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I'm always looking for good weaving projects for little hands. I was going thru the storage room and was overwhelmed with just how many recycled plastic containers I had. You know the ones from yogurt or sour cream...the ones you hold on to thinking..... "one day I'll need it for a project". Inspiration strikes and I realized "Hey you could use it as the base for a basket weaving project"........ and that's where it started. MATERIALS REQUIRED: - recycled containers - scissors - yarn, string, embroidery floss, and/or fabric strips - glue - old book pages, newspaper, maps Now the problem with recycled containers is they have logos plastered all over them so I decided we would paper mache them over with strips of paper. I thought about painting them but was worried the paint would get scratched off during the weaving. I use old books that I get from the discard rack at the library or old maps. Newspaper also works well. Cut into little strips and a glue/water mix in a 1 to 1 ratio. You could also use Mod Podge. Leave to dry overnight. Now find out the diameter of your container. In order to get a woven basket you need an odd number of cuts in your container. An odd number allows you to cover the basket fully like the one holding the paintbrushes above. I also used an odd number of cuts on the basket holding the branch with leaves. The other basket was done with an even # but I had to alternate woven sections. Using your scissors make cuts down the container. Now you can make them all the same size, you could make them random sizes or you can make a pattern like one narrow strip and then one wide....lots of possibilities it's up to you. Just remember to have an odd # if you want the fully woven look. Select the material you want to weave with and tie it on on one of the sections in the inside. I put a bit of tape on the section I start with so if I'm making a specific pattern I can keep count of the rows. Then start weaving in and out of the different sections. With an odd number of sections on the first pass you will have your yarn/string on every second one and then on the second pass the string will be on the other ones. On this one I decided to do extra weaving on the narrow strips.....because I had to cut an odd number to get the fully woven look on the first part I need to skip a strip to get the weaving on the narrow part....that means 2 strips look exactly the same side by side but you just have that part in the back...it still looks terrific. When it's time to switch colors or material just knot the 2 ends together on the inside. This is great for teaching patterns in Kindergarten and Grade 1. Continue right up to the rim...the string just settles in nicely below it. You also could trim the container down if you wanted a smaller basket. Knot off the end onto one of the strings on the inside and then stuff the end in behind the strings. The kids found the weaving easy and were planning all sorts of patterns...I have some basket weaving books and we are seeing how we can adapt those patterns...we are also looking at using different containers like a ice cream pail for a larger basket or cutting the top off a milk jug and then weaving that. Give it a try... and if you're like me you have lots of containers waiting to be woven. See you next time.
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Dziś co nieco o islandzkiej włóczce. Jakiś czas temu, udało mi się wreszcie wybrać do sklepu w poszukiwaniu włóczki na sweter, który miała dla mnie wykonać znajoma Islandka. Od razu dodam, że tutaj całe działy poświęcone dziewiarstwu są niemal w każdym większym sklepie! Regały wypełnione wełną w rozmaitych kolorach, splotach i grubościach, a do tego półki niczym w bibliotece zastawione książkami i katalogami z wzorami! Istny Raj. Wpadłam więc pewnego dnia do takiego sklepu (swoją drogą czynnego 24h, więc w każdej chwili, gdy mi zabraknie wełny mogę się tam wybrać) i spędziłam chyba godzinę na obmacywaniu, porównywaniu i wybieraniu kolorów na mój przyszły sweter, a przy okazji ładując do koszyka kilka motków pod naalbinding :) A teraz wrażenia z pracy na nowej wełence: już nigdy nie użyję innej! Przędza ma grubość idealną do wyrobów igłowych, tak ciężką do zdobycia w Polsce. Teraz dopiero moje wyroby nabrały tego "czegoś", są mięsiste, grube i cieplutkie. Wełna grzeje nawet podczas dziergania, a przy tym jest miła w dotyku i nie gryzie. Również kolory świetnie nadają się do celów rekonstrukcyjnych, są stonowane, naturalne i porównywalne do uzyskiwanych barwnikami naturalnymi. No i cena! Praktycznie polska - kilkanaście złotych za 100g. Przynajmniej ta jedna rzecz jest na Islandii tania :P A teraz mała próbka ostatnich igłowań, chciało mi się zieleni, bo w otoczeniu jej brak.
