First Kumihimo Braid

I had a go at using this Kumihimo plate the other night and found that the instructional pictographs were a bit difficult to understand. As you can see they were a bit daunting. The Kumihimo package came with five strands of synthetic yarn to start you off, and this is the first braid I did. I enjoyed it so much that I pulled 60” of gold ribbon, purple orlec and navy orlec to braid. This is a close up of the braid. Accepting this award means following some rules:1. And pass the awards on to: Charlotte at Strikke-og vevebloggen Susan at Thrums Cindie at eweniquely ewe Deanna at A Winding Thread Trapunto at The Straight of the Goods Magic Stix FibersDeborahbee at Swifter Than a Weavers Shuttle My Days Have Passed Weaving WordsDuring the 13th century, a woman weaver was called a Webster.

Flower Kumihimo Pattern. Friendship Bracelets. Bracelet Patterns. How to make bracelets We will need: 16 strings (9 blue, 6 orange and one red) about 20 cm longer than your wrist circumference + some for tying the bracelet. How to make a kumihimo bracelet you can take a look here. 1. Start making your kumihimo according to this pattern: 2. Save to: Comments: Heart Kumihimo Pattern. Friendship Bracelets. Bracelet Patterns. How to make bracelets We will need: 16 strings (13 black and 3 pink) about 20 cm longer than your wrist circumference + some for tying the bracelet. How to make a kumihimo bracelet you can take a look here. 1. 2. Save to: Comments: Kumihimo Bracelet Patterns. Friendship Bracelets. Bracelet Patterns. How to make bracelets Save to: Comments: round,flat,flat on round design How to use a Weaving Temple ~ Love 'em or Hate 'em Temples are one of those things you either love or hate. I love using my temples and have four of them; a metal Toika that works on weaving 35”-59” wide, perfect for blankets and now it is too wide for any of my current looms! A Leclerc temple that is for weaving 23”- 38” wide warps and is perfect for weaving rugs. I’d like to share my method of using a temple with you just as my friend Susan shared her tips with me to get me going! To find the correct width for my temple, I place the temple upside down against the reed and choose the pinhole that is closest in size as your sleyed warp. I make sure I have about 2” of weaving done before I place the temple on the web. When I move the temple, I move the slider brace back to allow the temple to tent up in the middle and place the tenterhooks in the selvedge about 1/16”from the edge. Lots of weavers complain that the holes made in the selvedges are permanent in the weaving. Weaving Words

Kumihimo Patterns Individual post from "Nothing In It" While I was doing my big project earlier this year to braid all of the 16-strand braids in Jacqui Carey's "Creative Kumihimo" I noticed that most of the 8-strand braids in that book were expanded or combined into 16-strand versions, except for 8C. Now 8C is really just two 4-strand (maru yotsu) braids that link together after every three iterations. It's a great braid, currently one of my favorites, and it struck me that it should be possible to expand 8C to 16 strands, but figuring out when to do which moves was the difficulty. Anyway, I eventually sat down with pencil and paper, and I worked it out. You have to be familiar with the maru yotsu 4-strand braid for this pattern to make sense at all - For each X of crossing strands, first exchange the two strands marked with red arrows by moving them clockwise around the marudai. Here's what it looks like braided in four colors - Four Color Shippou It's very open, almost like lace or ply-splitting.