Editing Lucet (section)

{{Short description|Tool for making cords or braids}}
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[[File:Lucet.JPG|thumb|Wooden, lyre-shaped lucet, with in-progress square cord]]
A '''lucet''' is a tool used in cordmaking or [[braiding]] which is believed to date back to the [[Viking]]<ref name="Pettersson">{{cite journal |last=Pettersson |first=Kerstin |title=En gotländsk kvinnas dräkt. Kring ett textilfynd från vikingatiden. |language=sv |location=Uppsala |publisher=Societas Archaelogica Upsaliensis |journal=TOR |issue=12 |date=1968 |pages=174–200}}</ref> and [[Medieval]]<ref name="MacGregor">{{cite book |last=MacGregor |first=Arthur |date=1985 |title=Bone, Antler, Ivory and Horn: The Technology of Skeletal Materials since the Roman Period. |location=London |publisher=Croom Helm}}</ref> periods, when it was used to create cords that were used on clothing,<ref name="Pettersson" /> or to hang items from the belt.<ref name="Groves">{{cite book |last=Groves |first=Sylvia |date=1966 |title=The History of Needlework Tools and Accessories |location=Middlesex |publisher=Hamlyn Publishing}}</ref> Lucet cord is square, strong, and slightly springy. It closely resembles [[knitting|knitted]] [[I-cord]] or the cord produced on a [[Spool knitting|knitting spool]]. Lucet may unravel if cut, but is easily fixed with a small knot. Unlike other braiding techniques such as {{Transliteration|ja|[[kumihimo]]}}, [[fingerloop braid|finger-loop braiding]] or [[braiding|plaiting]], where the threads are of a finite length, lucetted (or knitted){{efn|The term ''lucet'' is used as a verb to describe the process of creating lucet cord, as in "to lucet", "lucetted" and "lucetting", as well as being a noun used to describe the resulting cord itself, and a noun used to describe the tool used in the cords' creation.}} braids can be created without pre-measuring threads and so it is a technique suited for very long cords.