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Recently somebody<\/a> showed me a simple yet beautiful finger loop pattern<\/a>. Then I thought that I worked such a pattern in Kumihimo<\/a> already, but the one I made worked a little different. Both are braidung techniques and I reckon that every finger loop pattern<\/a> can be ‘translated’ to a Kumihimo pattern<\/a> but surely not the other way round.<\/p>\n Afterwards I did some research and found that ‘my finger loop pattern’<\/a> has been described on the pattern page<\/a> of the Fingerloop Braids Website<\/a> as ‘A lace bend rounde of 8 bowes — c. 1475’<\/a> (viz. it is done with 8 loops in place of 6 loops in my case) – but I never understood the notation ;-))<\/p>\n Here I show you how I made the finger loop cord<\/a> and the Kumihimo cord<\/a>, you had perhaps problems with the notation, too ;-)<\/p>\n Cut 6 threads of the same length and elasticity and lay them in half to form loops. To do this lay the loop of the right index behind the loop of the left ring finger…<\/p>\n Note:<\/strong><\/em> I didn’t take a photo of it, but after every swap open your arms wide to tighten the braid and make it sturdier.<\/p>\n That’s been the first half of the steps to do. Repeat the steps until your cord is of desired length.<\/p>\n Cut here too threads of the same length and elasticity, but this time cut 6 threads of one colour (here turquoise) and 6 in another (here dark blue). That was the first half of the steps and here, too, the steps must be repeated to get back to the original colour distribution:<\/p>\n You have finished the first round now, repeat all six steps until your cord has the desired length.<\/p>\n Have fun with the comparison of the two techniques finger loop<\/a> and Kumihimo<\/a> and make some beautiful cords :)<\/p>\n <\/a> Fingerloop Braids Website<\/a>: Fingerloop Braid Patterns<\/a> Here at unikatissima: On this page: Links of entryFinger loop | Kumihimo Recently somebody showed me a simple yet beautiful finger loop pattern. At home I tried it directly again, it is the outer cord (above and below), I braided it first to the left and then to the right. Then I thought that I worked such a pattern in Kumihimo … Continue reading “2 Techniques – 1 Cord”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[82,86,88],"tags":[124,142,228,487,489,490],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/unikatissima.riamore.eu\/e\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2571"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/unikatissima.riamore.eu\/e\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/unikatissima.riamore.eu\/e\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unikatissima.riamore.eu\/e\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unikatissima.riamore.eu\/e\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2571"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/unikatissima.riamore.eu\/e\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2582,"href":"http:\/\/unikatissima.riamore.eu\/e\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2571\/revisions\/2582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/unikatissima.riamore.eu\/e\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unikatissima.riamore.eu\/e\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unikatissima.riamore.eu\/e\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nAt home I tried it directly again, it is the outer cord (above and below), I braided it first to the left and then to the right.<\/p>\n
\nTherefore I transcribed the new finger loop pattern<\/a> to a Kumihimo pattern<\/a> (the middle cord on the photo).
\nThe Kumihimo cord<\/a> became much sturdier because I used quite a heavy weight.<\/p>\n
\n<\/a><\/p>\nFinger loop cord<\/h3>\n
\nMake 3 threads per colour (here dark blue and turquoise).
\nKnot the open sides together and fix them somewhere to be able to braid with the loops (you can find more detailed instructions in the links of my entry about finger loop<\/a>).<\/p>\n <\/div>\n
\nTake the loops of one colour on the index, middle finger and ring finger of one hand and those of the other colour on the corresponding fingers of the left hand.
\nHere I took the turquoise loops on the left and the dark blue loops on the right hand.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n
\nFirst swap the loops of the right index and the left ring finger.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n
\n…and take then the loop from the left ring finger on the right index.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n
\nYou have now on the left hand two turquoise loops (on the index and the middlefinger) and a dark blue loop (on the ring finger) and on the right hand one turquoise loop (on the index) and two dark blue loops (on the middle and the ring finger).<\/p>\n <\/div>\n
\nNext swap the loops of both middle fingers in the same way.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n
\nYou have now on the left hand one turquoise and two dark blue loops and on the right hand the other way round.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n
\nFor now the last step is the swap of the loops of the right ring finger and the left index.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n
\nNow you have all three turquoise loops on the right hand and the dark blue loops on the left hand.<\/p>\n
\nRepeat all steps (index right-ring finger left-swap, middle finger-swap, ring finger right-index left-swap) to bring back the turquoise loops to the left hand and the dark blue loops to the right hand, then you have braid a full round.<\/p>\n
\n<\/a><\/p>\nKumihimo cord<\/h3>\n
\nI made the cord on my cardboard marudai<\/a>, but it was no fun at all because you have to re-lay the threads for this pattern to their appropriate places at every braid.
\nAt least by now is the moment to ‘construct’ a marudai (links to self-made marudai<\/a> in my Kumihimo entry<\/a>).<\/p>\n <\/div>\n
\nSort your threads as shown in the graphic.
\nLay the upper dark blue thread pair between the threads of the lower turquoise thread pair and then lay both turquoise threads where the dark blue ones have been.
\nPush together the thread pairs to clearly separate them from each other.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n
\nIn the second step you do the same with the dark blue thread pair top left and the turquoise thread pair down right.
\nHere again push together the thread pairs neatly.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n
\nIn the third step you do the same with the dark blue thread pair down left and the turquoise thread pair top right.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n
\nLay the upper turquoise thread pair between the threads of the lower dark blue thread pair and then lay both dark blue threads where the turquoise ones have been.
\nAlways push together the thread pairs neatly.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n
\nIn the fifth step do the same with the turquoise thread pair top left and the dark blue thread pair down right.
\nHere again push together the thread pairs neatly.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n
\nIn the last step of this round you do the same with the turquoise thread pair down left and the dark blue thread pair top right.
\nAs always push together the thread pairs neatly.<\/p>\n
\nLinks:<\/strong><\/em>
\nMarca brandenburgensis anno domini 1260<\/a> – that’s where the woman came from who showed me the pattern<\/p>\n
\nand there:
\nthe finger loop pattern that I presented here, but with 8 loops (‘A lace bend rounde of 8 bowes — c. 1475’)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Finger loop<\/a>
\nfor more detailed instructions see there the links<\/a><\/p>\n Kumihimo<\/a>
\n for the construction of a self-made marudai see there the links<\/a>
\n my template for a cardboard marudai<\/a><\/p>\n
\n Instruction for finger loop cord<\/a>
\n Instruction for Kumihimo cord<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"