Ayagaki – Charting the Pickup Braid: A Step-by-Step Workbook
by Carol Miller Franklin
This workbook guides Takadai braiders through the process of creating and designing their own pickup braids. By following Carol Miller Franklin's step-by-step approach, braiders learn how to develop motifs that appear as mirror images on the reverse side of the braid. Although pickup braids produce intricate designs, the techniques become approachable when worked through the exercises in this book.
Designed as a practical workbook, it provides a clear method for understanding and charting pickup braid designs while building confidence in creating original patterns.
English • Softcover • Full color • 78 pages • Self-published in USA