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Starter Craft Kit: Learn how to make kumihimo bracelets and mini key rings
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Here you can learn how to make your own bracelets and mini key rings on a kumihimo knotting disc. Videos will teach you how to make patterns with stripes and dots, which eventually become the cutest friendship bracelets or key rings.
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How to do Kumihimo Get step by step instructions on how to do Kumihimo.
Dotted pattern 
Cut two colours of cord: 3 red cords of 1.3 m and 1 pink cord of 1.3 m.
Cut two colours of cord: 3 red cords of 1.3 m and 1 pink cord of 1.3 m.
Striped pattern 
Cut four different-coloured lengths of cord, each 130 cm long.
Cut four different-coloured lengths of cord, each 130 cm long.
Candy-striped pattern 
Cut two colours of cord: 2 x 130 cm and 2 x 130 cm.
Cut two colours of cord: 2 x 130 cm and 2 x 130 cm.8 
Braid just under half of the bracelet’s finished length and remove one of the cords from the braiding disc. Then thread the cord onto a big eye beading needle and thread on beads.
Braid just under half of the bracelet’s finished length and remove one of the cords from the braiding disc. Then thread the cord onto a big eye beading needle and thread on beads.
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Remove the cords from the braiding disc and knot a double knot with two cords of the same colour around the rest of the cords.
Remove the cords from the braiding disc and knot a double knot with two cords of the same colour around the rest of the cords.10 
Push one of the beads up to the knot and make another double macramé knot.
Push one of the beads up to the knot and make another double macramé knot.11 
Knot a double knot between each bead and finish with another double knot.
Knot a double knot between each bead and finish with another double knot.12 
Put the work back into the braiding disc and place the cords in pairs in the same way as you did at the start.
Put the work back into the braiding disc and place the cords in pairs in the same way as you did at the start.13 
Make a key chain using the kumihimo technique – first, pull the cords through the key ring and place the ring in the middle of the cord. With the key ring in the middle, attach the eight ends to the braiding disc and braid as shown in steps 2, 4 or 6.
Make a key chain using the kumihimo technique – first, pull the cords through the key ring and place the ring in the middle of the cord. With the key ring in the middle, attach the eight ends to the braiding disc and braid as shown in steps 2, 4 or 6.14 
Use the ends of the braided bracelet to tie the bracelet around your arm – or attach it with a jewellery clasp.
Use the ends of the braided bracelet to tie the bracelet around your arm – or attach it with a jewellery clasp.15 
Measure around your arm to determine how long the bracelet should be. Take a little bit off for the jewellery clasp and O-ring – about 1.5 cm. Now cut to length.
Measure around your arm to determine how long the bracelet should be. Take a little bit off for the jewellery clasp and O-ring – about 1.5 cm. Now cut to length.16 
Squeeze or glue end caps around the braided bracelet depending on the type of end cap you use.
Squeeze or glue end caps around the braided bracelet depending on the type of end cap you use.17 
Open an O-ring by twisting the two ends in opposite directions with two pairs of jewellery pliers. Insert both end caps and jewellery clasp into the O-ring and close the ring by twisting the ends back in place. Repeat this process at the opposite end of the bracelet, but here only the O-ring and end caps are joined.
Open an O-ring by twisting the two ends in opposite directions with two pairs of jewellery pliers. Insert both end caps and jewellery clasp into the O-ring and close the ring by twisting the ends back in place. Repeat this process at the opposite end of the bracelet, but here only the O-ring and end caps are joined.Already signed up? Download the template
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