Just a quick side note now that placement had finished.

[reynardo]

kerravonsen, meet torin3. torin3 made my beautiful Marudai for Kumihimo braiding. Torin, I've never had the time to truly get into using it, and it deserved to be with someone who would appreciate and use it, so I've passed it to kerravonsen with much blessing.

However, my beautiful Toledo steel stitch unpicker is MINE, DO YOU HEAR ME? MINE!

Also, Torin, hoping to come by and collect and give hugs in about 6 months :-)

Comments

[torin3.livejournal.com]

Nice to meet you kerravonsen. Let me know if you need anything in regards to learning how to use the marudai.

Reynardo, it is actually Damascus steel. Looking forwards to seeing you again!

[kerravonsen]

I was SPEECHLESS when she gave me the lovely thing.

I have ordered weights and weighted bobbins (from suitable online craft shop), since my existing non-weighted bobbins, while perfectly fine for my portable foam Kumihimo disk, will not do for the Real Thing.

I am looking forward to doing more complex braids than the simple round braid - which many seem to think is the only kind of braid that one does in Kumihimo. Not that one can't do more complex braids on the foam disk, but I got frustrated when I tried them, because they didn't work up as fast or simply as the round braid. I'm hoping they will be easier to do on a proper Marudai.

[delphipsmith]

That is the scariest baby I've ever seen -- and I've seen some doozies.

[torin3.livejournal.com]

Why thank you for the lovely compliment! I pride myself on my weird user icons.

[delphipsmith]

I read your reply at work and was totally not ready for what happened to the kitten lol I think I scared one of my colleagues with my "Aaaaaahhhhh!"

[reynardo.livejournal.com]

D, T, I'll be collecting hugs from *both* of you next year, within a few days of each other. (D is Upstate NY, T is mid-low PA)

[delphipsmith]

Srsly? Excellent, I look forward to it!

[kerravonsen]

However, my beautiful Toledo steel stitch unpicker is MINE, DO YOU HEAR ME? MINE!

You've got to at least show it to me, please?

[reynardo.livejournal.com]

Of course!

[delphipsmith]

I think I remember doing something similar to very simple kumihimo in high school, using embroidery floss tied to a safety pin pinned to the knee of my jeans :) I love any kind of knotwork, braiding, etc., so its lovely to see such a beautiful instrument.

On my 'bucket list' is to someday master bobbing lace.