Rainbow Loom - colored rubber bands, a universal material from which you can weave absolutely everything - from a bracelet to a dress for an adult girl. And we will dwell in more detail on how to weave clothes from rubber bands for dolls.
Doll rubber bracelet
Before moving on to something more serious, you need to practice on a simple bracelet for a doll.
Take the rubber band and twist it onto the hook four turns. The same thing needs to be done with three more colorful rubber bands. Then take the fifth one and carefully throw these four wound onto it.
To prevent the creation from blooming, put it on a pencil or pen. And on the hook, do the same operation with the new five rubber bands. Then simply connect the elastic bands on the handle to those on the hook. You can delight your favorite doll with a new accessory!
Clothes from rubber bands for dolls: how to weave
Having trained, you can safely proceed to something more serious and grandiose - creating a dress for the doll. In this case, do not get hooked - you will need a special machine.
Before weaving clothes from rubber bands for dolls, you need to remove the central part from the machine - only the outermost columns will be involved in weaving. Direction of work - from bottom to top:
- Take a pair of irises, place them with the number "8" on the pins. After some distance, repeat this with two more elastic bands, and then with another pair.
- On the opposite side of the tool, also throw "8" opposite "8" using materials of the same color. Then throw the same tone of elastic on the pins without the eights on both sides of the machine.
- Ring the work by throwing the same “8” pair of irises between the rows on the right and left. Crochet the lower tabs from the outside to the inside.
- After removing the loops, throw the elastic bands of the same color onto the posts again, this time without twisting them “8”. And again, crochet discard the irises of the lower row inward.
- Already on the central columns, throw a couple of irises, again without twisting them. Ring the rows with two rubber bands and crochet the lower loops.
- Take the rubber bands of the new color. Without twisting, put the irises on the pins of the first row on both sides of the machine. And again, crochet the bottom row. The principle that tells how to weave clothes from rubber bands for dolls is now becoming more obvious.
- In this way, weave the hem of the future dress to the required length. Now is the time of the "top". Throw the extreme gum crochet closer to the center and discard the bottom row.
- Use irises of a different color - without adding them to "8", drop a pair of pieces for every two columns. Lower the crochet. So the dress will gradually taper. Ring the rows with two rubber bands and discard the lower irises again.
- Again, throw the irises on a couple of columns and remove the bottom row. Repeat this action four more times.
- Crochet a “pigtail” of stitches. Then remove all the loops from the machine and place them on the hook. Pull the pigtail through the hinges and fasten the case with a clasp.
So that you can clearly figure out how to weave doll clothes from elastic bands, the diagrams (how to place the elastic bands on the machine) are presented in the photo.
What else can you do from Rainbow Loom?
Having mastered the technique of "fish tail" and "French braid", you can try to decorate your shoes with rubber bands. Also from rubber bands you can weave a comfortable colorful swimsuit or topic for yourself or as a gift.
The road is open to the creation of a wide variety of accessories - bracelets, chokers, necklaces, straps, straps, etc.
You can also risk weaving a dress for yourself - it's the same as weaving clothes from rubber bands for dolls, only on a more grandiose scale. By the way, such a product was sold at auction in the UK for $ 300,000. They spent 20 thousand rubber bands and only two days of time.