We decided to try and make Dreamcatchers yesterday...a simple star design and then a more advanced one that proved a little tricky. We'll start with the simple one. Materials Required: yarn a yogurt or margarine lid a few beads scissors a few feathers string Take your plastic lids, punch a little hole to get you started with the scissors and then cut out the inside. You want to leave at least 1/4 inch of the lid...they usually have a raised edge to show you where to cut to. Our lids were about 5 inches in diameter. You don't want to go with a really large lid as it won't be stable when you cut out the middle. Take your yarn and cut off a piece that when formed in a ball will fit in your palm....that should be enough. Kids sometimes have trouble when winding the yarn around the ring....so if you make a simple shuttle it will stem the frustration and the tangles. I took a toilet paper roll and squished it. You can use a piece of cardboard. At school the kids wind their wool around a glue stick....use what you have, it's only temporary. Start your wool by laying it lengthwise on the cardboard and then wind around it width wise. Start winding the ring with wool or yarn. When you come around catch the loose end. "winding Dreamcatchers in the sun" When you get to the end tie off the yarn with a knot and clip the end. Now you are going to make the web. Cut a length of string. For the simple star pattern you only need to cut a string about 24 inches. Start weaving your web...follow the #'s on the pattern...make sure you wrap the string around the ring at least once at every point of the star...otherwise the string will just slide off your catcher. Place a bead in your Dreamcatcher to be the spider or the spirit bead. Tie off the string when you have finished the design. If you want you can make a double star at this point. Start at #1 and then continue...at #6 slide on your bead. #7 is where you tie off. When finished add a loop for hanging at position #3...that will keep your bead in the center of your star. Cut a length of yarn or wool about 14 inches long and tie onto the bottom of the catcher. String on 3 beads on each end and then make a knot. I like to have them at different lengths so trim your yarn to your liking. To add feathers just slide them into the bead holes. The beads will hold them into place. That's it. You can now hang it above your bead. You can make a double star if you want for a more substantial web or you can try the advanced version. The hardest part I found with the advanced version is keeping the same amount of slack between the loops. It's not till you are weaving the 3rd or 4th round that you realize you may have a bit of a hole. The kids still enjoyed making them though so its worth a try. I found it easier to make my loop before we started to loop around the ring. Here is the first round of weaving. Here we are at the 3rd. Here at the fourth there is a bit of a hole at the top...we tried to ease the string over and it looked much better. Add your tails with the beads and feathers and you're done. Give it a try. The kids are going to practice the advanced one because they really like the look of it. take care gail
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We decided to try and make Dreamcatchers yesterday...a simple star design and then a more advanced one that proved a little tricky. We'll start with the simple one. Materials Required: yarn a yogurt or margarine lid a few beads scissors a few feathers string Take your plastic lids, punch a little hole to get you started with the scissors and then cut out the inside. You want to leave at least 1/4 inch of the lid...they usually have a raised edge to show you where to cut to. Our lids were about 5 inches in diameter. You don't want to go with a really large lid as it won't be stable when you cut out the middle. Take your yarn and cut off a piece that when formed in a ball will fit in your palm....that should be enough. Kids sometimes have trouble when winding the yarn around the ring....so if you make a simple shuttle it will stem the frustration and the tangles. I took a toilet paper roll and squished it. You can use a piece of cardboard. At school the kids wind their wool around a glue stick....use what you have, it's only temporary. Start your wool by laying it lengthwise on the cardboard and then wind around it width wise. Start winding the ring with wool or yarn. When you come around catch the loose end. "winding Dreamcatchers in the sun" When you get to the end tie off the yarn with a knot and clip the end. Now you are going to make the web. Cut a length of string. For the simple star pattern you only need to cut a string about 24 inches. Start weaving your web...follow the #'s on the pattern...make sure you wrap the string around the ring at least once at every point of the star...otherwise the string will just slide off your catcher. Place a bead in your Dreamcatcher to be the spider or the spirit bead. Tie off the string when you have finished the design. If you want you can make a double star at this point. Start at #1 and then continue...at #6 slide on your bead. #7 is where you tie off. When finished add a loop for hanging at position #3...that will keep your bead in the center of your star. Cut a length of yarn or wool about 14 inches long and tie onto the bottom of the catcher. String on 3 beads on each end and then make a knot. I like to have them at different lengths so trim your yarn to your liking. To add feathers just slide them into the bead holes. The beads will hold them into place. That's it. You can now hang it above your bead. You can make a double star if you want for a more substantial web or you can try the advanced version. The hardest part I found with the advanced version is keeping the same amount of slack between the loops. It's not till you are weaving the 3rd or 4th round that you realize you may have a bit of a hole. The kids still enjoyed making them though so its worth a try. I found it easier to make my loop before we started to loop around the ring. Here is the first round of weaving. Here we are at the 3rd. Here at the fourth there is a bit of a hole at the top...we tried to ease the string over and it looked much better. Add your tails with the beads and feathers and you're done. Give it a try. The kids are going to practice the advanced one because they really like the look of it. take care gail
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A few days ago, I saw a nalbound sock on one of the Facebook nalbinding groups, and wasn't sure how the creator did that effect. She didn't answer (and I wasn't surprised - the group isn't in English and that's all I speak). So I worked on a set of samples, so I could figure out that ridged effect and so I could more clearly see the difference between different types of connections for nalbinding. Here are my samples and what I learned. (-- Updated 2/4/2015 to show the needle in position for the connections. Samples done in Oslo stitch.) F1 Nalbinding Stitch Connection - F1 - You put the needle through the front of the top loop of next stitch in the previous row. A very flexible join to the row. The Oslo stitch has nice drape with this connection. F2 Nalbinding Stitch Connection - F2 - You put the needle in the front of the loop for the next stitch in the previous row, and also the previous stitch in that row (aka the loop that has a stitch in it already). A denser fabric, solid join. B1 Nalbinding Stitch Connection - B1 - You put the needle through the back of the top loop of next stitch in the previous row. Tighter than the F1 connection and it gives an interesting texture between the rows - almost like weaving. M1 Nalbinding Stitch Connection - M1 - You put the needle through the front of the middle of next stitch (the part of the stitch that lays in the opposite direction) in the previous row. Dense fabric with ridges on the back. M1 (back side) Nalbinding Stitch Connection - M1 in back - You put the needle through the middle of next stitch (the part of the stitch that lays in the opposite direction) on the back side of your work in the previous row. Dense fabric with ridges on the front. I'm pretty sure this is how the ridged socks were done. M1 F1 Nalbinding Stitch Connection - M1+F1 - You put the needle through the front of the middle of next stitch (the part of the stitch that lays in the opposite direction) and the top loop of that stitch in the previous row. Dense fabric with no ridges. *Note: There is another connection I've seen B1+F1 for the Asle stitch. But "B1" means "bottom loop" here. Just so you know. So, there you have it. I'd like to encourage you to make your own samples like this so you can see the difference for yourself. Even different stitch samples are helpful to see what you may want to use for a project. I'd love to see your samples and hear what you learned from them!
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