Well, I'm going to be away from my normal internet access from this Tuesday to next Tuesday. I should be able to get to the list about once a day and add any...
Hello all book lovers, Right now on Ebay there are up for auction a veritable potpourri of books related to kumihimo. Some of them are quite rare. I know there...
For anyone interested, some of these books do, indeed, contain a great deal of information on kumihimo history, but all in Japanese. The Shosoin book, by...
Michael Hattori
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FYI. From someone who has won WAY TOO MANY AUCTIONS! When bidding, wait until the last few minutes of the auction especially if no one else has bid. If others...
Awhile back you mentioned you had a picture of a karakumi dai. Could you send me a copy or post it to the group site? I'm also heading into teaching a group...
I was just looking at the Conference of Northern California Handweavers web site and I noticed that Makiko's class hasn't filled yet. Here is an opportunity to...
in the yahoo website of Makiko's karakumi with her permission. Once T0rin gets back home from his holiday I figure he'll put it on the non yahoo site he...
Unfortunately I cannot post a pic - I only recently acquired a camera and no longer have any projects around the house as I gave them all away as gifts. But I...
... camera ... all ... post ... David- Thanks for the fabulous ideas! It's always great to hear about specific projects. Lists are great, but the description...
I'm packing for Rodrick Owen's class next weekend (yippee!!!)and was wondering whether to bring thread or not. Wasn't sure if it was available there or if...
Hi Donna The Mannings have the biggest collection of yarns that I have ever seen in one weaving store so you shouldn't have any problem with choosing yarns. I ...
Rodrick- I am bringing my marudai. I have purchased a takadai but will save it for California (if there is room still?). I didn't want to spend most of the...
Hi Donna You can use Cotton Classic or a similar yarn that will help you with Rh-LH balance, this is very quick to set up. I am bringing a takadai for students...
This is to let you all know that my plans for building and setting up your own takadai are now available in booklet form. Check with Janis at Braidershand for...
Todd you lucky dog.......getting to go to a class.....ppfffttttt<G> and I raspberry you in the nicest way ..... oh while I have my mind on classes... Since...
... Well, this is thanks to my lovely fiancee...I wouldn't have been able to go otherwise. ... I should be able to. I'm planning on bringing it, but I can't...
We've gotten a new list member or two, but I haven't checked to see if they were from the class, but I'm just checking to see if anybody got a good picture of...
I just got the Andean Braid Book. WOW! So much information! I've got my summer cut out for me. Looks really interesting. Are their any translations or helpful...
... Isn't it wonderful? ... No helpful hints or translations, I'm afraid. What I do/did is to take lots of notes. I also like to compare the braids and...
Well, I taught a beginning kumihimo class for the local SCA group last weekend. It went rather well. I got the foam disks from braidershand and warped up all...