March 29th - April 1st, 2012
October 31st - November 4th, 2012

Kumihimo Necklace with Focal Bead   

Teacher:                   Libby Roleson

Date/Time:                1/2 day class

Class fee:                 $45

Class maximum:    10 students

Class participants will learn how to braid a simple eight-strand rope (without beads) for a necklace which features a barrel bead as the focal bead.  The picture above is a representation of the actual necklace.  

Kits will include:  braiding cord, kumihimo disk, barrel bead, cord bobbins, cord end caps, thread for tying off the rope, a weight for the rope, wire, and clasps.  

Student needs to bring:  wire snips for the wire and glue, such as E 6000 or similar glue.  The teacher will have snips and glue in the class for those who don’t have them.  

For those who took the beaded kumihimo class last fall, you are encouraged to not use the same disk.  The cord for this class is much larger than the thread used in the beaded class.  The cord will “stretch” the notches in the disk, which will make the disk unusable with regular thread. 

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