I didn't come back from the show empty handed and afer a whole afternoon (which resulted in my black (!) jeans being completely covered in mohair) spent hairing them, I can now proudly present Simba and Pirate. :D
Simba.
Pirate.
I also made them up some tack today. Pirate found himself with a nice plain snaffle bridle (actually a bit of a cheat as I only needed to make the browband as the rest of it was found lost in the tack drawer! lol)
Simba however got something a little more interesting. Since he'll be broken to ride this year I thought he might need lungeing at times to take the edge off...
So no prizes for guessing what I made this evening!
The sidereins are elasticated, as is the girth.
Well done! I really like the lungeing set. I once tried to do one, but I failed.
ReplyDeleteLove the two-tone elastic on the side reins! Wherever did you find that?
ReplyDelete@Braymere - I cheated! XD I found a big bag of elastic trimmings in my grandma's sewing box the last time I visited and noticed that one of the really wide ones had a nice blue edge to it so I just cut it off. It'll probably fray at some point but as long as I'm careful with it it *should* be alright. I was hoping I'd have some black elastic somewhere (I could have sworn that I bought some recently!) but in the end I think the lighter stuff works better.
ReplyDeleteYou could maybe put a little glue around the edges? That way it wouldn't fray as much, I believe.
ReplyDeleteI had considered that but will do that later on as my bostik is getting a bit too gloopy for that kind of precise application! XD
ReplyDeleteI adore Pirate's mane..wavyyy!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful horse! Pretty feisty, isn't he? *g* The tack he has looks very good, too!
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