prumihimo

Playing with colour and texture

This is my last experiment with Solo beads for the time being. I wanted to use them on their own in a a couple of bracelets to see how they worked in comparison to round seed beads. They braid up really well into a tight, firm braid. There is plenty of flexiblilty in the braid, so it makes a comfortable …

Still experimenting with Solo beads!

We are now lucky enough to have several different types of long, thin bead to choose from and although they were developed primarily for the bead weaving and bead embroidery market, they work extremely well in kumihimo. So what do they offer and do we need them all? It is true that the different shapes can be seen as interchangeable, …

Experiments with Solo Beads

Earlier this week I picked up some of the new solo beads from my local beadshop. They are made by the Czech company Preciosa and are a short, blunt dagger shape with the hole at one end. They are the same shape and size as the twin bead, but with one less hole! They come in a lovely range of …

Blogger of the Week!!

I was surprised, delighted and honoured to find that I had been chosen as Blogger of the Week by Jewellery Maker. I try to post every week, but now I might be encouraged to write far more frequently! Since last appearing on Jewellery Maker I have been recovering and working on tutorials. I have just sent off a tutorial for …

Four Colour Kumihimo Beaded Round Braid

It is easy to make a 2-colour beaded spiral with Round Braid, but it is much trickier to work out how to do it with 4 different colours. There was a question in the Kumihimo Facebook Group about how to do this and although I have done it before and I knew it involved alternating the beads on the cords, …

My adventure with Gemstone Kumihimo

  I have finally finished loading on the free instructions for the designs I showed on Jewellery Maker TV on 14.5.14. I hope this will be useful to people who bought the kit, but I also hope that they will have a wider appeal. The designs are very versatile and can be adapted to accomodate many different sizes and shapes …

Getting there!

I have been very busy working on the instructions for the designs I showed on Jewellery Maker on Wednesday (20.5.14). They can be found here and are intended to be used together with the YouTube video. However, I want to make it really clear that they are very different to the tutorials for sale in the shop, which are extremely detailed, …

The Wonderful World of Wire Kumihimo

For my second full show on Jewellery Maker I demonstrated a couple of wire designs and a new way of using chain in kumihimo. These photos show just a few of the designs I made using two beautiful kits. The show can be seen on YouTube by following this link, Additional bullet point instructions will follow, but I have now …

Instructions Available

For those who are interested, I am starting to get the instructions for the jewellery demonstrated on Jewellery Maker added to the site. I have created a new section under the Gemstone Kumihimo tab and have just loaded the instructions for the Magic Mint kit. The others will appear soon, but please be patient as I am working on the …

Looks like fun!

Yesterday was my first full 4 hour show on Jewellery Maker and it certainly looks as if I had fun! I can’t believe how quickly the time went and it was wonderful to have so many lovely comments sent in to the show. It was also really thrilling for me to see entries to the wall of fame both yesterday …