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

Fri Sep 7 15:51:54 UTC 2012

Also, in kumihimo, you only use one knot to get things started, then  
it's all moving the strands around the disk and into the different  
slits to hold them in place. Yes Joyce--I think I definitely need to  
do a class on this. '-D
On Sep 7, 2012, at 6:50 AM, Blindhands at aol.com wrote:

> The biggest difference is the weight of the strands you use.   
> Macramay  is
> a thicker cord like  down to maybe a worstered weight yarn.
>
> Joyce  Kane
> _www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
> Blindhands at AOL.com
>
>
> In a message dated 9/7/2012 10:31:30 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> Terry.Powers at nih.gov writes:
>
> What is  the difference between macrame and cumohimo?  I know you make
> knots with  macrame, do you do this, too with the other?
>
> If you are just  criscrossing your threads, what holds it together?
>
> Terry  P.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Zimmer, Cindy  [mailto:cindy.zimmer at nebraska.gov]
> Sent: Friday, September 07, 2012 10:12  AM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re:  [Nfb-krafters-korner] Kumihimo (was Re: My own crafting
> pursuits)
>
> I  taught this method at the 4H camp this summer.  The kids loved  
> making
> this simple bracelet.
>
> Cindy Z.
>
> -----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 4:36 PM
> To: List for blind  crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Kumihimo (was Re:  My own crafting
> pursuits)
>
> 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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