wendy teska

In case you couldn’t tell, I had lots of fun playing with the baby takadai and the thermoplastic fiber.  I ended up using a metal ruler that has a rounded end for my sword, it worked really well.  I also picked up some washers from the local small hardware store that fit in the bobbins with the other one,  I think the extra weight made the next br…[Read more]

Last, necklace I just finished, scrunched just one side of the braid to form a collar.

Necklace with three different weaves that I patchworked over the beaded Kumihimo necklace I made. Also open view of previous bracelet.

Posting some items I made using the baby takadai and the blue steel thermoplastic from Giovanna.
First is a bracelet with two of the weaves end to end then I scrunched and added beads. The middle part was wider until one of my cats got ahold of it and added his design element by chewing up one side just before I was about to take pictures. His…[Read more]

My finished braid. I learned som much from transitioning to different braids. Thank you Carolyn!

Got it. Thank you!

I have a question regarding the Kohrai Gumi weave instructions.  The first part has 2 moves and then says to repeat those moves twice, which would make a total of 6 moves, but then the next part starts at moves 5 & 6 and also indicating to repeat those moves twice (for a total of another 6 moves?). Is it meant that you only repeat those two moves…[Read more]