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Recently several members of the “Kumihimo Braiders International” group on Facebook began experimenting with a particular braid from Mark Campbell’s Art of Hair Work, an instructional book published in 1867. The book, which is available free of charge at Project Gutenberg, was a “Self-Instructor in the art of Hair Work, dressing hair, making curls, [...]
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One of the ways to add interest to a braid is to alternate sections of different braid structures, either consistently along the length of the braid or in more random placement. The smoothest transitions between structures occur when the initial tama and color placement is the same in both braids. While I was braiding the [...]
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When I chose the colors for this braid, I had sea shells in mind. Actually, I was trying to create an appropriate braid for a different pendant than is shown here, but once the braid was complete, I decided that it was not the best braid for that pendant. The braid still made me think [...]
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Sack Packs – large drawstring bags worn like a backpack using the strings as straps – are all the rage in my part of the world right now. Made by sports companies to be used as gym bags or lightweight book bags, or given as a free souvenir for listening to a sales pitch, they [...]
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