Demonstrating the Kumikreator Bead and Braider - Mechanical Kumihimo “Toy” Friendship Bracelet Maker

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This video accompanies my review of the Kumikreator 2-in-1 Bead and Bracelet Friendship Making Kit. You can read my full and honest review here - www.craftmehappy.com/2023/09/...
I'm in the middle of making myself a wrist distaff using Kumihimo braid. Having already made one and realising that I needed to remake it using a shinier, smoother yarn or string, I decided to look around to see if there was a mechanical option to speed things up a little.
I bought this child's toy on Amazon as it was only £15.99 and I thought it was worth a shot.
It actually works pretty well - it's quite limited but if you only want to make relatively short, basic 8-braid kumihimo cords it's OK and really speeds things up.
I've written a very detailed review on my blog here www.craftmehappy.com/2023/09/...
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Timestamps -
0:00 Introduction
0:07 Loading the bobbins into the Kumikreator kumihimo machine
0:27 Threading the Kumikreator kumihimo toy
0:47 Tightening the threads on the Kumikreator Bead and Braider Friendship Bracelet maker
1:07 Winding the handle on the Kumikreator kumihimo machine
2:15 Using the Kumikreator Bead and Braider to make a longer necklace length
3:45 Finishing the kumihimo braid on the Kumikreator
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@keitainagaki4763 12 күн бұрын

that was s0 helpful😊

@KathrynCraftmehappy 12 күн бұрын

Thank you so much!

@NestorSantos-lt7zo Ай бұрын

🎉🎉yekari de. Ioa jele

@butterflycookandmore366 9 ай бұрын

Muchísimas gracias amor por esta herramienta de trabajo.

@KathrynCraftmehappy 9 ай бұрын

You’re very welcome!

@AmyDCools 9 ай бұрын

That’s a really cool contraption. These bracelets/necklaces were huge when I was a kid in the 90s. Thanks for demonstrating how this works!

@KathrynCraftmehappy 9 ай бұрын

You’re very welcome! I made friendship bracelets in the 80s so this has been a real nostalgia trip for me!

@AmyDCools 9 ай бұрын

@@KathrynCraftmehappy same here, using clip boards or safety pins for leverage and all. Friendship pins were also an obsession. Those need to be trendy again.

@faviolaaguirretovon5880 22 күн бұрын

Hola conque otros hilos puedo ponerle a los carretes para poder trabajarlos

@KathrynCraftmehappy 22 күн бұрын

Yes, the instructions say not to, but as long as you wind on neatly and don’t go past the ends of the bobbins it works well. You can read about the threads I used here - www.craftmehappy.com/2023/10/refilling-kumikreator-bobbins-and.html

@ck77854 2 ай бұрын

Can the bobbins hold enough to make a 30 inch cord?

@KathrynCraftmehappy 2 ай бұрын

Sadly not, unless your cord is extremely fine. I found that a full bobbin of regular 1mm Chinese knotting cord would make a bracelet that wrapped twice around my wrist. Embroidery thread made a cord that was quite a bit longer but not close to 30 inches.

@ck77854 2 ай бұрын

Thank you@@KathrynCraftmehappy

@RBIBIANO 3 ай бұрын

Is there a machine like these that can make a “flat piece”?

@KathrynCraftmehappy 3 ай бұрын

I don’t think so. There are industrial sized ones to make commercial quantities of flat braid but I haven’t seen a toy-sized hand cranked one like this.

@RBIBIANO 3 ай бұрын

@@KathrynCraftmehappy Thanks for the reply! I’m looking for this to make my own Do Himo, Men Himo, for Kendo Bogu.

@maryannlarusso978 9 ай бұрын

By the time you load it you could have half of it done.

@KathrynCraftmehappy 9 ай бұрын

You must be much quicker than I am at kumihimo. It took me 15 minutes from loading to removing the bracelet. If you include the time to wind the bobbins it took maybe 45 minutes to make a bracelet. I couldn’t hand weave one in that time.

@tiennamehmet9554 5 ай бұрын

My dad was doing this and it didn’t work 😡😡😡 😭

@KathrynCraftmehappy 5 ай бұрын

Oh I’m sorry. I’m not affiliated with this product in any way (other than being an Amazon affiliate) but I did write quite a lengthy review of it on my blog. It’s not perfect but I do give a lot more written detail here on how to use it - www.craftmehappy.com/2023/09/review-of-kumikreator-2-in-1-bead-and.html There might be something here that could help.