How To Make 50 Fabulous Flat Kumihimo Beads

A beginner's guide to making flat braids for fun and fabulous cord jewellery and accessories, this book includes a lightweight but sturdy square kumihimo braiding loom to get you started.

Find 50 flat braiding projects, including friendship bracelets, shoelaces, bag handles, jewelry, watch straps and more, and an enclosed kumihimo square loom. Clear instructions and step-by-step photographs make this a must-have guide for tweens, teens, and adults.

Kumihimo Basics & Beyond presents techniques for creating all-cord braids and beaded braids, then teaches beaders how to transform them into finished jewelry. Short demonstrations of the key techniques needed for each project are presented in easy-to-grasp portions, allowing beaders to learn and practice as they go. Rebecca Combs demystifies tricky “kumihimo math” by providing detailed supply lists for each project in the book, plus teaches beaders how to calculate the amount of fiber and how many beads they’ll need for their future kumihimo projects.

Introduces the traditional Japanese art of cord braiding and features step-by-step instructions for completing fifty projects with the included kumihimo disk.

The renowned jewelry crafter teaches readers how to make beautiful creations using the traditional Japanese braiding technique of Kumihimo. Kumihimo is the centuries-old Japanese artform of creating elegant braids using intricate and beautiful patterns and designs. These braids are then fashioned into all kinds of objects, such as bracelets, necklaces and more. This illustrated guide features step-by-step diagrams and photographs to help you create your own Kumihimo jewelry projects at home. Written by expert jewelry crafter Dorothy Wood, The Beginner’s Guide to Kumihimo covers a range of techniques including flat braids, square braids, honeycomb braids, hollow braids, spiral braids, and braiding with beads. Readers will learn to use different cords and wire, as well as finishing techniques. This volume also features templates to make your own Kumihimo disk and plate, plus a handful of contemporary projects for jewelry and accessories so you can put your newfound braiding skills to use right away.

This is the second Kumihimo book by Rebecca Combs. This book will focus more on the beginner and shares some of the most popular features that made the first book a runaway success: conversational voice, skill-building format, Kumihimo math, and continuing to use the inexpensive Kumihimo foam disk. Kumihimo Simplified includes 5 “new” braids: 8-warp basket weave, 16-warp rectangular, 16-warp hollow basket, 8-warp half-round, and 8-warp square. Beads will be included within the braids where appropriate, however, the focus will be straight braid. Special sidebars will include Creative Closures - 5 different ways to finish Kumihimo braids, besides the common gluing of endcaps.

Kumihimo is an ancient Japanese form of braiding using multiple strands of cord and/or ribbon. Kumihimo braids are very popular for bracelets but can also be used in necklaces. Different designs and patterns are possible by changing your braiding material, varying the thickness or number of your strands, using a round disk versus a square plate, and also by adding beads to your kumihimo braid. It's easy to learn, and modern tools make the projects portable for busy people! In this book, you will be learning everything you need to know about kumihimo and at the end you will be able to carry out kumihimo braid projects like bracelets and necklaces. GET YOUR COPY TODAY by clicking the buy now button and become an expert in kumihimo

AN EXPOSITORY GUIDE TO CREATING STUNNING KUMIHIMO BRAID PATTERNS FOR FASHION JEWELRY AND ACCESSORIESKumihimo is a Japanese term usually referred to as gathering of threads. Over the years, kumihimo has evolved into a technique of making jewelry by braiding multiple strands of ribbons or cords into various patterns and designs. In this book I will be showing you modern and simple techniques of making stunning kumihimo jewelry and accessories with so much ease using modern tools and beads to beautify them. You will be the learning Kumihimo basics even if you are a newbie. I have included step by step instructions with clear images on how you can place your braids over the disc to create different designs of jewelries. Grab your copy now by clicking BUY NOW and explore this amazing craft!