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Adventures with a Hair Work Braid, Part 2
One of the ways to add interest to a braid is to alternate sections of different braid structures, either consistently along the length of the braid or in more random placement. The smoothest...
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Adventures with a Hair Work Braid, Part 1
Recently several members of the “Kumihimo Braiders International” group on Facebook began experimenting with a particular braid from Mark Campbell’s Art of Hair Work, an instructional book published in...
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Working Out of the Stash
Back in my weaving days, I always admired weavers who could pull together amazing combinations of colors from their “stash”, or collection of fibers left over from other projects or purchased without a...
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Nontraditional Karakumi Mat
With a little planning, sometimes sample pieces can become useful items. I’ve been traveling a great deal over the past month or so, and there is sadly no room in a single 45-pound suitcase allowed on...
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Sometimes It Takes an Ugly Braid
Sometimes you have to make a truly ugly braid in order to make beautiful braids. It’s always helpful to have a color placement chart to work with when you plan your braid so that you can be sure where...
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Teaching an Old Braid New Tricks
A few days ago, I was able to get into my studio for the first time in about six months. (It was the only available storage area during renovations to our house.) I was delighted to find a maru dai...
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Structure Walkabout Study Group
We’re going on a Structure Walkabout to discover new braid structures, and you’re invited to join in the fun! Using Jacqui Carey’s new book, The Book of Braids: A New Approach to Creating Kumihimo...
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Color Choices Can Be Tricky
I had the pleasure of attending a series of classes taught during the last week of February by Makiko Tada in Miami, Florida. While most of the students worked with maru dai and the Hamanaka discs and...
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Beyond My Comfort Zone
For the past few weeks my braiding has been focused on doing samples for the Structure Walkabout study group that I’m leading within the Study Group Section of the Braid & Plait Forum at...
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Five Degrees of Separation
These five braids have more in common than simply their fiber and color. Although they look different, each was created with the same set of movements. Pairs of tama directly opposite one another on...
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