"Strands" is the annual journal published by the Braid Society

A subscription to "Strands" accompanies membership,
Society members may also purchase extra copies and back issues.
For availabilty and prices, contact backissues@braidsociety.com

To give you some idea of the contents and the contributors to Strands, the contents of the last three issues are shown below. A full cumulative index can be viewed here.

Strands issue 16 - 2009 edition.
Author Title/Subject
  Mr PC of Nayland and Sazigyo
Ralph Isaacs Analysing Burmese Tablet Woven Inscription Bands
Gina Barrett Recreation of a Late Medieval Band
Noémi Speiser The Nun’s Book
Report on the 17th century loop braiding instruction book in the Pitt-Rivers Museum collection
Gil Dye Did Passementerie Give Birthto Bobbin Lace?
Edna Gibson Karakumi - Past, Present and Future
Steve Pretty Making Karakumi - How to make braids on the Karakumidai
Helen Vonow Kumi-felt - Felted oblique interlacing
Strands issue 15 - 2008 edition.
Author Title/Subject
Noémi Speiser Initial Observations on the “Nun’s Book”
Edna Gibson Reflecting on the Kyoto Conference Sue Stevenson, Collyer Ekholm, Jennie Parry and Leigh Morris
Joy Boutrup Braided Seal Strings from 1590 on a Document in the Danish National Archives
Kathe Todd-Hooker “Look upon and remember” - Fringes on Old Believer Belts
Carol James Many Threads Make Us Strong - Making Reproductions of 18th and 19th Century Fingerwoven Assomption Sashes
Carol James Oblique Interlace Fingerweaving - How to Make a Friendship Bracelet
Tüskés Tünde Braided Hungarian Costume - A History of Buttons and Braids as Clothing Ornamentation
Strands Issue 14 - 2007
Author Title/Subject
Sarah Lowry Machine and handmade braids
Kathe Todd-Hooker Old Believers in Oregon
Ann Brammer Memories of Guizhou
Jacqui Carey Portrait of a Miao braidmaker
Jacqui Carey A 9-element 8-ridge flat braid from the Miao tradition
Shirley Berlin Korean braiding – Kkunmok. The cords that make Maedup
Ruth MacGregor famous art of Korean knotting