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When I was asked by the Kumihimo Society in Japan to teach Kute braiding, I instantly decided to take up my favorite Itsukushima-gumi. However, the workshop is done through Zoom and it is only for an hour or so. Since it is too challenging to learn Itsukushima-gumi that way, I gave it up and decided to work on a 9-kute twill braid. The braid will be helpful to learn Itsukushima-gumi.
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A Zoom workshop is convenient because you can be connected with members while you stay at home. You cannot, however, see the manipulation of Kute clearly. So I prepared a video footage. It has been a long time since I had used a video camera. I almost forgot everything.
I made many samples as you see. The top 3 are the same as the one I am braiding in the video, repeating 2 cycles. The fourth one is done using finger loop braiding technique. The finished braid is tighter than the Kute braids. The fifth is border pattern only. The bottom 2 are only one cycle, which is more loud and cheerful, compared with the top 3 which are more stretched and relaxed.