https://moas.atlantia.sca.org/archive/wsnlinks en-us This is a discussion group for the Worshipful Company of Narrowworkers in the SCA. We cover a range of narrow textile arts, including tablet weaving, fingerloop braiding, netting, knotting, kumihimo, and much more. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NarrowworkGuild/ Sun, 09 Nov 2003 18:07:16 GMT https://moas.atlantia.sca.org/archive/wsnlinks/link.php?action=detail&id=6963 https://moas.atlantia.sca.org/archive/wsnlinks/comments.php?id=6963 Kumihimo is a Japanese braid-making technique which dates to about 550 C.E., when the Buddhist religion spread in Japan and people began to use decorative cords in religious ceremonies. Later, people used brightly colored braids to decorate clothing, to hang banners, to lace samurai armor together (esp. in late SCA period, 1400-1600), and to hang knives. http://www.gflower.org/kumihimo.htm Sun, 09 Nov 2003 18:05:54 GMT https://moas.atlantia.sca.org/archive/wsnlinks/link.php?action=detail&id=1805 https://moas.atlantia.sca.org/archive/wsnlinks/comments.php?id=1805 A glossary of kumihimo techniques and related words. http://www.weavershand.com/makiko.html Sun, 09 Nov 2003 18:04:18 GMT https://moas.atlantia.sca.org/archive/wsnlinks/link.php?action=detail&id=1804 https://moas.atlantia.sca.org/archive/wsnlinks/comments.php?id=1804