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Kumihimo (組み紐) is a traditional Japanese artform of making braids and cords. Literally meaning “gathered threads”, kumihimo are made by interlacing reels of yarn, commonly silk, with the use of traditional, specialised looms – either a marudai (丸台, lit. ’round stand’) or a takadai (高台) (also known as a kōdai). There are a number of different […]