I saw a demonstration of this about 30 years ago when I was a member of the Long Island Needlework Guild. When I saw the braid you made for Law and Lumber I was curious if it was the same method. The mechanism sure has changed. Did you design your trellis or has the technique simply become more evolved for modern man? You do beautiful work. Thank you for sharing. Seeing EDB's braid made me look to see if you had any of the original kumihimo equipment, which is why i went and looked at this video. The Guild all had handmade name lanyards. Mine was 32 count linen cross stitched with pulled thread edging. Then I got old......... Now I paint. Happy to get you over 700 thanks to L & L FNF last night.
Thank you. There are several different braiding stands that all fall under the umbrella of kumihimo. The most common is the round wood disk, called a marudai. the other type I like to do is on the large square stand with either one or two sets of pin blocks on rails where you sit in between them, called the takadai. There is also a similar square stand that you sit with it in front of you and there are wood feathers with 2 or 3 hook spots on each side of the feathers called an ayatakedai. There is also a combined version of the takadai and ayatakedai called an ayatakadai. And there is a square wood disk similar to the marudai that instead of feeding the braid through the center of the disk and down, it instead goes up onto a crane type pully system, called a kakudai. And for yet another stand there is the karakumidai, which is a square open frame tilted at an angle similar to and artist's desk with a line of pins all around. Those are the ones I'm aware of. Thank you again for helping to push me past that milestone. I hope you enjoy the videos/livestreams.
This is the kind of braiding that I’m used to. Nice to see the different styles and setups.
Thank you! I'm also considering getting another style braiding frame in the near future. I might actually make it too....
I saw a demonstration of this about 30 years ago when I was a member of the Long Island Needlework Guild. When I saw the braid you made for Law and Lumber I was curious if it was the same method. The mechanism sure has changed. Did you design your trellis or has the technique simply become more evolved for modern man? You do beautiful work. Thank you for sharing. Seeing EDB's braid made me look to see if you had any of the original kumihimo equipment, which is why i went and looked at this video. The Guild all had handmade name lanyards. Mine was 32 count linen cross stitched with pulled thread edging. Then I got old......... Now I paint. Happy to get you over 700 thanks to L & L FNF last night.
Thank you. There are several different braiding stands that all fall under the umbrella of kumihimo. The most common is the round wood disk, called a marudai. the other type I like to do is on the large square stand with either one or two sets of pin blocks on rails where you sit in between them, called the takadai. There is also a similar square stand that you sit with it in front of you and there are wood feathers with 2 or 3 hook spots on each side of the feathers called an ayatakedai. There is also a combined version of the takadai and ayatakedai called an ayatakadai. And there is a square wood disk similar to the marudai that instead of feeding the braid through the center of the disk and down, it instead goes up onto a crane type pully system, called a kakudai. And for yet another stand there is the karakumidai, which is a square open frame tilted at an angle similar to and artist's desk with a line of pins all around.
Those are the ones I'm aware of. Thank you again for helping to push me past that milestone. I hope you enjoy the videos/livestreams.