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Twining
Ghiordes
knots
Crochet
Can construct a weave with two or more strands
of strong strings of yarn twisted together.
It can be used to construct trimmings for bags,
hats and mainly shoe laces. Twining can also be
used to produce artistic door rugs and baskets.
Are commonly used by carpet weavers. They are
made on a pile of warp yarn; usually with the
help of a wooden frame. Ghiordes knots are in
general cut in small sizes from coloured yarn or
any other material to be carefully fixed between
two adjacent warps.
“Crochet” comes from a French word hook. This
technique can be used to produce fabrics and
other functional handicraft items using yarn or
thread with a hooked needle. The technique is
based on the principle of using a developing
thread and following one another chain stitches.
How to produce a simple weave
using a cardboard box
Weaving with a cardboard box can arouse curiosities of
inquisitive weavers—interested in carrying out small
projects. The basic materials are thread or strings of natural
fiber such as sisal, a pencil, a cardboard paper and a cutter or
a pair of scissors.
Start by creating equally spaced markings of 1cm at the top
and bottom sides of a cardboard box. Step by step, in equal
dimensions or sizes.
Cut open each marked area and create gaps in which weft
yarn shall be fitted during weaving. The attained cuts may
be triangular or just straight from a single cut.
Pick yarn and then roll or tie it well on one corner of the first
narrow opening. Go ahead and fit it up and down in each
cut-slit on both ends of a cardboard. Fill the cardboard with
weft yarn.
After that, use a needle or a similar object to fit in warp yarn.
Carefully, start to weave by rotating warp yarn through the
weft, side by side using a needle in a continuous way.
If the attained weave becomes gradually small during
weaving it is likely that the edges of a weave have been
pulled too tightly by warp. If so, try to loosen up yarn for the
weave to get back into a pleasant shape—fit for a planned
purpose.
Different sets of coloured yarn can as well be added on the
same card board. Fasten or cut off all loose ends of thread to
finish the weave.
How to make a paper weave
The technique of making a paper weave is simple and it is
one of the most outstanding ways in which learners can
be easily inspired into some self-evident aspects of making
other crafts by weaving. “The finished paper weaving can
form the basis of weave patterns.” (Digolo et al. 1990, 83)
To start a paper weave, find any two clean papers with
different colours. They can be those you have already ripped
up from magazines, paper wrappers, or bond white paper.
Where possible, paint the paper to cause change for your
desired colours.
Make sure that the obtained types of papers are smooth
and straight. Cut one paper and break it into equal narrow
paper shreds or slits. These shall be used as weft.
The second paper should also be cut in equal
measurements as it was done for the first paper, but do not
break the cuts. These thoroughly cut slits of coloured paper
shall be used as warp.
Start to weave by fitting narrow paper shreds into the weft
sheet of paper.
Weave up and down through the warp until when the weft
paper reaches at the edge of the last cut, on the warp paper.
This process of weaving actually involves sliding a paper
through another paper in a reverse inclination. That is to
say, the next warp paper strip should be carefully pushed
smoothly through the slits in contrasting turns. At the
final stage, the weft shall reveal a structural display similar
to a checker board with regular patterns of squares in
alternating colours.
Go ahead; continue to work until, when weft papers
have filled up the other remaining spaces. Cut away
any irregular or unwanted parts to make it ready for
a display. Generally, such woven papers can be used
as decorating patterns on other crafts or artworks. For
example collage, wall hangings and greeting cards.
A paper weave.
A single weft
paper (white)
passes over and
under alternate
warp paper
(decorated)
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