Kumihumo or Japanese braiding. I made a necklace chain (left) and several key chains. The key chains were in a craft fair last December.
The bag (below) I spun the yarn from wool, crocheted the bag and did kumihumo for the strap. I was not particularly happy with the strap, it stretches too much. I added some thin sparkly colored thread for part of the bag to add interest. The bead used as a closure is dichroic glass.
I remember seeing keychains done with something l
ReplyDeleteike this technique when I was a kid. Very cool.
What I remember from childhood was done with a thread spool, nails and yarn. This is done with multiple colors and different types of thread, yarn, rat tail, etc. and with a special way of moving the fibers around a circle to get different designs.
ReplyDeleteThis type of braiding is very pretty. As I recall it's pretty strong as well. It's been AGES since I did this kind of work.
ReplyDeletexx, Carol