This master class on weaving crafts from rubber bands will teach you how to create toys from rubber bands – animal.
Weaving from rubber bands is a very interesting anda simple process. Many figures are woven on a loom, but if a voluminous toy is needed, needlewomen use the lumigurumi method. This is an analogue of amigurumi, which is so often used by needlewomen - knitters. Using the lumigurumi method, you can weave almost anything! In this master class, I will tell you how to weave a cook bird this way!Materials and tools:
- Rubber bands;
- hook;
- clip;
- sintepon;
- beads.
For the bird you can use absolutely any rubber bandscolors. We will take blue, for the wings - light blue, and for the legs and beak - orange. We form a lumigurumi ring of six loops. That is, we will wind the elastic band on the hook 3 times. We remove this ring, passing 1 elastic band through it. We throw the second side onto the hook. We insert the hook into the very first ring and pass 1 more elastic band through it, the other side - onto the hook. We pass the first loop through all the loops on the hook. We have formed 1 loop, there need to be 6 of them. Also, constantly inserting the hook into the first ring, we collect 5 more loops. We put a clip on the sixth. The ring is ready, then we will weave through each loop on it. We will weave 1 row with an increase in each loop. As a result, we will get 12 loops. We constantly change the clip to the loop from the hook, so that later we know where the row ends. We also knit the 2nd row with increases, but through every two loops. That is, we knit 1 elastic band in the first and second, and through the third we knit 2 elastic bands. From the 3rd to the 8th rows we knit 1 elastic band through each loop.Row 9 we will knit with a decrease through eachloop. That is, we knit 1 elastic band into the first loop, and we knit the second and third loops together with the 1st elastic band. To make the weaving look neater, we make decreases for the inner wall of the loop. We stuff the bird. From the 10th row and until the end, we knit with a decrease in each loop. We make a loop with the last elastic band.We will weave a hat for our little cook. We make a ring of six loops. In the second row, we add to each loop. The next 2 rows we weave 1 elastic band through each loop.We attach the cap.For the beak, we will cast on a ring of four loops. We do not make any more rows.We put it away for a while and weave the bird's belly.Weave a ring of six loops with blue rubber bands. Change the rubber bands to white ones and weave 2 rubber bands through each loop. Attach the part with blue rubber bands using regular weaving.We attach the beak.To weave the legs, take orange rubber bands. 1 needs to be wound on the hook 3 times and 2 rubber bands pulled through it. Do this 3 times.We transfer all the loops to a pair of orange rubber bands.We attach the paws. We determine their place.Leave one side of the paw on the hook and remove the other. Pass the hook through any loop on the bird's body. Grab the other side of the paw. Pull 1 blue elastic through all these loops on the hook.All that remains is to weave the wings and the ladle.For the wings, take the same blue color as on the tummy. We collect a ring of three loops. Then we move the hook and weave in the opposite direction, inserting the hook into the same loop. Weave 2 elastic bands through each loop. We turn around again and weave 1 elastic band through each loop. The first loop is the one into which the elastic band is already woven. We weave 2 such parts.We attach it with blue rubber bands in the usual wayweaving. For beauty, put 2 red rubber bands on the cap. Insert beads for eyes. You can also weave eyes from rubber bands. For the ladle, collect a ring of five loops and weave 2 rows of 1 rubber band through each loop. To make a handle, simply collect a chain of white rubber bands twisted in half. The little cook bird is ready!