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Top : Arts : Crafts : Textiles : Braiding
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  • A Few Medieval Braids: Instructions with illustrations for creating a basic flat braid, a basic round or square braid, a guilloche, and a fingerloop braid. Different strand configurations are shown.
  • Beginning Kumihimo: A kumihimo beginner's instructional handout.
  • Braidweaver - Carol Franklin: Introduction to Kumihimo on the Taka Dai, including description of the parts of the device and braiding instructions.
  • Bristow, Chrissy: Features braid and bead work jewelry. Includes artist background and gallery.
  • Carey, Jacqui: Features the artist's work in kumihimo and contains information about workshops.
  • Fiber Expression: Maryse Levenson, weaver, braidmaker and teacher. Includes resume, classes offered and scheduled, and gallery of work.
  • Fifteenth-Century Fingerlooped Braid Reproductions: Samples by Carolyn Priest-Dorman, with photographs and comments.
  • Fingerloop Braids: Discusses braids found in Medieval excavations and gives instructions with illustrations to create a basic fingerloop braid.
  • Fingerloop Braids: Fingerloop braids from 15th-17th century Medieval Europe. Transcribed and interpreted from documents of the era with detailed instructions and profuse illustrations.
  • Hendrickson, Linda: Information on tablet weaving and ply-split braiding, photos of bands, braids, and baskets, workshop descriptions, mail order supplies and instructions.
  • Hirai Kumihimo House: A craft house in Japan producing items including sashes, haori laces and jewelry. Includes a brief background of the art and pictures of the various types of stands in use.
  • Holmberg, Shawnnee: Features artist's statement and her work in origami and kumihimo jewelry.
  • Kinoshita, Masako: Artist working in kumihimo as well as kute-uchi, an archaic technique she reconstructed. Includes information on workshops.
  • Kumihimo: Includes a bibliography and brief discussion about equipment.
  • Kumihimo: Lessons, information and sources for Japanese kumihimo, maru dai braiding techniques and equipment.
  • Loop-Manipulation Braiding Research & Information Center: A bilingual (English and Japanese) newsletter about loop-manipulation braiding which includes kute-uchi and slentre.
  • Making a Viking Whip-cord: Instructions for making a 4 strand braid using a method called interlocking or Viking Whip-cord.
  • Melbourne Kumihimo Group: Affiliated with the Handweavers and Spinners Guild of Victoria in Australia. Includes membership information, examples of items made using the technique and demonstration at the marudai.
  • Owen, Rodrick: Author, teacher and artist. Features example pieces, biography, and teaching schedule.
  • Raskin-Schmitz, Juliana: A German braider's gallery of works, with a synopsis of artist's background.
  • Spinning Jenny: The home page of a fibreholic. Includes her work in braids and bands (kumihimo, tablet weaving, ply-splitting) as well as knitting, spinning and weaving.
  • Tada, Makiko: Author, teacher, artist, and industry consultant. Features a bibliography, gallery, and event schedule.
  • The Braid Society: Group which focuses on narrow off-loom techniques. Includes membership information, resources and events.
  • Van Epen, Marijke: Features ethnic weaving techniques and tablet weaving. Includes gallery, information on workshops and publications.


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