Description
Instructor – Shirley Berlin
Shirley loves to teach kumihimo and other narrow wares workshops. She is particularly interested in basic kumihimo and its myriad variations: texture, thick and thin, distortion, adding bumps or beads, beginnings and endings. With time, she has come to appreciate that the foam disc has more possibilities than she first thought.
Shirley has been braiding since the 1980’s and is a founding member of both AKS and the Braid Society. As BerlinBraids, she and Peter make marudai and tama in Canada. She can answer the question “That’s nice, dear, but what do you do with it?”
Website: www.shirleyberlin.com
Equipment Needed:
3 Foam discs
Counterweights, a couple of different weights, purchased or improvised
Minimum 4 flexible plastic bobbins to store long threads while you work, (such as E-Z Bobs)
Materials:
Yarns: ribbon yarns, pearl or mercerized cottons, shiny synthetics.
(Best results depend on them being in contrasting colors.)
For the Combination braid: a “stuffed” hollow synthetic “ribbon yarn” OR fat rattail OR stiff metallic cord.
Kit Availability:
Includes:
- 3 foam discs
- 2 short warps for learning – Laramie and Square
- 3 warps, chosen for success with these braids, one for each structure, at least bracelet length
(ribbon yarns, pearl or mercerized cottons, shiny synthetic yarns)
- Blunt darning needle and “stuffing” yarn
- 4 flexible plastic bobbins
- Beads for endings, color coordinated with the warps
Note: counterweights not supplied.
If you have questions about purchasing process, please email them to education@amksoc.org.
If you have questions about the class itself, send email to: hideandseek@amksoc.org
Founding and Supporting Members are entitled to one free class. Use the coupon code akscodkumi when checking out.
After you have purchased this class, access it by selecting AKS Classes on Demand on Learning/Events menu on the tool bar on any page.
NOTE: This is an edited version of a previously aired Virtual Gathering class. There may be references to forums that were a part of that original class and discussions that were difficult to edit out. There may be some abrupt cuts where down time occurred and was edited out. We feel that the information you will get from these classes is outstanding and we are pleased to be able to capture these classes and share them in a very affordable and on demand fashion. Thank you for your understanding.
This class is copyrighted. Please respect the instructor’s rights.
Enjoy!
