Kongoh-gumi (Friendship Bracelets)

Send us your design with or without a photo of your finished braid. 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

Kumihimo Patterns Kumihimo - tutorial; flat braid with hearts I thought I´d post a tutorial of a kumihimo pattern; flat 12-tread braid with heart pattern: For about 2 bracelets (finished length 30+ cm), I used 6 x 1,20 m lengths; 5 x 1 mm cords in dark blue satin and 1 x 2mm cord in pink satin. The thicker cord might be a bit shorter if you want. Lay the threads double and place the 12 threads in the starting position as shown under. (I will refer to the disc as a clock: 12 o´clock is on top, 3 o´clock is to the right, 6 o´clock is bottom ans 9 o´clock is left.) This is the starting position of the threads. First take the inner right thread in the 12 o´clock position and move it down below the two threads on the left side, in the 9 o´clock position. Take the inner left thread in the 12 o´clock position and move it down below the two threads on the right side, in the 3 o´clock position. Move the two top threads closer, replacing the moved threads. Do the same move with the inner right thread in the 6 o´clock position to the left side. A while later.....

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