Dulcey Heller

Tag: kumihimo

  • Kumihimo sample, plus beads!

    With the braiding disk came some cotton yarn in three colors, fuchsia, green, and gray. There was twice as much fuchsia as the other colors, so I chose this pattern in a simple 8-strand braid. This was easy to keep smooth with the thicker diameter of the fiber, and actually more consistent than later the…

  • Fused glass plus kumihimo, finished

    So, here is the completed necklace with Carol’s fused glass pendant: I used copper charlottes to make a simple bail as well as beadcaps, and then used a copper clasp. It’s very wearable! My braiding smoothed out towards the end; as my braid ended up being maybe 3″ longer than I needed, I cut off…

  • Fused glass plus kumihimo

    Carol, my friend who makes stained glass, made this pendant for me for Christmas. I love it! I received a foam kumihimo loom for Christmas, and tried it Christmas day. After making 8-strand round braid sample with the yarn provided in the kumihimo kit, I looked at my small stash of cotton embroidery floss for…

  • Green pendant, finished

    Back in July, I blogged about purchasing an unidentified green pendant, which I think is gaspeite. Catherine Bond volunteered to make a kumihimo braid to make the rope from which to hang it. Here it is! Works great, don’t you think? She did a great job of making something that really suits the pendant without…