my first whoopie sling

**MacEntyre** · 02-12-2010, 21:26

I walked the dog on a Whoopie sling today.

**Hooch** · 02-13-2010, 07:54

Once you make that first Whoopie sling, it's only a matter of time before you make your second, third, fourth, etc. They're super easy and a lot of fun to make. Before you know it, you'll be making Whoopie key chains, Whoopie dog leashes, whoopie pinebox derby cars, whoopie kitchen tables.......

**phatpenguin** · 02-13-2010, 20:09

I'm really glad this thread got started. I had been stitching my eye splices, but I thought "If the brummell is good enough for Opie, it's good enough for me!" so I made another set of UC today and used the brummell instead, I must say, they look fabulous, and I feel good about not having to trust my hand stitching. I learn something every day being part of this community, y'all rock!!!

**sonic** · 02-14-2010, 12:27

Originally Posted by Hooch

Before you know it, you'll be making Whoopie key chains, Whoopie dog leashes, whoopie pinebox derby cars, whoopie kitchen tables.......

how bout a whoopie wrist strap for your camera, I love mine

**GrizzlyAdams** · 02-15-2010, 21:51

Originally Posted by mtbikernate

7/64 amsteel blue.

It certainly was a special kind of difficult to get the double width of cord through the gap in the threads (but still doable). I had to work it a lot to get the threads to open up enough.

I just had an "ah-hah" moment I needed to share.

So New England Ropes has an article on making a locked Brummel, here. When I was first coming up to speed on locked Brummels I saw this, puzzled it out, and wondered why there was all this complication in the first steps with making little knots and then undoing them later.

When I started in on locked Brummel's I used opie's pictorial explanation. Well presented, easy to understand, clearly the way to do it.

But.

But what if the long standing end of the cord has junk on it, like a whoopie sling, or even a hammock already attached to a ring. Then the step of feeding the long standing part through the opened hole in the short end is a PITA. Repeat after me. P. I. T. A. When possible.

Now hit the rewind button and look again at the NER picture. Notice what we DON'T see???? We don't see the long standing end being passed through the short end. The long standing end can be wrapped around a concrete brick and this technique will still work.

Ah. How do you spell relief? Lesson learned---maybe the rope guys have a reason for doing the things they say to do that I don't understand.

---A humbler wiser Grizz.

**angrysparrow** · 02-15-2010, 21:59

Originally Posted by GrizzlyAdams

Notice what we DON'T see????

Thanks for sharing that... I've been annoyed at feeding the standing end through more than once.

**mtbikernate** · 02-15-2010, 22:20

ah-hah. I was looking at mine thinking there had to be a way to do it regardless of the standing end. I just couldn't figure it out.

That'll do!

**opie** · 02-15-2010, 22:23

Grizz, you talking about this...

http://www.neropes.com/SPL_12Strand_...ceBrummel.aspx

If so..... Yeah... give that a try. Its not as easy as it looks. Its unrolling the rope thats difficult.

This step...

Not thats its difficult... but if you have access to the standing end.....

Easier on the 2.5mm Amsteel.... But try it on the zing it....

**GrizzlyAdams** · 02-15-2010, 22:28

Originally Posted by opie

Grizz, you talking about this...

http://www.neropes.com/SPL_12Strand_...ceBrummel.aspx

If so..... Yeah... give that a try. Its not as easy as it looks.

Easier on the 2.5mm Amsteel.... But try it on the zing it....

nobody said anything about easy. Chances are that on a whoopie sling pulling a double line through the hole in the short end is easy than pulling a knot that is at least that large.

But possible. There's the thing. When I popped fixed eyes on fulminated's BMBH I didn't know about this approach, and couldn't do a locked Brummel on both corner eyes. Could Not Do It. Now I can.

I'll leave splicing the microscopic rope to you young guys with good eyes and nimble fingers

**opie** · 02-15-2010, 23:33

Originally Posted by GrizzlyAdams

nobody said anything about easy. Chances are that on a whoopie sling pulling a double line through the hole in the short end is easy than pulling a knot that is at least that large.

But possible. There's the thing. When I popped fixed eyes on fulminated's BMBH I didn't know about this approach, and couldn't do a locked Brummel on both corner eyes. Could Not Do It. Now I can.

I'll leave splicing the microscopic rope to you young guys with good eyes and nimble fingers

Granted.....