First attempt at Kumihimo braiding

I received my beginners Kumihimo braiding kit the other day and have created my first braid, in a surprisingly quick amount of time. Once you start braiding it's actually pretty easy and quick to do. It might take a while before I can make pieces like the one in my previous post, but I can't wait to try it with beads and some nicer colours. The colours of threads in the starter kit weren't really to my liking!

Here is the foam disk with the thread set up for braiding. A cord, or group of cords placed in a notch on the braiding board is called a warp. This project was for an 8 warp braid.

This is part way through. It reminds me of French Knitting:

 

On completion it looked like this, before fixing the ends:

The kit included some end caps, a toggle and jump rings, as well as some strong glue. You have to tie some thread around the ends before trimming them. Then you can glue them into the end cap:

Now it's just ready for a pendant to be attached: