How to weave from beads and wire a New Year's, snow-covered or decorated Christmas tree with our own hands, step-by-step photos and a detailed description

December 2, 2017 handmadebase

The evergreen tree was a magical treelong before Christianity. It was considered a symbol of courage, loyalty and immortality. Celtic Druids associated December 23 with the spruce. According to their calendar, on this day the spirit of fertility was born and a new annual cycle began. The tradition of decorating a Christmas tree in honor of the winter solstice (the period from December 25 to January 7) has existed for many centuries. The pagan holiday marked the arrival of the new year. People believed that spirits lived on spruce trees, bringing a rich harvest and longevity. They chose the largest and most beautiful tree and hung offerings and gifts on it, seeking support and help from the spirits. The Romans believed that during this period the god Saturn defeated winter. They celebrated the victory and gave gifts to each other. The widespread tradition of decorating a Christmas tree for the holiday began in Germany around the 16th century. At that time, cookies, apples, artificial flowers and other paper decorations were hung on the tree. In Russia, the Christmas tree, as a symbol of the holiday, appeared during the reign of Peter I. A decree from 1699 introduced a new calendar, and the New Year was now to be celebrated according to the European tradition on January 1. Since then, for almost a century, the Christmas tree either shone with New Year's lights or went underground. During the rule of the Bolsheviks, it was considered a whim of the rich bourgeoisie. Only since 1935, the green beauty has again begun to delight children and adults at the New Year celebration. If you want to decorate your home with a Christmas tree, we can offer to weave it from beads. The miniature green beauty will delight all year round, will become a wonderful design element when decorating a room or a nice New Year's gift for friends and family. Snow-covered Christmas treeIn this master class we will make a Christmas tree in one of the simplest beading techniques – needle beading. It is also called the coral technique. You will need:

Beads 11/0 (about 80 g of green and 20 g of white flowers);
Thin wire 0.3 mm (3 coils);
A small round candle;
Gypsum or alabaster;
Food film;
Capacity for the stand;
White paint;
Old toothbrush;
Elements of decor.

For each needle we will need to string 6green beads and 2 white ones on a piece of wire of a convenient length. Move them closer to the center, now take one end of the wire and thread it through all the beads except the last white one so that this wire tail comes out of the first green bead next to the first end. When we tighten the wire, we will get 1 needle. Now we need to weave 3 - 4 more needles. To do this, alternately use one, then the other wire tails. It is necessary to make a small distance between the needles, so that later all 4 - 5 pieces can be twisted together, into 1 bundle. We got one needle in the center and the rest a little lower around it. Now we need to string 2 - 3 green beads on both tails of the wire and again weave several needles. Do not forget to string white beads for the ends of the needles. In the finished form, this will create the appearance of snow-covered branches on the Christmas tree.It is necessary to weave several more tiers fromneedles. Their number will depend on how high from the top the branches will be located. The lower to the base, the more tiers there should be. Spread them upwards towards the very first needle.When all the blanks are ready, we begin.assemble our snow-covered Christmas tree. To do this, take a small blank - this will be the top. Now screw 4 small blanks around it. With each tier, increase the size of the blanks. The size of the tree in the end will depend on the number and splendor of your branches. It is necessary to twist the wire tails very tightly, because our tree is small and we did not make an internal core.Since our tree has thick branches,We will not decorate the trunk additionally. When the tree reaches the desired size, it is necessary to make a loop from the twisted wire trunk for convenient fastening in the stand. Cover the container with polyethylene. Dilute a little alabaster with water, place the tree in the container with the mixture and wait until it hardens. Before the alabaster has completely hardened, it is necessary to make a depression for the candle, and give the surface a loose snowy texture using an old toothbrush.When the alabaster dries, cover everything with white paint, decorate with beads, pebbles, etc. as desired, insert a candle and our snow-covered Christmas tree is ready. Christmas tree woven from chopped woodWe will weave it using the loop technique. Materials and tools:

50 g of felling green;
5 g of brown felling;
50 m of brown wire (can be bought in shops on needlework or floristics);
2 pearls;
Standing (empty container);
Elements of decor (stones, beads, etc.);
Alabaster or gypsum.

