Description:
The Beginner's Guide to Braiding -The Craft of KumihimoAuthor: Jacqui Carey
ISBN-13: 9780855328283
ISBN-10: 0855328282
Publication Date: 6/1/1997
Publisher: Search Press
Paperback
8 x 10.2 inches, 64 pages
The basics of Japanese braiding without special equipment.
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Kumihimo is a traditional Japanese artform of making braids and cords. Literally meaning "gathered threads",
kumihimo are made by interlacing reels of yarn, commonly silk, with the use of traditional, specialised looms –
either a marudai ('round stand') or a takadai (also known as a kodai).
There are a number of different styles of kumihimo weaving, which variously create a braided cord ranging
from very flat to almost entirely rounded. Kumihimo cords are used as obijime, cords worn belted around the
front of some obi when wearing kimono.
