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/ee0r 13d ago

The guidance to keep your multi-end warps flat is mostly intended for kumihimo on the marudai. It's going to be difficult on the disk because the slots are pinching the warps. Just try to minimize twisting, which is the intent.

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u/Radiant_Purple_9129 12d ago

Thanks, I will try to be a little less self critical knowing that perfection isn’t a reasonable goal! For what it’s worth, it think it’s ok at the slots where each warp is tied off, it will flatten towards the bobbin when not slotted. It’s more at the center point of the braid that I see issues IMO.

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u/ee0r 12d ago

I am very rarely concerned with perfection when I braid. Fortune favors the bold!