Our tree will have ten tiers with four branches each.each. Let's start making the tree from the top. On a 45 cm long piece of wire, string a large silver bead, a slightly smaller gold bead, 1 white bugle bead and 1 gold seed bead. Now pass the other end of the wire in the opposite direction through the bugle bead and two beads. On both ends of the wire, string 1 green bead, and then on each end separately, 4 more beadlets. Now twist the ends of the wire so that the last 8 beadlets form a loop. Make 4 turns of the wire. On each end, put 4 green beadlets, 2 brown ones and again 4 green ones. Twist the loops so that you can make 3 - 4 turns of the wire (see photo). At the same level, you need to make 2 more loops and place them along the perimeter around the top with beads.To weave the branches of the second tier, you needthere will be 4 pieces of wire 25 cm long. On each we braid three loops, placing them in a checkerboard pattern. The loop consists of 3 green cuts, 2 brown and 3 more green. The distance between the loops is approximately 4 twists. After the third loop, you need to make 3 twistsFor the next tier, you need 30 cm pieces of wire. In each branch, 5 loops. In the last two loops of each branch, we increase the number of green cuttings, instead of 3, we collect 4.For the fourth tier of branches you will need 8pieces of wire 30 cm long. Each branch has 5 loops. The first three branches still have 3 green, 2 brown and again 3 green cuts. The next two loops have 6 green, 2 brown, 6 green beads. Between the loops there are still 4 turns of wire, after the fifth loop there are also 4 turns. We twist 2 blanks together by 3 turns, as in the photo.We weave the branches of the fifth tier from the pieceswire 35 cm long. You need 4 pieces. On each branch 7 loops. We weave the first loops as for the fourth tier, but loops with 6 green cuts will not be 2, but 4. Sixth tier. For it you need 8 pieces of wire and 8 loops on each piece. The number of beads in the loop as in the fifth tier. To fix the branches in pairs, you need an additional piece of wire. The length is about 20 cm. We take one branch and make 12 turns with an additional wire, then screw the second branch on 15 turns (see photo) we wind them tightly, like springs.Seventh tier.You will need 4 pieces of 60 cm in length. Make the first loop in the center of the wire. Now weave 6 loops on one wire tail, leaving the second one free. Weave the loops as for the sixth tier (see photo). Make about 7 turns of wire after the 7th loop and weave a similar branch of 7 loops on the second wire end. You will need additional pieces of wire and spring-shaped turns similar to the sixth tier.Eighth tier. You need 8 pieces of wire.4 by 60 cm and 4 by 30 cm and 4 additional segments. On the large segments we weave branches similar to the seventh tier, on the short segments we need branches with 5 loops. We assemble in the following order. We make 15 turns-springs on the larger branch, attach the smaller one and another 15 turns.Ninth tier.We do the same as the eighth tier. Blanks with the same number of loops. Only in the springs we make 18 turns. The tenth tier. You will also need 8 pieces of wire for the branches. 4 by 70 cm and 4 by 35. Another 4 additional pieces. We weave the branches similarly to the previous two tiers, but you need to make 8 and 9 loops for the large branch, and 7 pieces for the smaller one. Make 22 turns between the blanks. We begin to assemble the tree. We will need an auxiliary wire, which we unwind from the spool, but do not cut off. Now we take our crown with beads and begin to wind the wire tails in a spiral.Gradually increase the distance between the tiers. At the top we make 0.7 cm and reach 1.2 cm between the lower tiers.No additional rod is required for the barrel,The wire winding of the branches is strong enough in itself. When you finish attaching the branch, all that remains is to twist the loop at the end of the wire, placing it in a horizontal plane. Now you need to dilute the alabaster with water, put our tree in a container and fill it with the mixture. Wait until it dries, installing temporary supports so that the tree does not lean to the side. After the final hardening, the surface under the tree is covered with a layer of glue and decorated with various pebbles, beads, moss or any other decorative elements that you like.If you use steel wire instead of copper and choose white and silver beads, you can make a snowy Christmas tree. Forest beauty made of beadsApproximately 20 cm in height. Weaved using the needle technique. Materials and tools:

Beads 10/0 green 70 g;
Beads 8/0 different colors, felling, bugles and sequins (for decorating a Christmas tree);
Wire 0,3 mm 1 coil;
A stand for a tree (in this master class – a section of a tree);
Medium and thick wire for twigs and trunks of brown color;
Glue;
Decorative elements (in this master class – moss).

The diagram shows a detailed and step-by-stepthe process of weaving branches. If you want to attach decorations in the form of beads or glass beads to them, then you should do this directly during the weaving process (Figure 6). The principle of creating branches, like many trees - from small to large. In order for the tree to be lush, it is necessary to weave a large number of blanks. How to connect them into large branches is shown in Figure 7.Figures 1 - 4 show how to do itthe smallest workpiece. String 3 green beads onto a piece of wire and move them to the middle. Now take one end of the wire and pass it through the two beads closest to the edge. The weaving technique is called needle or coral. When we tighten the wire, we will have a “needle” of three beads in our hands (see Figure 1). Now put 3 more beads on one of the wire tails and pass the free end of this tail through the 2 beads closest to the first needle. Tighten the wire and place the second needle perpendicular to the first (see Figure 2). Do the same with the second wire tail. We get 3 needles. One looks to the right, one up and one more to the left (see Figure 3). Now string 2 beads on both wire tails (see Figure 4). If you need longer blanks, you will need to weave one more needle on each side and string 2 more beads on both ends of the wire after. Twist the ends several times, securing the beads. All the needles are located in one plane. We attach the blanks to pieces of wire of medium thickness (approximately 0.7 - 1 mm), as shown in Figure 7. Now we begin to attach our branches to a piece of the thickest wire. We bend the wire tails free of beads perpendicular to the plane of the needles. We apply them to our trunk and tightly wind them. If your wire is brown, then having tightly wound it with it, you can no longer paint the trunk additionally. We arrange the branches in tiers. At the top are the smallest, on the lower tiers are the large ones. Twist the free end of the trunk wire into a ring and bend it so that the Christmas tree fits comfortably on a wooden stand. Glue it to the tree. Decorate with moss and our forest tree is ready.

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