[Nfb-krafters-korner] Kumihimo

[Blindhands at aol.com]

If you used a design with more cords then the 7 do you use a larger circle  
then 6 inches?
 
I am not positive what you meant by foamed ??? to make it out of.
 
Joyce  Kane
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Blindhands at AOL.com   

 
In a message dated 9/7/2012 11:49:00 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
terrencevane at gmail.com writes:

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
>
> Find PRACTICAL PRODUCTS on FACEBOOK:  http://www.facebook.com/ 
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> ----- Original  Message ----- From: "Terrence van Ettinger"  
>  <terrencevane at gmail.com>
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> 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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