Category: braiding

  • All the kumihimo

    All the kumihimo

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    Liz

    Yesterday I spent the whole day playing with basic kumihimo. I spurred myself on wanting to see how each thread/yarn I had would look once braided up. Because I kept to only bracelet lengths, I was able to churn through quite a few. Of course, first I jumped into some more Cottage Garden Threads. But…

  • Finished last night

    Finished last night

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    Liz

    Finished this one last night 😁 Another bracelet created using @cottagegardenthreads beautiful hand-dyed embroidery thread 😁

  • More Kumihimo

    More Kumihimo

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    Liz

    Another kumihimo braided using gorgeous hand-dyed cotton from Cottage Garden Threads 😁 I am really inspired by these colours and the fact I have designed a decent pattern to work from and create a bracelet. Whatever the reason, I’m running with it 😁 Liz (Inspiration is fun)

  • Cottage Garden Threads

    Cottage Garden Threads

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    Liz

    Early this month I was sitting in the car waiting for Hubby. I was scrolling through the pretty yarn eye candy that is Instagram and came across a photo by Cottage Garden Threads. I was immediately excited. Because in amongst all the hand-dyed yarn goodies I was perusing, Cottage Garden Threads was offering hand-dyed embroidery…

  • Playing with Kumihimo

    Playing with Kumihimo

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    Liz

    About a month or so ago I starting playing with kumihimo, a Japanese method of braiding cords.