Weaving bracelets from multi-colored elastic bands (Rainbow loom) is a new fashionable activity for girls. All you need is a special slingshot or machine, a hook, lots of bright, colorful rubber bands and imagination.
Types of weaving gum bracelets
No matter how amusing and funny the occupation may seem, the final result can always surprise if you take a hobby with soul and zeal. Even from "frivolous" material, you can create a fashionable and eye-catching decoration.
Where to start weaving bracelets?
The first step in mastering a hobby is to acquire the necessary tools: a hook, a machine tool, fasteners and elastic bands in different colors. The main item on the list is the rubber bands. You can do without anything else. This option will be economical, but not very convenient.
Take a look at an amazing example of the power of human thought! The following photos show the process of creating a Fishtail bracelet. Surely the master will create a beautiful blue product.
Beginners should not buy a large weaving machine. An experienced and enthusiastic master will need such a tool. The machine is necessary for the manufacture of complex bracelets, large or non-standard work. For example, to create a fun palm.
It is also worth stocking up with creative aspiration and patience. Work on bracelets can lead to a dead end even for experienced craftswomen. The main thing in making jewelry is to understand the principle of weaving, and not to memorize the pattern. Then the combination of any colors in the work will become a simple and easy task.
What weaving should a beginner choose?
The simplest type of bracelet weaving is a braid made of rubber braids "French braid". For convenience, you need to purchase a small machine or slingshot.
Why is the bracelet made of elastic bands called “French scythe”? Because he looks like a famous hairstyle. It should be noted that weaving "fish tail" is a type of weaving "French braid".
A bracelet made of rubber bands "French braid" like many. The most effective product looks in two-tone performance. Fishtail bracelets are best made plain.
Diagram of a bracelet made of rubber bands "French braid"
Beginners should pay attention to the simplest bracelets. It’s easier to understand how to weave French braid gum bracelets than to study complex Kaleidoscope bracelet patterns. The procedure will be considered on the example of weaving a bracelet made of rubber bands "French braid" on a slingshot.
Step 1. Lay out everything you need to work on the desktop. Namely:
- rings of two colors;
- lock;
- hook;
- slingshot.
Using the example, the most contrasting colors were selected: orange and black. In fact, time should be spent choosing harmoniously matching product colors.
Step 2. On the slingshot put on the first rubber band in the form of a figure eight. In the future, it will become a “loop” for fastening the fastener.
Step 3. The following rings are put on the slingshot without twisting. During operation, all elastic bands should be attached in the order of alternating colors.
Step 4. It is necessary to make a "loop" for the fastener. To do this, the “eight” with a hook pounces on the next two gum from one and the second column of the slingshot.
Step 6. It is necessary to put on one more elastic band. You need to hook it and throw the middle gum on the left onto the upper gum. Agree, these are completely uncomplicated actions.
Then the lower right rubber band should be hooked and again thrown on the upper rubber band. Of course, this is painstaking work, but in the end you will get an unusual decoration.
Put on a new elastic band of black color. In the finished work, half of the bracelet will be orange and half will be black. Nevertheless, the product will be in harmony with clothes of any color.
Step 7. Follow the steps in step 6 from right to left. Weaving is repeated until the bracelet reaches the desired length.
It’s much easier to figure out how to weave braids from the French Braid gum than to remember the weaving pattern. Following the scheme, you can always be distracted and confused in the sequence of changing the colors of the rubber bands and the direction of weaving.
Three rubber bands are always worn on a slingshot. You need to start from the side where the colors of the elastic bands alternate. If at the beginning of step 6 the sequence orange - black - orange was the same for both sides of the slingshot, then at the end of the step the sequence on the left would be: orange - orange - black, and on the right: black - orange - black. Therefore, step 7 should start on the right side of the slingshot with the central orange gum and finish the bottom orange on the left.
The final step. Bracelet weaving is completed with a second “eyelet” for fastening the fastener. To do this, the extreme gum must be thrown on one side of the slingshot.
The lock is inserted into both "loops" and completes the bracelet. As accessories, you can use not only plastic hooks, but also made of metal alloys.
The inexplicable popularity of gum
It is worth noting that the hobby we are considering has spread with unprecedented speed throughout the world. The age of people who are fond of Raindow loom ranges from 6 to 99 years.
Boys and girls of all ages are madly in love with weaving bracelets. As it turned out, their parents like this lesson no less. What crazy things adults do not create from gum! For example, rubber orchids in a pot.
Some create slippers, a watchband, and even a dream catcher from colored rings. People with creative thinking make whole pictures that fit perfectly into the interior of any home.
But Jimmy Kimmel rightfully won the championship in the originality of the use of rubber bands! Who is this man? Why did fans of this unusual hobby draw attention to him?
Jimmy Kimmel is a famous host of a comedy show. He appeared on the air in a suit from Rainbow Loom, which caused an increased interest of the audience. Outfit 'Suit of the Loom' was made by children from around the world.