Wide anda-gumi shadow weave on Takadai - Kumihimo скачать в хорошем качестве

Wide anda-gumi shadow weave on Takadai - Kumihimo

A video illustration of the working technique for a wide plain weave takadai braid. The unique part of this technique is that it uses both the upper and lower rails. This braid is a 112 tama shadow weave, so the pattern is a bit more complicated than a straight plain weave would be. Note that each move skips about half the elements, then alternates 1-1 as you'd expect for a plain weave. That's the shadow weave twill move's effect on the pattern. The fiber for this braid is the Okimi ribbon yarn from NuMei.com, one strand per tama. Ribbon yarn is interesting to work with on takadai. It's a great way to get into wide braids because it's in turns easier and more challenging to work with. It's a great way to improve your wide braid technique. The ribbon yarn is relatively hard to compress side-to-side which makes it harder to over-beat compared to multiple strands of a fine yarn. This is good, as it allows you to adapt to important aspects of consistency in beating a wide braid without too much worry about going overboard. It's important to apply even pressure across the entire edge when using the sword. If your pressure at the top or bottom is uneven along one side, the entire braid will quickly become lopsided. Ribbon yarn doesn't forgive poor technique when handling the strands at the edges or when casting the tama. Edges must be correctly folded and twists are very obvious; both are supremely ugly. This is excellent when learning, as the clear feedback helps the braider to develop good handling habits that improve the quality of work for all materials.