Andean Sling Braids: New Designs for Textile Artists

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, jewelrydesigners, basket weavers, and others interested in using braids for embellishment. In-depth detailed instructions are given, along with clear diagrams; recommended braiding yarns for slingsand 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.

• Sling Braiding Traditions and Techniques: From Peru, Bolivia, and Around the World
• Braids: 250 Patterns from Japan, Peru, and Beyond
• Creative Kumihimo
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• Kumihimo Wirework Made Easy: 20 Braided Jewelry Designs Step-by-Step
• Braids 250 Patterns From Japan, Peru & Beyond
• Weaving Patterned Bands: How to Create and Design with 5, 7, and 9 Pattern Threads
• Beadsmith XTL-6103 No Tangle Flexible Plastic Thread Bobbins for Kumihimo or Macrame, White, 1-7/8-Inch, 8-Pack, White, 1.875"
• The Weaver's Inkle Pattern Directory: 400 Warp-Faced Weaves