Japanese Yahoo Auctions is a wonderful source of various dais and books on kumihimo. Unfortunately, until now I havent found anybody that would offer shipping ...
Gabriela, indeed, that is often a problem with the sellers. Seeing that we order things from Japan every month, we use a parcel forwarding service (or ...
... Thanks Jennifer, I'm glad you like them. I actually had to go back and take a look at my pics to see how you knew I ate Uncle Toby's, and there it was for...
My name is Stephanie and I am mostly a seed beader who dabbles in lampwork bead making and I just bought a marudai. I am so excited to have found this group...
Welcome Stephanie. Hope you have fun with our little group. Do not be afraid to ask questions. You will find a lot of helpful and exciting people here. ...
Hi Again, After I finished posting about starting with a ring, I took a look at the new photos, and there are mickncrispy's braids as a perfect example. Of...
Hi All, Welcome Stephanie. Can I ask how you got interested in kumihimo? Have you got any books or taken a class? Take a look some of the group's photo albums...
... Hi Stephanie, welcome. I am also a new learner. There's always someone on here that will be able to answer any questions you have so ask away. I am also...
In a message dated 6/3/2007 4:09:18 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, rainydaybead@... writes: a peyote-stitch tube What is a peyote-stitch tube? (mother)...
Thanks Carol It is getting cold now but we have had some rain which is awesome. We haven't had any decent rain for five years and many areas are on stage five...
Hello to all. My name is DeAnna and i live in Southwest, Florida. I just took a class at a local bead store last week on Kumihimo and learned to make...
Dear braiders, I recently did a 16 tama hira kara in silk and I noticed that the faces were not symetrical. The north face is narrower than the south face (so...
Dear braiders, thinking about it some more, I have a "theory" about the possible cause. That theory seems to verify when I try it on a disc with cotton (one...
Dear braiders, Not sure if the explanation of the error was clear, so I added a picture in my photo album. A picture is sometimes worth 5 pages of explanations...
Welcome DeAnna You find great help and inspiration here. I am just a baby braider too. My first go was beaded also. Since them I have made a 4 tama cotton...
Michael, In my experience you are correct in your assumption. The crossing order makes a difference. However, I never thought of it as an error. Rather it...
Dear braiders, While I'm asking questions about Hira Kara... did somebody make a color path for the 16 tama version? I have prepared a worksheet for that braid...
I know I want to learn it, though; I've been learning macrame, and enjoy that; earlier this year learned knit and crochet, and enjoy those; I also make...
I see names like Hira Kara, Shige Uchi, Suruga-gumi, and such. Where can I find what these are names for. I have 3 books and none give these names. There...
Theresa, It depends on the books :) The book I started with contains both notations, but not for the same braids... so some braids have the Japanese name while...
The real source book for the proper Japanese names for braids (it seems to me) is Makiko Tada's book on Marudai braids. They all have their Japanese names...
Hi None, I understand what you say about the takadai, it was the ayatakedai that first interested me but once I made braids on the takadai I was hooked! Years...
Hello All, I am Margie, wife to a wonderful man, mother to grown 3 children (3 grandkids and 1 great granddaughter) and also mom to two Shih Tzus. I have...
Names of braids are so beautiful and several of the books have them - Charlene Marietti, Catherine Martin, for a couple. But I believe that the different ...
Welcome Margie, I am sure you will enjoy kumihimo, it is a wonderful craft. Don't give up when you'll get frustrated with the disc, it will just be a sign...
Shirley, I have no idea if it is in Catherine Martin book as my kumihimo library is very thin at the moment (1 book by Gabriela MarkovĂ , several pages of...
Dear Theresa You must have at least one of Jacqui Carey's books (the one with 4A, 16G, etc.). Why don't you try Jacqui's website? She has done a lot of work ...
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