About three weeks ago my daughter, Jan, saw a shopping channel that was featuring something called Kumihimo. Hmm, looked interesting. I had never heard of it before but the shopping channel made it look so easy, so much fun that I had to have it. So, I ordered a mountain of stuff. See Mountain below:
I started out slow with embroidery floss. Big mistake! When finished it was about 1.5 mm wide, took forever to finish because it was so small and I thought that was the end of the experiment I now call Chaos. But something clicked in my brain and I decided to order some supplies that would make a bigger braid. That would be much quicker to make. I ordered about a dozen rolls of 30mm colored wire, some satin rattail cord, a ton of cotton cord that looked suspiciously like embroidery floss, 2 more kumihimo disks (round and square), a cute little red weight, a big roll of hemp cord, a stack of little white plastic bobins, 8 large plastic bobbins that fold over to keep the cord on and who knows what else. Then I started collecting instructions. They’re all over the web (you can find anything there for free).
What was I thinking? I’ve blogged before about my sister who delights in getting me into hobbies that she discovers. Now my daughter, my own little girl, has joined the fray. It’s a conspiracy! I know one when I see one.
I’ve met a new friend through WordPress. What are the odds that on the day I decided to blog about my mountain of kumihimo that she would comment and suggest that my daughter try it? Thanks Eunice for the suggestion. (I suspect Eunice is into just as many crafts as I am. You can see some of her great photography here.)
So, maybe someday, sooner rather than later, you will see some of my efforts from this chaos. I hope so, I don’t give up easily.
by Marilyn 