Kumihimo - Getting Started. Kumihimo is a form of Japanese braiding using various types of stringing material, often combined with beads to make exceptional jewelry.
The term Kumihimo in Japanese means the gathering of threads. This technique involves using different types of looms to achieve different types of braids. The possibilities are endless and can be customized to suit everybody, so find your Kumihimo supplies and get started! When doing Kumihimo you will learn that using a different number of strands, as well as different colors, will change the overall look. Different types of stringing material can also change the look, as well as adding beads to all or some of the strands. In Kumihimo, each thread in one single "slit" is referred to as a warp. Setting Up the Disk Starting the BraidPlease note that when we mention a numbered slit, it refers to the slit to the left of that number. Kongoh-gumi (Friendship Bracelets)
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Link to your design - share your pattern with your friends Remember pattern (requires cookies) You should be seeing the kumihimo braid design tool here. If you are seeing this text after the page has finished loading, either javscript is disabled or your browser does not support some features required. DMC code: About the braid Kongoh gumi braids are probably the first kumihimo braid people come across. This braid gives a rectangular area for design which repeats spiralling up the braid (the S-spiral goes round the opposite direction). On a kumihimo disk, the movement sequence is very simple (2 thread moves and a turn of the disk repeated) and the flexibility of the design makes it popular for friendship bracelets. We have more information about this braid on our Kongoh Gumi page.
We have some other kongoh-gumi braids available – the technique is the same, but the groups are different sizes. How to use the designer. Naiki - 16 element braid in Convergence 2010 colors. Fladt med hjerte. I got the pattern for this braid from a friend of mine, who found it here: .
It makes a flat braid, with a heart pattern running up the center. I am using 10/2 Uki red cotton weaving yarn for the background of this braid. The hearts are in an unlabeled cream colored cotton from my stash, that is about twice the thickness of the red. The finished width is about 1/8", which makes for a cute little delicate braid. I'm picturing using this as friendship bracelets, as necklace cording, as drawstrings, or as trim on a little bag. Here's the finished braid: And here's the process on my foam disk. Here's the starting position. We'll start with the threads at the top of the disk. Take the right hand, inner thread on the top. Take the left hand, inner thread in the top position. Take the two remaining threads in the 12:00 position, and move them closer together.
That is the end of the first sequence. Now, we're going to do something similar with the four threads at the bottom of the disk.