How many tassels ?

[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.