Another Loopy ???

I have been requested to make a handful of carpet beaters for someone.  I'm really excited if I can pull it off. :)  When I went to go look at the supply bag I keep to hold extra stuff from making implements, I found this twisty cord that I'd braided and meant to turn into a loopy some months ago... and somehow never finished it.  Because it's twisted with a twisted ridge running down it, the braid amazingly kept it's shape without unravelling.  So I put a handle on it.  The rope is actually a skipping rope, so I just used the skipping rope handle to make the loopy handle. :)

First of all, why, why do I make implements?  Don't worry, I ask myself this too. :P  Well, I love them, I love seeing if I can do it because I like the challenge of crafting things, and I like us having an array of implements to choose from.  We have a tight budget, and as much as I want some of the fancier ones, we can't afford it.  Well, as always, the Duke felt he had to test this little baby out.  It's about 13 inches or so.

It's super stingy.  Eek.  I keep hoping to find a less severe implement to make, but this is almost as bad as that dreaded carpet beater, which I had made thinking it would be better than the original loopy, lol.  I thought with this braid, it would be less stingy and more thuddy.  Well, in a way it is, but it also stings more than just the regular carpet beater as well.  Augh.  Thank goodness it is quiet though.  I almost wasn't.  lol  And thank goodness I'm learning to keep my position, because I literally had to force myself to stay in place while he gave this baby a try out.

So, this is the conversation the Duke and I had following testing this implement out.

Duke: This may be my favourite now.
EsMay: Even more than the carpet beater?  (Seriously ladies, I need a friggin' gag!  I way too often speak without thinking.)
Duke: I'm not sure.  We'll have to try them both out together for me to see.
EsMay: That day is never going to come.
Duke: We'll see.  (He says with a smile.  Stinker. lol)

I'm not sure how I feel about that.  Excited?  Scared?  Definitely I feel happy with the attention.  He's not had time for me almost all week, and I was missing him.  This makes me feel better.  I asked if we should be thinking of a mid week maintenance to help us keep our roles.  He's going to think about it. :)

Here is a close up of the braid.  I think it's pretty. :)

And here it is beside our old loopy if you've never seen it so that you know what I mean above by them being different.  The old one is made out of nylon covered clothesline wire.