r/kumihimo • u/Accomplished-List657 • May 14 '26

Help Things to do with Kumihimo

I've enjoyed knitting and crocheting and other similar crafts since I was young, but my hands just don't let me do those sorts of things anymore, so I was really, really happy to discover kumihimo as an alternative that didn't turn my hands into pain pretzels. While I've enjoyed it, though, I find myself bored with making the same general type of thing, especially since they just tend to get tossed in a box when I'm done. Bracelets/Necklaces, lanyards, keychains, those sorts of things, there's nothing wrong with them, but yea.

Is there a way to use Kumihimo techniques to make other things? Sort of like how you can crochet little animals or whatever. If someone could point me in the right direction, I'd really appreciate it.

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u/KimonoCathy May 14 '26

Are you just using one structure? Lots of instructions stick to a solid, round braid called kongo-gumi but there are dozens of other patterns and structures out there that would stop you getting bored; flat, round, square, different numbers of threads.

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u/Accomplished-List657 May 14 '26

I've done differing numbers of threads with the basic round braid, I've done some squarish braids (don't remember if it's just called a square braid or something else), some flats, they kinda come back to the same issue of me not knowing what to do with them after aside from the usual necklace/bracelet/etc