I’ve seen it ALL OVER
my pinterest feed so I thought I’d give it a try. My original thought
was to pull something together with ‘found’ objects and see if the
kiddos at the 4th
of July gathering would enjoy doing it – but as I got started with it I realized it was more intense than I realized… Like
most things – I jumped right in without reading any tutorials [or
watching videos – which y’all know I only do as a last resort.]
I
wanted it to be tied to sticks from my yard so I did that then quickly
realized that I needed some sort of structure so I cut out some
cardstock and notched the ends to space the weaving base. [? – is that
what you even call it?!]
Then,
you know me – I wanted a PATTERN so I wove a wonky star in the middle
then started weaving around this – ha. I’m not ashamed to say that in
the end I had some major ‘cleaning up’ to do to help this star look it’s
best [and it’s still
questionable.]
Then
I wove from the top down – and also up from the bottom since I wanted
the stripes on each end to be the same size. Weaving the middle was
tight towards the end. Tips: I would DEFINITEY recommend pulling out the
large yarn needle you
have stashed in the knitting bag [I didn’t, and using a pencil stump
worked, but wasn’t as easy as a needle would have been. Still – it was
easier than just trying to weave with my fingers. And secondly – use
short lengths of yarn.
ha
After
I was done I flipped it over and cut the back in the middle – then I
tied each string around the stick – then tied two strings together
in pairs.
I trimmed the top and added the fringe to the bottom…
The last thing I need to do is clean up the star – I think I can use my yarn needle to weave the yarn through where it needs to be to define it just a bit more.
I
think it looks okay. I might try a different project in the future –
but all-in-all, I didn’t find weaving to be very relaxing… but of course the
yarn needle and NO PATTERN might help that a little.
Ha. Have y'all done any weaving projects you'd like to share?
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