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

[Lindy van der Merwe]

    Hi Terrence, I, for one, would love an e-mail class on this. Will I need 
to get hold of the discs, though? Some crafting stuff is somewhat hard to 
find over here in South Africa, but I can give it a go.
Otherwise, I have thought of working with leather and beads, mekrame style, 
to make bracelets and/or necklaces.
I actually tried mekrame just the other day. With a little help from Google 
and the sites I found, I was able to pick up the basics quite quickly again, 
since we had done some mekrame at school, many, many years ago.
Lindy

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Terrence van Ettinger" <terrencevane at gmail.com>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2012 9:48 PM
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Kumihimo (was Re: My own crafting pursuits)


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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