Learn to make the decorative braids used in the sling-making traditions of Peru and Bolivia; this detailed guide, including 400 step-by-step photos, teaches the technique and over 100 designs for weavers, craftspeople, jewellery designers, basket weavers, and others interested in using braids for embellishment. In-depth detailed instructions are given, along with clear diagrams; recommended braiding yarns for slings and kumihimo; detailed set-up, making, and finishing instructions; and many fascinating contemporary applications. This book introduces a new piece of equipment, the core frame, and gives instructions for making it from wood and dowels. When the core frame is used with a braiding stand and bobbins, a wide variety of core-carrying braids become accessible to kumihimo braiders. Most of the braids, from 4 to 40 strands, can be made on a braiding card and 50 patterns can be made on the stand without a frame. AUTHOR: Rodrick Owen is an internationally respected braiding instructor who popularised kumihimo through his teaching and books. Textile artist and art educator Terry Newhouse Flynn focuses on woven, braided, and knitted textiles. She enjoys teaching students a variety of braiding skills. SELLING POINTS: ? Learn the braiding techniques of ancient Peru and Bolivia, and weave these traditions into your work ? Introduces the core frame method of making slings, using kumihimo's Japanese-style stand and bobbins ? Although originally used as weapons, braided slings became fashion accessories in some pre-Hispanic cultures 1600 colour and b/w photos, diagrams and charts
