Tip 1: How to weave a basket of willow
Tip 1: How to weave a basket of willow
Willow grows everywhere on the banks of rivers, ponds, marshes. From this cheap material, a variety of things are made: trays, vases, bowls, baskets and even stylish garden furniture.
You will need
- - Willow rods;
- - knife;
- - cutting pliers;
- - Beater;
- - Cleavers;
- - a template (a pot or a bucket).
Instructions
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Prepare the material for weaving. The preparation of willows can be done all year round, but the best vine is in the spring before the flowering begins. At this time, the branches are flexible and supple, with them it is easy to remove the bark. Also very good material grows to August, by this time the willies grow long and even shoots.
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The best rods for weaving areAnnual shoots, whose diameter is 10-12 mm. Branch the willow with a sharp knife. Immediately remove the bark from them. Then clean the bars for 5-7 days in the air to dry.
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If you harvest the material in the fall, or branchesDry before you are going to remove the bark, the rods need to be soaked for a few days, and then steamed in hot water. After that, the branches of the willow are immersed in cold water and cleaned of the bark.
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You can weave from solid rods or from, socalled, ribbons, that is, branches of willow, split into strips. You can do it with a simple sharp knife or a special device - a shovel. The thickness of the tapes depends on the product and how you intend to use it. For small baskets designed to store different things, ribbons 2-3 mm thick will suit, and items for picking berries, fruits, mushrooms or storage need to be weaved from stripes 5-7 mm thick, or from whole rods.
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To weave a basket, take 8 rods. In the middle in the middle, make incisions, fold them together and insert 4 twigs into the splinter. Thus, you will get the base cross.
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Take 2 thinner rods and stuff the crosspiece with a figure eight, that is, one rod is on top of the base, the other is from below. Do 2-3 rows.
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Spread all the bars of the base. You will get 16 rays. Add one more branch so that the number of beams of the stem is odd. Continue making the bottom, braiding each beam with two twigs eight. When you get the bottom of the required diameter, add 16 more base bars (one does not need to add to the 17th), fix them in the bottom. In total there should be 33 twigs.
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Choose a pattern on which you will weave. It can be an ordinary pan or a bucket. Put it on the bottom and bend the branches of the base up. Collect them over the pattern in a bundle and bandage.
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Then the racks need to be braided double or tripleRope (figure-eight) in the same way as weave the bottom. The rods should be as close as possible to each other. Push them to each other with a special device - a beater. It should be quite massive and at the same time narrow, so that it can fit freely between the racks. If the working branch is finished, substitute the next one, and hide the ends inside the product.
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After you dopplete up to the required valuewalls of the basket, remove the template and seal the board of the product. To do this, hold the rack for 2 more and slide it between the bars of the basket wall. Then do the same with all the other racks. Remove excess protruding tips of the vines with a knife.
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Attach the handle to the basket. Take the rod, sharpen it on both sides. Insert it into the sides of the basket. Now take a bunch of thin rods and insert them next to the handle base. Circle the stem of the base with a bundle of willow branches, trying to keep them as level as possible. Doplytete to the end of the handle and tie it with a knot. Cut off excess parts of rods with a wire cutter or knife.
Tip 2: How to weave from rods
Willow rods - this is very flexible, but at the same timedurable material. Of these, you can make a variety of products: baskets for the collection of mushrooms or berries, caskets, vases for sweets and cookies, very comfortable and durable furniture and much more.
You will need
- - rods;
- - knife;
- - secateurs;
- - awl.
Instructions
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In winter or early spring, prepare material forWeaving. Willow and walnut rods are suitable for this, but willow grows everywhere, and a year after planting you can get raw materials. You will need rods up to 1.5 cm thick at the root and stick 2-4 cm thick. The rods must be flexible, straight, with dense wood and a smooth surface. They are cut with a sharp knife or a pruner at the root and folded into bundles.
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Next, prepare the rods. Remove the bark from them and steal in boiling water, after which the material will become softer and more supple.
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To weave the simplest basket, take threesticks. Slightly split them. Insert in the resulting hole three more sticks. Place them with the curved side up, so that the bottom is slightly convex and firmly on the plane. This way you will get a bottom for the bottom.
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Insert two thin rods into the slot and startTie them around the cross. One rod is from below, and the other from above. Twist two rows in this way. Then move the cross sticks to the sides and pull each of them with rods. If the rod ends during operation, then increase it with the other. To do this, cut the rod diagonally, raise it to the end, attach a new one to it, bend the stick and press it.
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Weaving the bottom of the required diameter, cutall protruding ends of sticks. Stick to the bottom of the rack, helping yourself with an awl, their number should be equal to the number of sticks on the cross. If you want the basket to expand upwards, then stick two bars at a time.
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Next, braid up to the desired height of the rack with two rods "rope" (one rod - from above, the second - from below), just as the bottom was plaited. At the end of the work cut the rack, leaving no stumps.
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In order to make a handle, take a thickrod, promnite it on the knee. Point one end into the product and mark where you want to cut off the other end. Sharpen it too and insert both ends into place. Then next, stick a thin flexible rod and tightly wrap the handle. The basket is ready.
