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

[Terrence van Ettinger]

Hi Lindy,
The discs can be bought from a site called Primitive Originals,  
though you can make your own easily enough if you have sturdy, thick  
craft foam and/or that foam-filled poster-board stuff. In that case,  
you cut out a round disc about 6 inches in diameter, with a 1-inch  
hole in the middle and 8 slits equally spaced around the edge, as if  
you were putting one slot in each compass direction. That'll get you  
set for the 7-strand pattern. If you want to do more complicated  
patterns, you'll need at least 16 slots equally spaced around the  
edge. The more strands you have, the larger the number of slits you  
need. So if you were to make a disc to do the 7-strand pattern, and  
decided you wanted to do an 8-strand, you just put another slit  
halfway between the slits you've already made and you're good to go.
On Sep 6, 2012, at 9:39 PM, Lindy van der Merwe wrote:

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