LEP 26.11.

[yvannairie]

The older I get the more I realise that like half my wardrobe issues can be solved with ropes and ribbons of various lengths, but most ribbons and lengths of rope I own are single colour and I can't seem to figure out the correct search terms to punch into Etsy for it to show me the kind of beautiful kumihimo or card woven ribbons in the 180-200cm length that I would like to own them at.

Comments

[cimorene]

"obijime" is good for antique and modern Japanese silk cords! Idk if the length is good or not. The traditional folk costumes in Sweden and Norway still use band-woven bands to tie up their hair, and I think there's also a unique Sámi style of making them, but I'm not quite sure about what the right search terms would be.

[yvannairie]

Cim I love you so much

Obijime are exactly the kind of thing I was envisioning, they're mostly a little shorter than I would like but will serve my purposes just fine, but putting "Swedish card woven belt" gave me so many of exactly the kind of thing I was looking for. I'm currently seeing if I can find more modern-inspired patterns before I commit to the very vikingesque geometric patterns.

[cimorene]

Yay!!

I was gonna buy an obijime to wear as a belt to a wedding a few years ago but then we changed our minds and didn't go, so all my research came to nothing.

My sister just bought an inkle loom to make those bands. She and her husband go to renfaires together as a hobby and she wants to weave her own trim for a 'viking' costume. So I've been looking at a lot of them in the last few weeks.

[yvannairie]

Unfortunately textile work is something I just don't have the patience for. I know how to braid and do kumihimo but I just don't have the patience to sit still long enough to do it u_u)

[cimorene]

Haha. I did start making some kumihimo but I switched back to knitting pretty quickly. It's possible that the number of fiber hobbies I can manage is limited...