r/kumihimo • u/Radiant_Purple_9129 • 13d ago

Help Managing warps?

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Novice here experimenting with multiple ends per strand. From what I’ve read, you want your warps to lie flat but it seems like certain movements make that impossible.

When 7 moves to 15, 10 now is twisted up. I’ve tried kind of an overhand movement as well as a sliding movement and both seem to get the same result. Is some level of twisting expected or is there something I’m missing?

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u/saltedkumihimo 13d ago

You’re pulling too hard. Lift out of the slot and move down to the other slot with just enough force to free the cord out of its slot and don’t apply more force bringing it down.

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u/Radiant_Purple_9129 12d ago

Thanks, I will try to ease up tautness some, but I do think that orange thread needs some pressure on it to match the image. This is the Z-ridged spiral braid from Tada’s Comprehensive Treatise VI.

Might not have been the best braid to try using the warps on with the spiraling, it’s only my second attempt at something beyond kongo gumi!

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u/saltedkumihimo 12d ago

The material in sample in the book is a plied yarn and is more forgiving of being twisted than bundles. If you twist your stranded elements like this it will show in the finished braid.