So, my sweetie, who knows me well, was watching the World Baseball Classic and notices that many of the Korean baseball players are wearing string necklaces, some of which look braided (see left). Are they braided? Are they fabric tubes? Are they something else? Why are the players wearing them? Are Korean men in general wearing them these days? Are Koreans in general wearing them? Is it some sort of modernized tradition (pretty sure they didn’t have those plastic clasps until recently, relatively speaking)?
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=29&sid=143036
http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/mPK_j5RnIMi/World+Baseball+Classic+Tokyo+Day+5/LMyQh3wd2vu/Kim+Hyun+Soo
http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/mPK_j5RnIMi/World+Baseball+Classic+Tokyo+Day+5/yhuOntPINrp/Lim+Chang-yong

Blogs
Fae blogs about taking a multi-day workshop from the International Living Treasure Makiko Tada.
http://knitandbeadtimes.blogspot.com/2009/03/kumihimo-in-coupeville.html

Tropical Twister braids her (?) first silk kumihimo braid (kongo?).
http://seabreezespinners.com/2009/03/15/silk-kumihimo-braid/

Vondalee braids some trim for a pillow.
http://onthedryside.blogspot.com/2009/03/rainy-day-finish.html

Events
High Plains Spinners and Weavers had a meeting on Saturday, March 21, at the East Morgan County Library in Brush, Colorado where the topic was kumihimo. (via)