FEBRUARY MEETING - 15TH - ADVENTURES IN KUMIHIMO BRAID
February meeting –
Adventures in Kumihimo with Kay Hawkins
(questionably assisted by Sara!)
© Kay Hawkins 2019
Kay is a member of the Braid Society, some members may have
attended her mini-workshops at the Society’s ‘have a go’ days. She will give us
an introduction to kumihimo braiding on
the marudai and kumihimo disk This will
include selecting yarns, warping up, controlling tension and some simple braid
patterns.
For those of you with experience of braiding or who are
feeling adventurous, there will be the opportunity to use those skills to make
an item such as a key fob, bracelet, necklace or a lanyard. Perhaps we can hope to see all our members at
future meetings with their name badges on braided lanyards!
At lunchtime Kay and Sara will give a presentation on ‘Our
braiding adventure in Japan 2019’.
Please bring a marudai with 8 bobbins, chopstick,
counterweights and weight bag if you have one, or a braiding disk with 12
‘ezee-bobs’. Don’t forget scissors and a notebook.
The guild has a number of marudais available for loan and
Kay will have disks and ezee-bobs that you can purchase on the day, as well as
a selection of braiding books for sale. Kay will also provide pre-cut yarn at
£1 per warp.
Please let us know
if you are coming so that Kay can plan the session and know if we need
to have the guild’s marudais available. (Please note that if you want to take
a marudai away with you to complete your project there will be a loan fee).
Looking foward to seeing you all there.