Paper weaving: a master class for beginners (photo)

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Wicker things have been popular at all times. Only before they used birch bark, vine, willow twigs, and now they are being replaced with an ordinary newspaper, magazine and office sheets. Such products are covered with stain, varnish, due to which they create an imitation of the structure of a tree.

This is the popular paper weaving. A master class for beginners will be devoted to the basics of this needlework, as information on it is scattered piece by piece from various sources, and all available lessons on weaving crafts are designed for people with basic knowledge.

Material

For weaving you will need paper, knitting needles, paint, stain, varnish, cardboard, glue, a stationery knife. Newspapers, magazines, office and fax paper are suitable for work. Softer tubes are obtained from a newspaper, and thinner, elastic tubes are obtained from magazines and office paper.

Please note: four tubes should be obtained from one newspaper spread (the width of the segment is no more than 7-12 centimeters). From office paper, cut into narrow strips 2-3 centimeters wide.

Experiment with different types of material, then get extraordinary paper weaving. crafts inWith this technique, you can create a wide variety - from trays and panels to animal figurines and dishes.

Craftsmen use knitting needles of different thicknesses. The selection depends on the craft: for example, a newspaper needs a No. 2-3 knitting needle, and a stocking needle for office paper. For the base of the craft, twist the thick tubes, and for the braid - soft ones.

Paint, stain, choose water-based (on alcohol, the product dries quickly, but makes the tube brittle). Dilute the paint with PVA glue (2:1 or 3:1). They paint either the product after work, or the workpiece before the start of the creative process. But the finished craft is always smeared with glue, left to dry. Only at the last stage it is varnished. Cardboard is used to create a finished bottom or container of the desired shape.

Paper weaving: a master class for beginners

How tubes are prepared:

• unfold the newspaper lengthwise;
• fold in half;
• cut with a knife along the entire length;
• add up the resulting segments again;
• cut along the entire length;
• sort into a separate stack strips with a white edge (newspaper border at the beginning and end of the sheet);
• put the sheet in front of you;
• take a 2mm needle;
• put the needle at an angle of 30-45 degrees compared to the sheet;
• twist the corner of the paper;
• gently twist the needle, holding the edge of the tube with your hands;
• lubricate the remaining corner with glue and glue.

The tubes should not be soft or hard, ideally you get a "medium" paper weave. For beginners, a bunch of video tutorials on twisting have been created, but without practice they are useless. For example, for blinds and panels, craftsmen specially twist hard sticks, for decorative miniature items they prepare thin tubes, where the width of the strip can be less than the traditional seven centimeters. You need to experiment to find your tube thickness.

Please note that when cutting with a knife, notches are formed that interfere with proper twisting. Therefore, before work, do research work: try to cut two sheets of newspaper into transverse and longitudinal strips, determining how fewer notches are obtained. It is from the segment with smaller notches that the tube rolls off without problems.

Paper weaving: step by step instructions for twisting and dyeing

When twisting sticks, one end should be wider and the other narrower. So when weaving crafts due to the insertion, an extension occurs, that is, a narrow corner is inserted into a wide one. If the ends are the same, then one edge is flattened, compressed and inserted.

Many masters do without glue when building, just insert a stick three centimeters deep into another. Other pros drop a drop of glue into a tube with a wide end, and advance three centimeters with a narrow stick.

There is another secret how to make the twisting faster and the weaving soft. Before work, newspaper tubes are laid out in a row and walked over them with a rolling pin. It turns out that each master has "his own"paper weaving.

Tube painting tutorial for beginners

• The first way. Paint the sheets before work, then dry, cut into strips and twist into tubes.
• The second way. Twist the sticks, then paint each one individually with a brush. Suitable for products if you need an unusual pattern.
• Third way. You make crafts, then decorate by weaving or randomly with a brush.

Methods of mass painting

• The fourth way. Take a pipe, wrap one end with a plug. Pour in the stain. Take a bunch of tubules (to fit freely into the pipe), dip one edge into the stain first, then the other. If the middle is not stained, then coat this area with a brush. Be sure to add stain to the pipe. In this case, time is saved, but you need to work on the street. Do not dip the tubes twice in the stain, as they will soften.
• The fifth way. Take a wide pipe, closed on both sides with plugs. Cut off the top to make a tray. The length of the pipe depends on the size of the sticks. Pour paint into the tray. Put a bunch of sticks into the mosquito net, dip several times into the solution. Allow excess to drain, hang on a rope.

For paint, you can use water emulsion, pigments, food coloring for eggs. If you get an unsuccessful color, still continue weaving from paper. A basket, for example, can have any color, just complicate the weaving or resort todecoupage.

Secrets of working with straws

Please note that the color becomes lighter after drying. By combining with other sticks, you create the desired pattern or draw the finished product with the desired shade. Drying is not necessary until completely dry. Wrap slightly damp sticks in a bag so that both ends are outside. In winter, they can be stored in the cold.

The sticks must be flexible when working, but after painting they become hard and brittle. Ideally, immediately after painting the tubes, paper weaving should begin. A basket, boxes, dishes can be made from dry colored tubes if you spray the middle of the sticks with ordinary water using a sprayer from all sides before work.

Wrap them in a wet cloth (ends outside) or put in a bag. You prepare a large number of tubes at once, so that in the process of work you are not distracted by twisting.

