Project Tutorial

Kumihimo projects, tips & techniques.

Starting a Fiber Braid

Add this reference guide to your kumihimo notebook. It provides complete step-by-step instructions for starting a braid with a variety of fiber types. Ideal for beginners, it also includes a convenien...

Not Your Grandmother’s Pearls

This lesson covers how to braid a pearl beaded necklace.

Frilling Both Sides – Zig Zags, Spirals & More

This lesson offers usual tips for using Makiko Tada's book: Disk and Plate 2. Adrienne will explain how to read the patterns for the braids that have 'Frilling on Both Sides' as well as how to adapt t...

Ridged Spiral – Beads as Fiber Beaded Braids

This project was featured in Bead & Button Magazine as Elegant Ombre Braids, December 2019. This bracelet achieves dimensional impact by stacking and then joining three separate braids together. Czech...

Leno Braid by Makiko Tada

This project was featured in Bead & Button Magazine as Elegant Ombre Braids, December 2019. This bracelet achieves dimensional impact by stacking and then joining three separate braids together. Czech...

Beluga Bangle – Three Joins

This project was featured in Bead & Button Magazine as Elegant Ombre Braids, December 2019. This bracelet achieves dimensional impact by stacking and then joining three separate braids together. Czech...

Beads as Fiber (a.k.a. CBB)

This project was featured in Bead & Button Magazine as Elegant Ombre Braids, December 2019. This bracelet achieves dimensional impact by stacking and then joining three separate braids together. Czech...

Drop Fringe Patterns

This project was featured in Bead & Button Magazine as Elegant Ombre Braids, December 2019. This bracelet achieves dimensional impact by stacking and then joining three separate braids together. Czech...

Hira-Kara Necklace

This project was featured in Bead & Button Magazine as Elegant Ombre Braids, December 2019. This bracelet achieves dimensional impact by stacking and then joining three separate braids together. Czech...