This is my first 2/2 Oblique Twill Braid. After one complete sequence. After 3 sequences you can see that the braid is just past the Torii B...
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Braidweaver - Carol Miller Franklin, My Fascination with Kumihimo
伊賀くみひもの始まりは古く、奈良時代以前にまで遡ると言われています。平安時代には唐組（からくみ）の平緒、経巻、華篭（けこ）、幡飾（はたかざり）等の仏具、神具等に凝った紐が用いられるようになりました。武士階級の時代になると甲冑や刀剣の紐が多く生産されるようになり、武具類を中心とするくみひも文化が生まれました。廃刀令...
1玉27本持で32玉で帯締を組んでいます。段染なので組み方を均一にしないと柄がずれ易いので気を使います。
A plain weave braid done on the takadai, a blast from the past. Done in blue, red and ochre Praslon commercial 2/20 weaving yarn, with generic white and pink added, my aim primarily was to get the switching diagonals right in terms of tension of course, but the change in colour hints at ungen, the…
Love that Lace! Takadai experiment with leno lace on warp of mixed silk yarns. Curtain is handwoven 8-shaft huck pattern in linen with crocheted edge.
In her second book on takadai braids, Makiko Tada details four different flat braids of the ryuko (dragon/tiger) design, all done with 50 bobbins on the takadai braiding stand. I worked my first one about seven years ago, but am doing them now as 'miniatures' with just 4 and 6 strands (20/2 weaving yarn) per…
Hola!. Hoy voy hablaros sobre una técnica llamada Kumihimo, es una forma de trenza japonesa. Mediante esta técnica se fabrican cuerdas y cintas entrelazando hilos.Los cordeles kumihimo fueron creados en principio para un trenzado manual con lazos. Posteriormente se han empleado herramientas, tales como el marudai y el takadai para hacer trenzas más complejas en menos tiempo. El uso histórico más destacado de…
Kumihimo cord was first created by a form of finger-loop braiding. Later tools such as the marudai and the takadai were employed to make more complex braids in shorter time. The most prominent historical use of the cords was by samurai as both a functional and decorative way to lace their lamellar armour and their horses' armor (barding). Kumihimo cords are now used as ties on haori jackets and obijimes, which are used for tying on an obi (kimono sash). A modern kumihimo disk made of firm but flexible foam plastic with notches can also be used as a portable marudai. The disks have 32 notches that create the tension that is usually created by tama on a marudai. The disks are convenient but are not as versatile as the marudai. On a marudai, any thickness or amount of string can be used, but on a disk only 32 or fewer strand braids can be made. Also, marudai can make many types of braids, such as flat, four sided, and hollow. There are also rectangular foam cards, especially suitable for making flat braids.
