will have to leave whisp&willow till last if she really is going to take me to the Talisker distillery.......