When weaving, an even and odd number of tubes is taken. It is in the direction where there is an odd number of sticks that work begins. The “odd” tube braids all the others. As soon as its length ends, build a new stick.

Types of weaving

We have finished the material blanks, now we will consider paper weaving. A master class for beginners on his technique is given below.

• Simple ordinary weaving. With a braiding tube, like a snake, go around each stick of the base. That is, it either covers the base, or hides behind it. If you need to return, then weavinggoes the same way, but in the opposite direction.
• Simple weaving in rows. The pattern changes after several rows. That is, take one stick, go through simple weaving. The next tube lays down in the same way as the first. So continue the drawing several times. Then you shift the pattern, that is, where the base was braided, it remains free, and the next one is braided the same number of times as in the first pattern.
• Simple diagonal weaving. Each tube begins with a new base stick diagonally. It turns out an oblique (oblique) pattern.
• Simple diagonal weaving in rows. Just as in a horizontal pattern, weave with several sticks, and shift the new circle along the pattern.

Varieties of weaving

We continue to consider paper weaving (a master class on creating patterns):

• Layered weaving. It looks like a braid in rows, only the work goes with several tubes at the same time. That is, you immediately braid the base of the four racks with two sticks, leave the sticks in an elevated position. Move on to a new row of two sticks. So repeat several times, then return to the original row.



• Ordinal weaving. Each tube is carried out by ordinary weaving until it ends. A new stick is laid at the end of the first without extension. Due to the thin and thick ends of the straw, a beautiful diagonal line is created.
• Square weave. The tubes braid the row through two bases until the pattern reaches the size of the distance between the uprights.
• Openwork weaving. The work is carried out in one of the techniques, and at some interval cells are skipped, leaving the racks open. There are patterns with an asterisk, a column, a rhombus, a wedge.

Technique and secrets of weaving

To keep any pattern, it is braided with a rope or a pigtail. Let us consider in more detail the “protective” paper weaving (we will describe it step by step using the example of a basket).

• Rope weaving. The tube braids not only the racks, but also the next stick. For example, work goes with four elements. All tubes are laid under their foundation. Further, the first stick passes between the third and fourth rack, braiding all four tubes. With subsequent elements, work is carried out similarly. It turns out a kind of pigtail.
• Pigtail weaving. Overhead braids are woven separately, then glued to the product. Edge braids are created from racks (not braided tubes).

Please note that the weaving of the tubes begins with thick ends from left to right. To get a given shape, the racks are pinched to the desired object (vase, bucket, box, etc.). The finished product is abundantly lubricated with PVA glue (with or without paint), “put on” on the object of the desired shape, and dried. Then, when painting and varnishing, the tube product will be beautiful and durable.

Basket making

For beginners, it's best to start with something simple (for example, blinds, frames, panels) to train your hand in twisting the tubes and simply interweaving them. Then you can go tocomplex paper weaving (horseshoe, heart, box, bell). Consider a master class on weaving a simple basket without a lid and a handle.

To save the labor of basket weaving, use a cardboard bottom. To do this, take an object of the desired shape, circle the bottom on thick cardboard. Cut out two pieces. Decorate them right away (wallpaper, paint or decoupage).

Attach a self-adhesive film to the bottom half along the edge. Now glue newspaper tubes on it. The distance between them should not be more than 2-3 centimeters. This is the basic rule of such needlework (meaning paper weaving).

Pen stand, photo frame, hat - any craft should have a distance between the racks of no more than three centimeters. The fact is that a larger gap between them leads to friability and fragility of the product.

Continuation of basket weaving

Next, apply PVA glue to the bottom with tubes, cover with a second bottom, put a load on top and leave overnight. Now go through two rows with a “string”, a simple interlacing of racks. After that, put the form on the bottom on which you will weave, with a load (the load is needed to fix the bottom when weaving). If you immediately start weaving the walls from the cardboard bottom, then you will get holes in the basket that will need to be decorated.

Raise the tubes up, continue working until you reach the desired height. Next, braid up or separately weave a pigtail, gluing it to the base. By the same principle, weaving boxes with a lid from paper.

There is another wayweaving a rectangular bottom with ribbons and newspaper tubes. This look is reminiscent of working with a paper strip rug. Only in this case, take not one tube, but two or three for one unit. For example, below are four groups of sticks. Then put three sticks across them.

Place four groups of tubes on top so that their ends are between the bottom ones. Now you braid all the rows with a ribbon or a soft stick. Then lay the transverse group of sticks again, braiding them with tape. Using colored tubes, you can get an original pattern.

The bottom in this case turns out to be voluminous, as if double. Then you lift all the joints, braid them with a “rope”, smoothly moving to the walls of the product. For trays, this is the optimal paper weave. A step-by-step photo on weaving a square basket clearly shows the essence of the work. Prepare straws and create.

If you have never worked with newspaper tubes, start with simple views. For example, blinds. To do this, simply twist the thick sticks along the length of one half of the window. Tie a double knot on both sides of each stick, retreating from the edges by 3-4 centimeters. In the process of work, coat the “seams” with glue.

From above, fasten along the ring for the curtains (blinds will be attached to them) and a loop where you can put the twisted roll if necessary. Paint the finished product, varnish it. Now you can try simple weaving on small souvenirs and move on to baskets.