[Nfb-krafters-korner] Kumihimo

Mon Sep 10 04:40:24 UTC 2012

No, you don't need a larger disc, just more slits. '-)
Assuming you're referring to my "foam-filled poster board" reference-- 
have you ever seen that poaster board stuff that's like foam stuff  
sandwiched between two cardboard pieces? You see it used for displays  
sometimes and/or to make things stand out more. It may have another  
name but I can only think of "poster boad" at the moment.

Terrence
On Sep 9, 2012, at 5:39 PM, Blindhands at aol.com wrote:

> 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
>>
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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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