Thursday, May 1, 2008

Kumihimo: four and eight bobbin cord


I saw in the Yahoo A&S 50 digest some discussion of Kumihimo cord so I thought I'd post the eight bobbin cord I just finished. It is the green and yellow one. The red and white is a four bobbin cord for comparison. Both are made from Trebizonid silk, one strand per bobbin. It really is lovely and makes great cord. I use it for chemise ties, to finish the edges of my embroidery projects, and plan to use for lacing of garb and whatever else I can think of. The Weavershand website (link on the right under "Links I like") had lots of information on kumihimo as well as inkle, fingerloop and a host of other things.

1 comment:

Žabacorporation said...

Thanks god you posted a comment on Racaire's blog so I could find this great medieval blog through it :-)
I wish you a lot of creativity
Go on like this

Btw the table's amazing