Kumihimo link dump 2009.08.08
This is a very long post, don’t miss the video at the bottom!
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Read moreThe forget me knot ring is a rope-like ring topped with a bow knot. Available in silver or brass. (via)
http://fredflare.com/customer/product.php?productid=3367&cat=283&bf=hs#
A display of knots and fancy ropework by Alton C. Beaudoin at the New London Maritime Society’s Custom House Maritime Museum in New London, Connecticut. The exhibit is on through August 2009. (via)
http://www.nlmaritimesociety.org/
It should not surprise you that there is a Chinese knotting television show in China (I could be wrong, these could be an instructional DVD set or a web series. Does it matter?) and someone has digitized clips for a youTube-ish website, Videopedia World.
Read moreSouth Korean ssamzisarang has been posting videos about Korean culture. They look somewhat like short segments from TV (interstitials?), but original or not, the video compression was dialed way up, at least on the good luck (chrysanthemum) knot video. The soundtracks on the videos are kinda distracting which makes me think that they are not professional productions, but I could easily be wrong.
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