What is an oblique weaving

Using oblique weaving to create various products, you can make beautiful and unique elements of decor, jewelry or household items. For this method, beads, birch bark, or plain paper are suitable.

Thus, weaving is the creation of highly artistic products by processing various materials (yarn, bark, paper, beads and other) and a certain way of fixing them. This method is widely used not only in the manufacture of dishes, furniture and ornaments, but also in the construction of houses. Widely weaved from Birch bark, which came to us from the times of ancient Russia. In those days, traditional baskets, boxes, hats, as well as bast shoes, wattles and many other household items were created.

So, for weaving large objects, wide tapes are used from birch bark, for small things - narrow birch bark strips. Beresta itself is cleaned and cut into strips. For weaving, tools such as a knife, an awl and a pair of scissors are needed. The basis of the work is the so-called "cell" (square). The oblique weaving is an alternation of squares, which are formed by interlacing belts from birch bark at an angle of 45 degrees. It should be noted that braiding oblique is a rather complicated task, therefore for beginner needlewomen the most suitable is straight weaving, which allows us to learn the basics of this process. Or you can learn the basics of weaving using ordinary paper for this. To do this, it is recommended to use ribbons from cardboard or newspaper. In this case, you can eventually learn to accurately and accurately weave products from a variety of materials. Therefore oblique weaving of newspapers Is a good tool for beginning masters. Before you begin to work, you need to determine the product that will be created. It can be as dishes, and various baskets or baskets.

Let's consider an example of weaving of birch bark with a simple square napkin.

First you need to prepare an even number of ribbons; Depending on the size of the napkin, all birch bark ribbons are bent in half to determine their center point. The first four tapes are alternately interwoven at right angles with each other. In this case, each cell must have a square shape. Next, strips of birch bark are added from each side until the necessary size of the napkin is reached.

After the weaving is finished, you need to create the edges of the napkin, beginning with the bottom strip of the product. It is bent to the nearest cell. Thus, all the lower bands are bent, and the extreme bands are directed perpendicular to the braided bands. All the remaining ribbons are removed upward and intertwined under the cells of the second row.

This example is the easiest in weaving, and can become the basis for more complex work, for example, when using an oblique weave, the schemes of which can be found in various magazines on needlework.

In addition to birch bark, nowadays beads are widely used to create various ornaments or decorations, since such products are attractive enough. For work round beads, thread and needle are used. Beginning needlewomen are encouraged to try their hand at braiding the baubles, since such work is not very difficult, and everyone can master it. With the accumulation of experience, you can move on to more complex products, the manufacture of which uses oblique weaving both mosaic and openwork.

Thus, decorative and applied art has not lost its popularity for many centuries and is used in the creation of various pieces of furniture, dishes, as well as elements of decor and ornaments.