How To Make Friendship Bracelets (Using A Braiding Disc)

No, it needs to be a multiple of eight for this type of braiding.

You can buy very nice ones made of foam-core at Amazon.co --look under the heading "kumihimo". In fact, for around $13.00, you can buy a clever little kit which includes the aforementioned disk, some small cord bobbins, and instructions. For a wee bit more, you can get a larger kit with the same, plus various colors of braiding cord. And for a LOT more, you can buy a full-sized wooden maru-dai (the grand mother of the foam disks), but the foam ones are a great way to find out whether kumihimo is your cup of tea, without going broke.

Did it pass your mind to do one at home????????

you can make one easily enough using a paper plate (I suggest a strong one not flimsy but either will do) take anything round and trace a circle on it. Cut 4 slits (just a little way in) ie: North, South, East, West, then cut another one in between those. That's it. If you want a sturdier one they do sell them online. Google Kumihimo Braiding Disc and I'm sure you will find them.

how do i see the video? everytime i pull this page up its just a blank screen!! please help!!

The length of the strings would depend on the finished length you want it to be, I suppose. If you want a bracelet, make the strings shorter, make them longer for a necklace, etc. I think if you took the desired finished length and added a few inches for "safety, loss and tying off" you'd be on the right track.

I make that yarn too, and have just finished a bracelet using it when I read your comment.....creepy

I tried with 15 strings and 16 slits on the disc... utter failure.

You may have to jump more threads that just 2 to make it work. PS: excellent craft! thanks for sharing it!

Nope, I tried that. Nothing worked.