And if you don’t know what kumihimo is, check this link. I used the pdf templates linked under looms. Anyway, it’s all Nicole’s fault, I tell ya. We agreed to trade-I have half made zombie bunny slippers for her-and she made me an incredible necklace that must have cost a fortune in glass beads…on a cord that she made herself. Of course, I had to ask.
Cool, eh? I’m not a great photographer and this picture doesn’t do it justice. Ok, so, Cole told me what the cord was and naturally I dashed out and bought a wack of embroidery floss (at Walmart-their craft section is utter balls nowadays, seriously, crappity crap) and made a cardboard loom, used a rock with a natural hole in it I found on a Dover beach, and started my first cord:
Shades of yellow, 8 strands. I kept getting confused and the pattern is not so wonderful. But still. Then I started a new one, with obvious colours and following an actual 16 strand pattern, creating a diagonal stripe.
Yes, that’s Mariah Carey.
Neat, eh? I have no idea what I will do with the cord, maybe I will send it off to Cole.
Maybe I should just pick one thing to be good at and stick to that.
You have secured your place as the coolest girl in the world cos you remember the whole “ate my balls” phenomenon…
ahh, early internet…
It’s true! I am the coolest girl!
I love Kumihimo, I made myself a set of loom/templates years ago from really rigid mountboard, and they have lasted really well. I have tried a treditional marudai but found it too confusing..I need the numbers! Lucets are easy to use but not as much fun.
I don’t think I have the patience for this craft-neither of my starts have gotten any further than the above pictures.
And, of course, I found pre-made looms at the art supply store and bought 2 and started both and have quit both. Ugh. LAME.
Jack of all trades but master of none, I have lost count of the crafts i have ‘tried out’, bought all the stuff for and then abandoned lol My worst foray was into lace making….