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Make your first Kumihimo bracelet this weekend

A beginner-friendly, step-by-step pattern from Cotton Clara. Tell us where to send it and it lands in your inbox in minutes.

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What's inside your free pattern

Clear, photographed steps

Follow along from first knot to finished clasp, with no experience needed.

A simple shopping list

Exactly what you need to gather before you start, so there are no surprises.

Colour ideas to make it yours

Swap the palette and the same braid becomes a completely different bracelet.

Braiding, but calm and satisfying

Kumihimo is the Japanese art of braiding. You wind threads onto bobbins, rest them on a round disc, and move them in a simple rhythm. A strong, beautiful cord grows in your hands, and there's no needle in sight.

Wind your threads onto bobbins

Move them around the disc in a steady pattern

Finish with a clasp and wear it

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Everything you need, in one box

Our Kumihimo kit brings the tools and threads together, with designs created in our Loughborough studio. Start the free pattern first, and the kit is there when you're hooked.

See the Kumihimo Kit

Cotton Clara kits are made for makers in around 40 countries and stocked by Liberty, Anthropologie and Barnes & Noble.

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