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Kumihimo is the Japanese name for the art of cord-making via braiding.
Of course, braiding is no more an exclusively Japanese art than is
paper folding, but it serves as a convenient term to distinguish the
craft from what I do with my hair. 8)
I plan to do some knotting with Kumihimo
braids, but first I have to find the right project!
Related Links
Bibliography
- Kumihimo: Japanese Silk Braiding Techniques
- Catherine Martin
Published by Lark Books
50 College Street, Asheville, NC, 28801
USA, 1986
ISBN 0-937274-59-3
A small book consisting only of 16 bobbin designs. Very traditional
(Japanese) describing only Maru Dai techniques.
- Braids: 250 Patterns from Japan, Peru and Beyond
- Roderick Owen
Published by Interweave Press, Inc
201 East Fourth Street, Loveland, Colorado 80537
or
Cassell, Villiers House, 41/47 Strand, London WC2N 5JE
UK, 1995
ISBN 1-883010-06-3
A nice book with instructions for 4 to 31 strand braids. Information
on how to use a Maru Dai or just a simple card are given.
Hair Braiding
- Beautiful Braids: An Illustrated Step-by-Step Guide
- Hair Designer: Mary Beth Janssen-Fleischman
Contributing Writer: Judy Rambert
Published by Publications International, Ltd.
7373 North Cicero Avenue, Lincolnwood, Illinois 60646
USA, 1990
ISBN 0-88176-925-8
The book starts out really basic and works up to the
"two-strand overlap".
- All New Beautiful Braids: An Illustrated Step-by-Step Guide
- Hair Designer: Mary Beth Janssen-Fleischman
Contributing Writer: Judy Rambert
Published by Publications International, Ltd.
7373 North Cicero Avenue, Lincolnwood, Illinois 60646
USA, 1992
ISBN 1-56173-231-1
A bit fancier than it's prequel, but the most interesting designs are
not braids at all, but twists.
Looking For
- The Manual of Braiding
- Speiser, Noemi
- The Art of Japanese Braiding
- Speiser, Noemi
- Kumihimo
- Tada, Makiko
- Interlacing: the Elemental Fabric
- Larsen, Jack Lenor
Supplies
I haven't seen any personally, but there is a list in the back of
Braids that I'll type in if people are interested.
CLW
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