Re: [Origami] What is the "right" way to use a bone folder

2018-02-12 Thread Clare Chamberlain
  The bone folder I'm familiar with actually comes from kimono making. When hand-sewing kimono, because it's mostly straight lines, you traditionally zig-zag the fabric onto the needles to make numerous small, straight stitches in one go. You then use the curved part of the bone folder to create

Re: [Origami] What is the "right" way to use a bone folder

2018-02-12 Thread Clare Chamberlain
  The bone folder I'm familiar with actually comes from kimono making. When hand-sewing kimono, because it's mostly straight lines, you traditionally zig-zag the fabric onto the needles to make numerous small, straight stitches in one go. You then use the curved part of the bone folder to create

Re: [Origami] What is the "right" way to use a bone folder

2018-02-10 Thread Mizu-randa
-Original Message- From: Jorge E. Jaramillo Sent: 10 February, 2018 16:53 To: origami Subject: [Origami] What is the "right" way to use a bone folder snip< For instance the bone folder that looks like a knife, I always thought the part you use to crease is the one that would be the

[Origami] What is the "right" way to use a bone folder

2018-02-10 Thread Jorge E. Jaramillo
Bone folders are a topic that arises from time to time in this list. Last time I asked about them, Mark Kennedy made sure I got lots of them with the next person from Colombia that he met. An origami friend of mine is taking woodwork classes and one of the first things he made was some piece he