Dates: Thursday June 1st, Thursday June 8th & Thursday June 15th Times: Zoom 7pm to 9pm EDT Class Fee: $400 Kit Fee: $185, covers postage Class is limited to 10 students – email Adrienne to secure your place in class prior to mailing check. Please mail check to: Adrienne Gaskell, 621 34th Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL 33704. For PayPal and credit card payments a $20 service fee will be added. Class Description: Students will make a beaded braid lariat that starts and ends with fobs. That’s right, no clasp. My lariat is 44 inches long, however, the kit has enough supplies for you to make yours as long as you want (within reason, ha ha). During class we will have fun discovering multiple ways to tie your lariat. This is a basic 8-strand Kongoh drop bead braid, however, you will learn how to use supplemental warps to securely braid in pearls on beading wire. Class instructions include different bead layout templates along with a necklace planning guide so students can design their lariat based on their desired length and/or choice of knotted closure. I expect most students to finish the project in class. 1st Session: First you will learn how to make Mo Perry’s core stand ‘hack’. Once the core stand is set up, students will string the beads for the first fob. Then Adrienne will demo her new technique for braiding with additional cords. Students work on their first fob and get one on one help as needed to ensure everyone can work on their own after class. Before the second session students will start their second fob. 2nd Session: Students will learn how to customize the length of their lariat. Next will be learning how to design the different sections of the lariat. Adrienne will work with students individually and as a group. Student will leave with the skills to finish the braiding over the next week. 3rd Session: Students will share their experiences over the last two weeks. Adrienne and students who previously took the in-person will share insights to help work through challenges and learn processes for success. Adrienne will demo how to finish the lariat. Students who have completed their braids will be able to finish the lariat during class. Skill Level: Intermediate marudai class Prerequisite: Experience braiding and setting up an 8-strand beaded braid on the marudai. Everything you need to know to take this class is covered in the video ‘Beaded Braids on the Marudai‘. Kit contents: Includes CLon braiding cord, beading wire, core material, Toho seed beads, several different sizes and shapes of Czech glass beads, Unicorne Beads custom striped mini teardrops, genuine keshi pearls, and faceted crystals to add a little bit of bling. Student supplies: Scissors, bead mat, 2 weighted plastic bobbins, blue tape, hemostat, spring stoppers, Fray Check, crimping pliers (helpful but not required), Cord Zapper, super glue, beading needle & black beading thread, and measuring tape. A piece of cording, about 4 ft in length and the diameter of a pencil is needed to determine your preferred lariat length. Optional supplies: Task light, and magnifiers. Equipment: Marudai, 8 weighted tama, 30% counter weight, chopstick, and something to suspend the core above the marudai (either a core stand or a tripod). To make Mo Perry’s brilliant and inexpensive, light weight core stand, you will need: A camera tripod (lightweight is best for travel), 2 velcro cable tie wraps (8 in. each), 16 1/2 inch piece of 1/2 inch PVC pipe, and 2 end caps to fit on the end of the 1/2 inch PVC pipe.

In this class students will learn the basic movements used to create kumihimo braids. Most people are surprised when they learn that there are just a few finite number of movements (interlacements) used in kumihimo. With each of the movements students will be introduced to new braid structures. Students will create a sampler braid. Instruction will include how to read braid structure diagrams created by different authors so that students will be able to easily learn other structures from kumihimo books. Instructor will demonstrate how to use both the disk and the marudai. Instructor will have some marudai equipment available for students to try out during class. Skill level: All levels, no kumihimo experience necessary! Student kit: $15 Kit contents: Braiding fibers. Detailed, illustrated Instructions with diagrams for eight different braid structures including round, square, and flat braids. Equipment: Students can use the equipment of their choice, either a round disk or a marudai. Round foam disk 6 in., 32 slot, 8 plastic bobbins. (Instructor will have disk and bobbins available for purchase in class.) Marudai, 8 weighted tama, 50% counter weight, and chopstick. Supply for students to bring to class: Tape measure, and scissors

Create a unique multi-braid necklace while learning how to work with Japanese kumihimo silk. Students will learn how to work beads into the braid structure while braiding a four-stand braid (Maru-yotsu). This is a great braid to master proper braid tension and will prepare students for more advanced braid structures. No kumihimo experience necessary! Student kit: $65 Kit contents: Japanese space-dyed kumihimo silk (3 color choices), Toho seed beads (silver), big-eye needle and glue-in magnetic clasp. Instructor will provide necessary finishing supplies for students to share during class. Equipment: Students can use the equipment of their choice, either a round disk or a marudai. Round foam disk 6 in., 32 slot, 8 plastic bobbins (Instructor will have disk and bobbins available for purchase in class.) Marudai, 8 weighted tama, 50% counter weight, and chopstick. Student supplies to bring to class: Tape measure, scissors, task light* and magnifiers* *optional but recommended  

An in-depth study of the infinite design possibilities of the Oimatsu braid on the marudai. Students will learn basic through advanced techniques that cover the intersecting relationships of the Edo Yatsu, Oimatsu, Ishidatami, Kagome Gumi and Oimatsu Embellished with Pearls. Student will direct their course of study based on their level of experience. The class will explore color arrangements using their choice of materials. The instructor will demonstrate how the open stitches of these braids allows its use in fiber applications outside of jewelry making such as straps for bags and purses, edging or binding, basketry and artistic expression. Skill level: Students should have Kit from $45 – $65 Kit contents: Students will choose from a selection of Japanese kumihimo silk, metallic fibers, leather and other braiding materials. Student supplies to bring to class: Tape measure, and scissors Student equipment to bring to class: Marudai*, 8 weighted tama, 50% counter weight, and chopstick. *Marudai equipment will available for loan from the instructor with advance notice.

In this class, students will create a multi-braid textural necklace that integrates several structures within the same braid. Students will learn the rules along with techniques to flow from one design to another using similar and dissimilar braid structures. Students will also learn how to alternate a braid color layout. With these skills, students will gain new insight and make a braid that can be turned into a lovely piece of jewelry. Skill Level: Intermediate to Advanced Prerequisites: Student should be proficient braiding and setting fiber braids on a marudai and braiding up to 16 tama braids. Kit Cost: $40 Kit contains: Japanese precut silk, available in several colors, and glue-in magnetic clasp. Student supplies to bring to class: Short ruler (6 to 8 in.) and measuring tape, marudai, 16 weighted tama with leaders, 40% counter weight and two chopsticks or double pointed knitting needles.

Students will learn how to make an elegant knotted necklace using cording and leather. Class includes techniques for making decorative wraps, easy ways to attach a clasp along with an introduction to cord knotting. Detailed, full color instructions include photos of artists work to inspire future jewelry designs. Skill level: All levels Kit $35 Kit contents: Cotton cording, suede cord and acrylic magnet clasp. Cotton cording available in three color pattern options, suede cord available in six colors. Instructor will provide necessary finishing supplies for students to share during class. No equipment necessary! Student supplies to bring to class: Tape measure and scissors. These are few of the color options