Shing Shing

She watched as Eisleif followed her instructions. Her aunt was a fast learner and she was taking to the project like a duck to water. The beginning steps were the most precarious and she'd gotten through them seemingly with ease. It spoke well of her.

 

Once again Valkyrie nodded her approval as Eisleif completed the step and looked to her for confirmation. Her pronged spear was coming along nicely. "I've worked on them on and off for the last week or so. The trick was figuring out what order the steps needed to be done in," she said with a soft smile. The process of trial and error had been a test of her patience, but she was glad she stuck it out. The reward was worth her labors.

"The next part is a bit tricky. You'll have to take this twine and wind it first twice around the base of the split and then up and around the wedge so that it's held firmly in place." It was easier to show than to explain so Valkyrie was careful to move slowly so that Eisleif could copy her movements exactly. She first placed the middle of the length of twine across the base of the split and then tied it there, which took some effort since she only had thumbless paws and teeth to work with, but eventually it was tied firmly.

Valkyrie then took turns winding first one end of twine then the other around the wedge. One end would go up and across then the other would go up and across then the process would be repeated going down and across as the two ends were looped over the ends of the wedge. She did this several times until there was just enough twine to tie a knot.