Kumihimo 101 Japanese Textiles

I thought I'd kick off this weblog with a scan of various taka-dai braids I've made, all of them more than a year ago - flat, square, single- and double-layer - as a general introduction to my kumihimo. These sorts of braids are at the core of my braiding practice and I'm hoping that by…

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