How many tassels ?

[Snowbear]

Good to hear!

I bought this one cheap for £18 because it had a nice look. Besides the fact that I really like tassels. They are so nice to play with when things get boring and a lot of girls I meet seems to like to see them swing when dancing/walking. Just had to be sure there was'nt some kind of problems using it among relatives that actually knows a bit about sporrans; like when wearing a horse hair sporran it does mean a big difference if the metal part is silver or gold. Don't want to dump into odd questions why I hade them when I'm not "allowed" to wear them.

[An t-Ileach]

I often make them with the 'standard' 3 tassels, but I suppose that there ought to be an even number as they are the drawstrings of the pouch and of any mini-pouches inside (for coins, etc). The Freelanders give the idea.

[Tim Little]

... I suppose that there ought to be an even number as they are the drawstrings of the pouch and of any mini-pouches inside (for coins, etc). The Freelanders give the idea.

I'd always imagined the tassels to be an artefact of the drawstrings, as you suggest.

Turpin shows how you can make 3 drawstrings out of 4:

[An t-Ileach]

That's true, but it's essentially still the drawstrings. Maybe, though, that's how we ended up with the three that seem so common.