#kumihimo

[gifsfromthecrows]

ultimate portability for a kumihimo project: half-empty roll of paper towels (kept from unraveling by being wrapped in string) inside a big souvenir cup. like I'm definitely going to be printing something to mimic this setup in a prettier way but this works

[amaritheartist]

BAM! HMS NECKLACE!

[gardenofstarss]

Kumihimo Bracelets! <3

I made all of these, along with a bunch of others! 10/10 recommend as a craft (hell even a fidget) and supplies are easy to come by! I started on a loom I made out of cardboard and some twine I stole from my teacher :3

[nonbinary-octopus]

hello! kumihimo bracelets time

so I mentioned that I've mostly been doing spiral kumihimo, and this bracelet is the one exception. It's a completely different braiding pattern, and it makes a flat cord instead of a round one. It's supposed to have hearts, but they turned out to be kinda undetstated because they're made of two small stitches in embroidery floss, and the background color I chose (variegated green) didn't help because it kept blending into either the light or the dark purple heart

this video is where I learned it, and you can watch that if you want; I found it a bit long-winded and will be doing a quicker explanation of the braiding pattern here.

The braid is done with sixteen threads: two each of your two heart colors, and 12 of the background color. there's eight steps per round, with a bonus step of "shift all the threads over one notch" because rather than all traveling around the kumihimo wheel in one direction, they gradually spread out from their groups and need to be gathered back in again. (depending on how many spare notches you have, you don't have to do the bonus step every round. I do it every other round.)

then you repeat the round. The colors gradually shift positions, though there are two discreet halves. the hearts, the bits between the hearts, and the outer edges on the non-heart side of the cord are one rotating group, and the edges beside the hearts and the center of the non-heart side are the other rotating group. Every thread is used on both the left and right sides of the cord.

The pattern goes like so:

written out steps below the readmore for length

you start with four groups of four threads, positioned at the top, bottom, left, and right of the wheel.

take the right center thread of the top group, cross it over to the bottom of the left group

mirror step 1 with the left center thread of the top group

take the right center thread of the bottom group, cross it over to the top of the left group

mirror step 3 with the left center thread

take the top center thread of the right group, cross it over to the right of the bottom group

mirror step 5 with the bottom center thread

&8. mirror steps 5&6 with the left group

[june-nik]

needed something to do last night while waiting for the Artemis 2 to splash down so i made a rocky inspired friendship bracelet

[demonsreverie]

Just sharing my Kumihimo journey~ One of my absolute favorite crafts! I know many people use Kumihimo (knowing or unknowingly) for friendship bracelets, but these cords are DURABLE, I use them for all sorts of things all over the house 🤭

One of them became a favorite bracelet of mine~

These were all made last year and already I can see a big difference in my hands looking back at these images, absolutely wild. Alt text and random info attached to the images.

[crowcrafts]

Just learned kumihimo weaving and finished my first cord! Very easy to pick up and I love the texture of the weave. Already plotting some projects!

[tanuki-kimono]

Chic antique summer kimono with kotoji (koto bridge) and kumihimo (breaded cords) over akikusa (autumn plants) calm blue ground.

I wonder if the cords over the 絽 ro fabric (a type of open weave used for summer items) is supposed to mimic misu (bamboo blinds):