Hi everybody: Nice to meet all of you! My name is Yamilet and I'm from Cuba, but I'm living in Tampa, USA. My English is not the best, but I know we can...
Hello Yamilet and Welcome! I look forward to seeing your photos. I'm still in the beginning/intermediate level. I want to add beads to my kumi but I'm not ...
I too am new to this group and am hoping to draw some inspiration from it. I currently do other fibre works but am looking to use the kumi to add interest to...
... Hi Yamilet and everyone! I'm a newcomer here as well. I live in Seattle now, but I grew up in Tampa. I recall Cuban cooking as one of my favorite parts...
First of all, I'd like to give a wave to the new listmembers...welcome! As some of you know, I travel very rarely, usually just once a year to my parents'...
Does any one know where you can find tutorials on how to do the weaves? variety in braids by changing the warping pattern, I enjoyed working on the maru dai so...
... There are literally dozens of different structures in Rodrick Owen's first book which can be done on the cards, and there are a number of small booklets...
Alison Irwin, here on Vancouver Island, made a good adapted marudai for making kongo gumi (the round braid - left up, right down) from an old slide tray - the...
Hi all, I've just posted photos of my first obijime-length braid <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kumi2/photos/album/2028407757/pic/list> , an adaptation to the...
John - both your braid and your detailed comments are beyond fabulous! Thanks Lily _____ From: kumi2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:kumi2@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf...
What lovely work, I like your way of describing what you are doing, it makes it quite clear o understand the processes involved in the actual brading and...
John - Thank you so much for sharing all this. I'm new to kumihimo and it's really helpful to me to have the detail on how you constructed this lovely braid. ...
John, thank you for the notes on your lovely braid. They actually have a practical application for me as I was planning a braid with the silver thread you...
I am working on some video or slideshow tutorials, but until my Qucktime Pro appears (ordered last week but not yet here) I don't think I can publish them...
I was able to create a GIF animation and post it in the photo section. You may need Quicktime Player to view the animation; otherwise you may only see a...
Where might I find braid patterns for a kumihimo plate (flat braids)? I've checked out every book I can find at the library that mentioned kumihimo but none...
Hi Susan, The plate is a relatively new tool, first mentioned in Rodrick Owen's book Braids: 250 Patterns from Japan, Peru and Beyond when originally published...
I think you can save the picture to your own hard drive. Then either start up quicktime and tell it to open the file, or right-click it, scroll down to "open...