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Fail of Two Bracelets
I have to classify this week’s blog project as a complete disaster, although I did learn a lot. I had been asked long ago to evaluate the BeadSmith kumihimo plate as compared to the Hamanaka kumihimo...
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Plate Flower
After the disaster two weeks ago, I tried plate braiding again, this time to make the large zigzag. My problems with tension are still very evident, but this braid was at least a little better. I used...
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Kumihimo Belt – Expanding Possibilities
It is always exciting to page through a new book on kumihimo, scanning the photos for new inspiration for color combinations and braid structures. When one of the members of the Yahoo! Kumi2 Group...
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Students Inspire the Teacher
I know that I’ve said it many times, but I always learn from my students. I learn new ways to see structure, new ways to communicate kumhimo methods, and I see new possibilities through the eyes of...
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Frivolity – A Hair Ornament
In beach towns and theme parks all over Florida, vacationing tourists find kiosks with racks of cotton thread cones and a stool under an umbrella where both the young and the young-at-heart can get a...
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Eyeglass Tether
It should have been no surprise to me that in the middle of preparing to go to the Braids 2012 Conference in Manchester, England next week, the finding that attached my favorite eyeglass tether to my...
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Working Out of the Stash
Back in my weaving days, I always admired weavers who could pull together amazing combinations of colors from their “stash”, or collection of fibers left over from other projects or purchased without a...
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Nontraditional Karakumi Mat
With a little planning, sometimes sample pieces can become useful items. I’ve been traveling a great deal over the past month or so, and there is sadly no room in a single 45-pound suitcase allowed on...
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Beyond My Comfort Zone
For the past few weeks my braiding has been focused on doing samples for the Structure Walkabout study group that I’m leading within the Study Group Section of the Braid & Plait Forum at...
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Five Degrees of Separation
These five braids have more in common than simply their fiber and color. Although they look different, each was created with the same set of movements. Pairs of tama directly opposite one another on...
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