A marudai (丸台, lit. 'round stand') is the most common of the traditional frames used for making kumihimo, a type of Japanese braid. [1] The marudai is generally made of a close-grained wood and consists of a round disk (kagami or "mirror") [1] with a hole in the center, supported by four legs set in a base.

Kumihimo is a Japanese braiding technique in which a braiding stool (marudai) is used to support the bob bins and hold the working threads. Many bobbins can be used, to create very complex braids. Here at The Woolery, we carry a wide variety of Kumihimo supplies.

Quick, Sturdy Wooden Marudai (for Japanese Kumihimo Cord Braiding): Kumihimo is a Japanese braiding art which can produce very strong, regular patterned cords useful as laces, ties, rope, and decoration. The technique has become popular in the West recently, and the popularity has brought with it a number of mo…

Marudai make round, square, hollow, or flat braids. The possibilities are endless with different fibers, tama, and design ideas! Our marudai come in two diameter mirrors (tops), 25cm (10") and 30cm (12"). We suggest 70 gram tama in quantities of 8 or 16 as that is what most of the published patterns need. More tama make more detailed patterns.

A Marudai is a round-top braiding stand used to make a wide variety of kumihimo braids including round, square, rectangular, flat, triangular, and more. It is the fastest, most versatile and efficient means of creating braids.

A Marudai is a round-top braiding stand or frame used to make a wide variety of kumihimo braids in many different forms: round, square, rectangular, flat, triangular, and other polygonal shapes. It is considered the most versatile of the five basic types of kumihimo braiding

The first Kumi artists made cords entirely by hand, using a form of finger-loop braiding. Later, traditional Kumi artists created braids on a round wooden stand (marudai, which means “round stand”) or a square wooden frame (takadai, which looks more like a …

"Kumihimo" is the Japanese style of braiding fibers into cords. It basically consists of arranging threads on a braiding loom, then moving the threads in patterns. There are a few different kinds of looms, but the easiest to make (hence the easiest to own and use) is called a "marudai".

The marudai is the small round stand historically used in Japan for making round, flat and square braids that can be used for obijime on kimono, for ties on haori jackets, adornments for horse's...

2016年6月25日 · The marudai has been around for several centuries, and with the Japanese penchant for ultra-refinement, you can bet they haven’t missed anything! So, in my humble opinion, if it ain’t got a well, it ain’t a marudai!