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Working with the Kumihimo Plate
by None Redmond
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BRAID 3: Une-gumi
Here is a picture of what you need: silk or some other thread, the plate, and a weight. You can also use rattail, yarn or narrow ribbon.
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Please cut 8 threads of about a yard long. If you are using embroidery floss you may like to use two strands of each colour. Divide them equally into 2 at the middle and knot. I knotted mine in order to make a braid which would function as a book marker. When the braid is finished I shall make a tassel from this knotted end.
Please attach your weight to this knotted end with a Lark's Head loop as shown. This end will hang below the central slit of the plate.
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The threads will be arranged in the slots between 3 and 10, (3) and (10) as shown and the important thing to remember is that the colours MUST be symetrical about a vertical axis. So above the rectangular hole it will be seen that the colours are Dark green, grass green, light green and peach and then they reverse in order. Below that rectangular slot the colours are different - peach, light green, dark green and medium green, again reversing in order. The colours may also be the same above and below- this will make a stronger pattern.
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The first move is illustrated below in the photograph. The thread on the left of centre at the top is moved across four threads at the top to end up at the side as shown. 6 to (B)
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The second move is to take the thread on the right of centre at the top and move it over 4 threads at the left side to the edge as shown. 7 to B. Please remember the order of this cross. Also remember that the threads are crossed otherwise you will make a hole !
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Please work on one side at a time. In this example the right side is being braided first.
The thread on the right of centre at the bottom is brought up to the slot at the right of centre at the top. (7) to 7
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