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Six Years!?!?!?

Wow, it's been six years since I've updated my blog. Well depression sucks. I've been on a treatment plan for the last decade but I'd...

Tension Experiment Part 1

Six months since my last blog update, sorry for taking so long life sometimes takes interesting turns. I’m a member of a reenactment...

Apathy, Delays, and...Woodworking?

I have to apologize for the lack of posts recently; I had been aiming for at least once a week. I recently graduated with my Masters in...

Timed experiments: Finger loop vs Marudai

Well, three data points don't make a trend but hopefully it gives hope for future data points. This last Saturday I was at an event...

The last week and some experiments

So, over the last week, I've been making some videos for my YouTube channel. And I've been working on some braiding experiments. 'Mmmmm,...

'Kumihimo', Where did the word come from?

Earlier I mentioned that the word 'Kumihimo' was modern, a search through Japanese archives, including the National Diet Library* in both...

Kumihimo or Kute-Uchi at Reenactments

I’m a member of a reenactment group, the Society for Creative Anachronism or SCA. As a group, we’re not a full reenactment group in that...

What is Kumihimo

Kumihimo, a type of Japanese braiding that came to mean all types of Japanese braiding then a shorthand for braiding on a Madurai and...

Hurry up and wait!

These things are a lot more involved in setting up nowadays, especially when I already have lots of material to add. That said there will...

Re-reading what you already know.

Yesterday, it's just after midnight so yeah yesterday, I was working on braiding a few square braids on a Marudai as part of a larger...

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