Category: Kumihimo Japanese Braiding
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Japan – and desperately seeking textiles
The Japan Textile Tour 2017 with Intentionally Different was another amazing adventure in Japan. Once again we travelled city and countryside, through very long mountain tunnels, alongside tremendous rivers and the mountains of changing autumn leaves. The itinerary and organisation of the tour allowed us to see many textile places in more remote areas and…
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Weaving with passion and verve
The last workshop in the Curiousweaver studio for 2014 came to an end sadly on Sunday. Like a family filling a house making it a home, the studio feels so much better when filled with enthusiastic Saori weaving adventurers. Trying a bit of this and a bit of that, each working to their own rhythm…
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Braid Love
Braiding is so relaxing yet stimulating at the same time. I’ve just written a Craftsy post on Braids every Weaver should know. The post is an overview, with links to tutorials, of a few different braid structures that fall into a weavers journey. The slentre or loop braid, lucet braiding and the wonderful Kumihimo braiding.…