One of the participants in the 7 Day Lucet Challenge I've been hosting recently clued me in to this awesome technique called "Ziggy's Fast Grab". (Thank you, Laurie Park!)
According to the claims of the man in the video (Ziggy Rytka), it will help you make cord almost 8 times as fast!!!
And it won't only SERIOUSLY speed up your ability to pump out lucet cord. In my brief experiments, it was easier on my fingers as well!
I'm pretty excited about it.
It will take you a few minutes practicing to adjust your hand movements, but it's just a minor modification to the technique I have been teaching to make basic turn cord.
Here's the video below. You can forward to 1:35 where he starts demonstrating the fast grab.
I was able to find some more information about Ziggy and his lucet work online. He is pretty impressive. Take a look at some of his cords. His story is so interesting, and he offers all sorts of resources on his website to help take your lucet work to the next level.
And no, I'm not affiliated with Ziggy in any way and none of the above are affiliate links. I'm just a fan. Such passion and innovative work!
What do you think? Did you try his fast grab technique?
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