[Nfb-krafters-korner] Kumihimo (was Re: My own crafting pursuits)

[Terrence van Ettinger]

Oh wow!!!! Someone else who's done kumihimo! '-D You have a pattern  
with 4 strands? The only 4-strand variant I know really only works  
best on a marudai.
Perhaps my favorite basic pattern is the 7-strand: you put 7 strands  
on the disk, each pointing in a different compass direction, leaving  
the 8th point open. Then you find the open point, count 3 threads  
counterclockwise, and move that thread into the open slot. Repeat  
until your cord is the desired length or until you run out of thread,  
and that's all there is to it.

Terrence
On Sep 6, 2012, at 11:34 AM, Jennifer Jackson wrote:

> Terrence, do you have any patterns to share for kumihemo? I can do  
> a basic
> one with four strands, but would love to do more. I am also  
> interested in
> learning to work with the square pads as well.
>
> You can also use yarn for kumihemo, and on the same disks. The yarn  
> is great
> because you can use different textures, or two strands of one color  
> in a 1
> ply and another color in a two ply to help keep your colors  
> straight. This
> is a big help for beginners.
>
> Jennifer
>
>
>
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> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Kumihimo (was Re: My own crafting  
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>
> Hi Cathy,
> 	Kumihimo is a Japanese form of braided cord that, traditionally, is
>
> made from silk thread, but can be made with pretty much any thread/
> yarn you want to use. The original method for doing kumihimo is to
> use a "stool" with a hole in the center called a marudai, with
> weighted bobbins for the strands, but I use the more modern method,
> which uses a slotted disc. Basically, the cord is created in the
> center hole; as strands are moved around on the disc in certain
> patterns, the threads pile on top of each other in the center, where
> gravity then draws the finished part of the cord down through that
> hole as more and more thread builds up. I've often had people say,
> "Oh are you making a mobile?" because they saw the bobbins--then I'd
> show them the cord in the center and then they get it. '-)
> Joyce, how about a re-teaching of the beginner kumihimo session I did
> a few years ago? Can't remember how, but it cahme up in Terry P.'s
> canvas class as well. I could do it either e-mail or phone, whichever
> you prefer.
>
> Terrence
> On Sep 6, 2012, at 11:33 AM, Cathy wrote:
>
>> Hello Terrence,
>>
>> What is kumihimo? I can look it up, but you are right here, so
>> explain about
>> what is done and what materials are used in making projects? What
>> things can
>> you create with this technique?
>> Is it anything like macramé?
>>
>>
>>
>>
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