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Fascinating Differences
Jul. 14th, 2018 09:35 pmSo. I decided to try making a 10-strand flat Kumihimo braid for the first time.
( To explain Kumihimo... )
So.. back to my 10-strand flat Kumihimo braid. There's a good tutorial for it here. Since the tutorial used a square Kumihimo plate, that's what I used. After making the braid on the square plate, I'd figured out how it could be done on a Marudai, so I made another braid, using my usual light 25 gram spools (I have two sets of spools; small ones that weigh 25 grams and large ones that weigh 70 grams). The difference between the two braids was so remarkable that I wondered what would happen if I did it again on the Marudai, this time with 70 gram spools. And with the same yarn, of course. Again, there was a difference, but not so dramatic a difference.
Here, have a photo of the three of them:
( cut for photo )
I can only conclude that TENSION IS EVERYTHING.
( To explain Kumihimo... )
So.. back to my 10-strand flat Kumihimo braid. There's a good tutorial for it here. Since the tutorial used a square Kumihimo plate, that's what I used. After making the braid on the square plate, I'd figured out how it could be done on a Marudai, so I made another braid, using my usual light 25 gram spools (I have two sets of spools; small ones that weigh 25 grams and large ones that weigh 70 grams). The difference between the two braids was so remarkable that I wondered what would happen if I did it again on the Marudai, this time with 70 gram spools. And with the same yarn, of course. Again, there was a difference, but not so dramatic a difference.
Here, have a photo of the three of them:
( cut for photo )
I can only conclude that TENSION IS EVERYTHING.
