An ancient kind of needlework - weaving from a rope with a modern name "macrame"

The venerable kind of needlework - macrame - came to us from ancient times. It is based on weaving rope of strong knots, creating strength, safety, as well as lengthening ropes, ropes, cords. Fishermen wove fishing ropes, nets, hammocks from ropes. Modern needlewomen widely use this kind of creativity to create decorative costume jewelry, designer products decorating the interior, and various accessories.

Different techniques

Weaving from the rope is laid in several types of needlework. This allows you to create schemes and various ways to use the nodes. From ropes weave mandalas, representing amulets and amulets for different occasions. Another kind of weaving is Kumihimo. It is the creation of braids for the girdle. Laces are also braided from the rope on special bobbins. A similar technique is frivolity. In this kind of needlework weaving from the rope is carried out with the help of a shuttle. And yet the main kind of weaving, in which the rope directly participates, is macrame.

What is necessary for work?

Rope weaving implies an expressive texture of the future product. Proceeding from this, it is necessary to acquire round and strongly twisted threads. Of these, flowerpots are mainly created for flower pots, rugs, various panels on walls, tall baskets, floor vases, lampshades and many other large-scale products. From fluffy threads it is better to refuse right away. The main pattern in the fuzz is lost and slides, the product looks sloppy. Silk thread is also not recommended because of its smoothness. Wicker patterns slip and unravel, and tight tying silk is very problematic. In the process of work, various strong pins, a centimeter tape and scissors will be needed. It will also be necessary to find a strong and stable support on which the workpiece is mounted. Many people use the back of an armchair or chair. For small products suitable rollers or self-made tight cushions filled with sand. It is also possible to adjust the foam. The main thing is that the material can easily be punctured.

Tips for beginners

Rope rope with our own hands is a difficult process. In the process, the hands get very tired and the skin rubs. To avoid trouble, it is advised to use knitted gloves. Also, weave the previously prepared thread, which you need to boil, to facilitate the weaving. This technique will give her softness and elasticity. Using twine in work, periodically wet your hands in water. If you want to create a product from a woolen rope, then choose a thick and tightly twisted thread.

Before the beginning of macrame at the ends of the prepared threads knot knots or drip glue to avoid raspuskanija. Original products look like monophonic filaments, emphasizing the texture and highlighting nodal patterns. It is also possible to tint in profitable places of the product. Cords of white color can be given a golden hue, boiling them in infusion of onion husk. A bright shade can be whitened by lowering the rope into a warm soapy solution and gradually warming with stirring. Then the colored water is drained and replaced with a new solution, achieving the desired shade. Smooth the finished product from the wrong side, covering with several layers of gauze soaked in water. The heated iron is gently applied to the product until the fabric drains off.

How to start work?

Weaving the rope with our own hands begins with the measurement of the strands of the required length. The exact size of the ropes can not be said, since it depends on the density of the weave, on the thickness of the thread, and on the fact that each knot requires a certain length of rope. It is recommended to cut the cords in 5 times the finished product. Too long ropes wind on any devices to make them comfortable to work with. Work threads are fixed to an auxiliary thread, arranged horizontally, in several ways. In any case, to attach the threads using macrame (the schemes are given in this article), it is necessary to fold them in half, forming a loop. Then stretch it under the auxiliary cord, bend and the ends of the rope pass into the formed loop. Having prepared thus a necessary quantity of threads, it is possible to start to weave.

4 ropes braiding

4 threads are used mainly for creating long and narrow items, such as a strap, a clutch handle, a bracelet, or, as the youth calls it, a bracelet.

Consider how to weave an ornament on the arm of 4 ropes. In the braided bracelet , two auxiliary threads are involved, which will be braided by two workers. Measure the width of the wrist and double the size, adding another 20 cm. This rope, folded in half, will be the central part. To cut the working thread, increase the auxiliary length by 6 times and also connect the ends to form a loop. Combine the loops of two ropes folded in half and tie the knot about 1 cm apart. Divide the ropes so that the two auxiliary ones are in the center, and the braiding threads are at the edges. Loop the loop for the carnations or the device you invented. The ends of the two central threads are tensioned and attached to the working surface.

Fleece sham

Macrame (schemes will help to cope with work) begins with the leftmost thread, which is placed over two central ropes and leads under the extreme right thread. Then the right is stretched under two auxiliary ones and inserted into the loop formed by the first working thread. It turned out a bundle, which must be tightened. We repeat in mirror reflection. The rightmost thread on the right is located above the two auxiliary ones and we put it under the working thread on the left side. Now the upper thread is passed under two central threads and is led up through the loop from the first thread. Again tighten the knot. During the weaving both on auxiliary and working threads, you can string beads or beads, decorating and transforming your product.

Weaving from the clothesline allows creating very original things, such as rugs, decorative curtains, hammocks.