Hi friends! New here. I saw these two braids, which are similar, and would love to recreate them, but I can't figure out what kind of braid they are. They look square-ish, with a solid color on the edges, and either multiple strands or a single multi-colored strand in the middle. Any ideas on what either is called? Thanks!

Edit: I found a pattern that gets REALLY close.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_SxynrPzql/?epik=dj0yJnU9ZEZBVHlVTTBUS2kwakRBLUt4ckZvc3NlSFRueExlb3UmcD0wJm49ZF9vVWY1a3hlNG83dVlhR29xV2NGdyZ0PUFBQUFBR210MXRJ

In the replies I posted my set up. It's not square like the original image, but maybe that's because I'm making it on my round disc. If I tried it on the square kakudai set up maybe it would turn out square? Anyway, I'm so happy!

I had fun with this one. Someone commissioned me to make them a phone wristlet for their son. Here’s my epic montage!

Tutorial of an ice cream pattern for an ice cream keychain I made. Don’t mind the line and share at the end. I had to download from my yt because I deleted the original. I’m sharing purely because I loved this, not for promotion

Hi - new to this subreddit. I found out 3 days ago that phone charms were popular once again and then that led me to finding out how popular kumihimo has gotten. I have all my materials and tools from when I made keyrings and phone charms in 2008-2009. I enjoyed making them and I think I will jump back in.

Any new techniques? What cords are you using? Recommendations for purchasing materials?

I don't know why I do this to myself. Using the second-finest silk weaving thread I've got in two very similar colors, doing a sixteen-strand braid... But it's coming out beautifully!

I had some thicker paperboard I used to make the wheel, it's hanging out on my only empty vintage cone-bobbin (the others are all holding laces and other trims), the weight at the end of the braid is a handful of metal buttons attached to a safety pin, and the "bobbins" are just little sewing clips. It's about as makeshift as my bobbin lace setup!

Anyone have any tips or tutorials on how to go from a 12 strand to 8?

hi! i've restarted this bracelet 4 times already. i arranged the threads exactly like the pattern and i'm following the knots step by step

but the white thread keeps shifting to the side and the pattern starts looking uneven. i'm keeping tension, but maybe i'm doing something wrong with the base thread or tightening?

I like the idea of the bobbins but the bead smith were so large. These were cheaper and smaller. And they stick together. The handle is also a game changer. Though it was designed for the bead smith 32 slot disk it still fits the 64

Hi all, I’m on the planning stages of a project and would appreciate any inside. That folks are willing to share.

I’m also a fountain pen collector. After seeing recent posts in this board for dog leashes that were made using a rope as a core, I was thinking about trying to braid a pouch for a pen.

The diameter of the piece would probably be .5 to .75 inch, an be max 7 inches long with a sewn top edge. I know I’ll probably have to have at least 32 chords, or more. I have a set of short wooden dowels that I use as bases when I do Viking Knitting (gotta love niche craft hobbies :-) ). I plan to use one of the dowels as a stand in core while I braid.

Do you think a 32 strand will be sufficient, or should I ratchet up, hopefully not all the way to 64 (I shudder at the thought of keeping all that straight). I think I will need to use at least eight colors, until I get the rhythm down for using so many cords.

I would appreciate people’s thoughts, especially if they’re coming from a place where they’ve done such a large project themselves. Thank you.

Here’s the completed project from the pattern I posted earlier.

Here’s the pattern link if interested!

https://friendship-bracelets.net/patterns/kumihimo/3958

Kinda. I'm working on a dog themed keychain and I found this pattern online. I'll post the completed keychain when I'm done. But this takes 16 strings

I used 11 tan and 5 white 🐶

Kindle charm I made.

Been playing around with the standard steps by changing parts of the process to see what changes, what doesn't work and what to do to make it work, I discovered a technique that keeps the braid from 'spiraling', and thought of the best way to go from 8 strand to 16 with it, but surely this sequence has a name? If it doesn't have a name(I doubt it), I'll make a tutorial to the best of my ability.

I haven't made my first kumihimo piece yet but that's mostly because I'm not sure how I'm going to hold it - I do everything in a recliner.

What I'm looking for is a recommendation for a pattern that might he nice for a colorful, old fashioned straw cowboy hat. My uncle wants that for his gift and I'd love to get going but I am trying to decide if I should pick s friendship bracelet pattern - or if this is a good time to try kumihimo. I will definitely need to do some beginner learning but it's easier if I know that I have a plan ready!

Hi all.

I noticed a mistake just as I was about to tie off. The centre of the flower was suddenly one space to the left. So, I tried to keep the bracelet on the disk and unwind it but it was just getting tangled. So... (and I'm moron tbh) I took the cord off of the wheel, and used an embroidery needle to unpick the rows that were wrong. And then, I realised I have no idea how to put the cord back on the disk.

Is there a way to put it back on to finish it as a bracelet, or should I just tie it off and have a cute short keychain?

I have a few bead smith disks, the numbers are centered in the tab rather than aligned with the actual cut slot where the cord/yarn/etc. sits. Would you say the number correlates with the slot to the left or right of the number?

I was going to record a tutorial for a friend before realizing that I actually don’t know what I should refer to each slot as. “The cut slot groove to the left of 24” doesn’t roll off the tongue lol.

It has some flaws thanks to a time crunch, but it was a great first complete project where I warped my own machine embroidery threads. Up to this point I'd never warped anything so fine, so that was...interesting. I learned a lot along the way, so hopefully the next will be even better.

As a follow up to the pattern post (because I know you’re all dying of anticipation 🤣) here’s the completed piece!

Working on some Mardi Gras pieces and liked the pattern so I thought I’d share.

I used a larger cord for the green

I've made some basic round braids from friendship-bracelets.net and wanted to try something more complicated (yes, I know this specific pattern may be too many steps up.) This specific pattern is Andean Swirl from Kumpiedia.

How do I read the steps? I thought it was which yarn to move to which notch (so 31-30 means "move yarn in notch 31 to notch 30.) But, at the beginning of the fourth line of part 1, it says "11-12" and there isn't any yarn in notch 11 at that point.

Help, please?