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

[Blindhands at aol.com]

Terrence has offered to do a class in this so I will work with him and we  
can go from there.
 
Joyce  Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
Blindhands at AOL.com   

 
In a message dated 9/7/2012 10:12:08 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
cindy.zimmer at nebraska.gov writes:

I taught  this method at the 4H camp this summer.  The kids loved making 
this  simple bracelet.

Cindy Z. 

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[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Terrence van  Ettinger
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Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Kumihimo (was Re:  My own crafting 
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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
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>  From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
>  [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of  
>  Terrence van
> Ettinger
> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2012 2:48  PM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> 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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