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Post by Sō Haruko on Jun 9, 2012 21:36:32 GMT -5
Right now I'm between houses, and while I kinda-sorta have enough space to make garb, I don't have enough space to fabric-paint or really work on anything super-fancy. I'm thinking of picking up a tent, but not until we've moved.
I'm trying to come up with something persona-appropriate to work on in the meantime that's compact enough to keep in our teeny apartment, and doesn't require a huge investment on equipment. Maybe kumihimo? Maybe something else? I'm not really sure. Anyone have suggestions?
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Post by Yawata Saburou Tadamori on Jun 9, 2012 21:59:31 GMT -5
Kumihimo can be made with small foam circles that are sold at hobby lobby or other craft stores, and its a great thing that can be done at any time, and once you learn how, learning more is really easy.
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Post by steamboat28 on Jun 10, 2012 7:58:17 GMT -5
I'd considered making a makeshift wheel from a few pieces of stiff cardboard, but I was curious as to whether or not the patterns for the wheel are the same as for the little wooden stool I've seen used.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2012 11:02:48 GMT -5
I'd considered making a makeshift wheel from a few pieces of stiff cardboard, but I was curious as to whether or not the patterns for the wheel are the same as for the little wooden stool I've seen used. The patterns are slightly different. On the marudai (the round stool-like stand), you can slide strands around to make room for the strands you are moving. On a cardboard or foam disk, you might have to move the strands from slot to slot to make room instead. Also, since the marudai stands up all by itself, you can use both hands at once and braiding is smoother. Nevertheless, braiding on a disk is a good way to get started, and the braids come out identical to marudai braids. There are some books that are all disk patterns, and some that have both disk and marudai patterns for the same braids. A particular favorite of mine is "Braids 250 Patterns from Japan, Peru, and Beyond" by Rodrick Owen. |
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Post by Sō Haruko on Jun 12, 2012 16:54:21 GMT -5
Worth a shot -- I'll see what I can dig up. One of my local friends said she had kumihimo stuff she could loan me. (:
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Post by Nagamochi on Jun 16, 2012 16:18:23 GMT -5
You may want to try some selective shibori. I mean, it's possible to go nuts and vat dye enough fabric for a full outfit, for which space and equipment investment can become prohibitive. However, I've done some smaller projects like furoshiki and test pieces with little more than a dedicated plastic bowl, some acid dyes, and filtered water, not to mention resist materials. Mind you cold acid dyes may not be period, but they do free up a stove burner and cut out a few steps.
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Post by Sō Haruko on Jun 17, 2012 11:19:01 GMT -5
Huh, that sounds cool. Any reference links that you would recommend for shibori? I would like to learn to do some cool dyeing -- I have a pile of fabric bits sitting. (Mostly linen, haven't gotten into the silk yet.)
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Post by Saionji Shonagon on Jun 17, 2012 16:22:59 GMT -5
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Post by Sō Haruko on Jun 17, 2012 18:56:04 GMT -5
Thank you, Saionji-hime! I'll put that into my wish list and hope to get to it soon. (The moving rears its head again -- we now have *bought* a house ... mostly ... waiting for the bank approvals ...)
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2012 1:30:38 GMT -5
I second the recommendation of that book. That's the one we bought after the person who taught us showed a selection of books to us. I have to also recommend taking class if you can, though. I know I was pretty happy to have somebody demonstrate some of the fine points of actually doing the dyeing. Since there were about a dozen people in our class, we also got to see the results of a lot of different techniques without having to do all the work ourselves. |
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Post by Nagamochi on Jun 18, 2012 19:05:39 GMT -5
As for online materials, there's quite a few videos on Youtube that give dying techniques a fair shake.
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