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Hi all! \u00a0Sorry I didn’t get this post up yesterday, it was a busy one with errands and such. I did start a project yesterday, but just didn’t have time to take pics and blog about it.<\/p>\n

In my shopping travels I picked up this crazy looking thing.<\/p>\n

\"kumihimo<\/a><\/p>\n

It’s \u00a0a kumihimo braiding disk<\/a>\"\".<\/p>\n

I’ve been aware of the kumihimo trend over the past few years, but was never impressed enough with the look to get on board.<\/p>\n

(This link will bring you to a page with many photo examples of what kumihimo braiding looks like<\/em>.)<\/p>\n

To me it’s just ok, but… if you add beading to your strands, well, then you get <\/span>quite<\/em> a different thing. \u00a0I’ve been fascinated by the use of unusually shaped beads or an interesting variety of beads, and so got an IDEA.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you’d like to see what I mean,\u00a0this Etsy shop<\/a> has some great examples of kumihimo with beading.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"kumihimo<\/a><\/p>\n

Thus, the purchase of said braiding disk and my first attempt at braiding using yarns I had on hand pictured above. (I really, really wanted to jump right into using beads, but knew it would be wiser to start simple<\/em>.) \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

I like the way the ripply white yarn kinda looks like beads as it stands proud of the rest of the cord.<\/p>\n

\"flowercup<\/a><\/p>\n

Here’s an example \u00a0from the February 2014 issue of Bead and Button Magazine. Love the use of flower shaped beads!<\/p>\n

By the way, this is a great bring-it-along-with-you kind of project, perfect for doing in the doctor’s office or while watching something you don’t need to pay strict attention to. It’s quite simple and nearly mindless.<\/p>\n

\"kumihimo<\/a><\/p>\n

My next attempt will be to make a cord for this pendant a friend bought for me years ago. I think these green, gold & blue beads will compliment it nicely.<\/p>\n

If that works out, then I’ll move on to my IDEA.In the meantime, Happy Creating!<\/p>\n

P. S. Here’s a YouTube video an introduction to doing kumihimo<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0this video shows how to add beads to your braiding<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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