Spray Plantation, Near the St. Mary's River, Maryland, l661

Making Cord with a Lucet

    Mistress Spray braids cord for her family with a lucet. The cord is used to lace clothing and shoes. It is also used in waistbands of clothing and as drawstrings for cloth bags.

   Directions for using a lucet can be found at these two web sites:

"How to Make a Lucet" at

http://www.duke.edu/~scg3/lucet.html

"Lucets" at

http://www.regia.org/lucets.htm

 

Pattern to Make a Lucet from Wood

 

 Lucet, Getting Started

Getting started

 Lucet, wrapping the yarn

Wrapping the yarn

 

Making a loop

 

Pulling the cord

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Sue Freienmuth for Montgomery County Public Schools, MD, Oct. 25, 2000