Many unusual interior items come up with artists, designers. Everything that can and cannot be imagined becomes a part of rooms and premises. The pillow-knot is one of the latest innovations that has won the love of many needlewomen who want to decorate their home with such an unusual thing. And this is not surprising.
Nodules
So, more details. A node is one of the easiest ways to connect two different parts, turning them into a single whole. The short but capacious word "knot" is used in many areas of human life - from women's hairstyles to electronic-technical components and philosophical concepts. The use of nodes has always been a necessary, but rather complicated task, because some of the ways to connect two parts into one require certain knowledge and skills. Knots possessed magical power, either marking the binding of some events to the fate of a person or setting obstacles in his way. Each node, if you believe in magic, has its own specific power. But for decorator art there are no barriers in the form of prejudices or complexities of the process. Therefore, the pillow-knot will be just an interesting and unusual item for comfort.
What will be needed for an unusual pillow?
A node is something that has a complex configuration. It is composed of several elongated components. Likewise, the pillow-knot should be made of something long. So that you can tie. Therefore, to make the created pillow-knot do-it-yourself interesting, you need two things:
- long-long tourniquets, soft, supple, but not loose;
- knitting pattern to make it beautiful.
The most difficult thing is to make sad long parts, from which you then need to tie a knot. It’s much easier to choose a beautiful node diagram.
Sewing a stuffed pillow is not easy
You can use the most standard trick - to make a pillow stuffed. But this is only so simple at first glance - I sewed a cover and filled it with a padding polyester, for example. The details of which the pillow-knot consists of are long and narrow, such that they can be beautifully tied. And the whole complexity of the work will consist precisely in this - to fill narrow fabric pipes with filler. The length of the tow on the pillow should be 3-4 meters. You can, of course, and more. Of pieces of suitable material with a width of 20-30 centimeters, and in length - along the cut of the fabric, you need to sew such a long four-meter workpiece. Then fold it in half, lay a long, long seam and stitch another seam - a short one. Unscrew the part to the front side through the unstressed short. Now it is necessary to fill the long pipe with filler. It will be more convenient to stuff the future pillow if you make the beginning of the part stiff by inserting a sleeve from paper towels there. Through this tip using a long stick (you can use the handle from the squeegee, of course, to start washing it and wiping it dry), fill the pipe with a synthetic winterizer or other filler. When it is full, remove the sleeve and sew the edge.
Twisted ropes
How to make a pillow-knot in such a way as not to suffer with stuffing long parts? What does that require? It is much easier to make a knot-shaped pillow using harnesses trimmed with fabric. They can be twisted from any suitable material - synthetic winterizer, batting. You can use old kapron or children's tights, cutting off from them tight traces and the upper part with an elastic band. You can not throw out the old drape coat, but rip it apart and wash the fabric, just as well give it a second life in the form of an unusual pillow. Everything that can be rolled up into a long roll and then sheathed with fabric should be put into business for the manufacture of an interesting decorative element.
So, the length of the roll should be at least 3 meters, and the thickness of 5-7 centimeters in diameter. Twisting the individual parts, they can be joined, grabbing the thread with a needle so that they do not creep out during the operation of the pillow. When the roll is ready, it is wrapped in cloth and the cover is sewn up manually with a blind seam. In this case, it is convenient to use knitwear - an old sweater, sweater, children's plaid. You can wrap finished rolls of fleece - this material is well suited for creating all kinds of warm and cozy things.
Knit knots!
And now about the most important thing. How to make a pillow-knot do it yourself? From the finished harnesses I want to twist something beautiful and unusual. You can use fairly simple schemes, such as this.
And you can use complex double or even triple weave. So even more interesting.
They will help in creating pillows in the form of a knot of the weaving pattern using the macrame technique. One of the most popular options.
When the knot is gossip, the ends of the bundle are sewn with hidden stitches. They should be inside the node and not be evident either from the front or from the wrong side.
If you set a goal, then the node itself can be filled with some sacred meaning - to attract good luck or prosperity to the house. Often such patterns suggest oriental art.
The pillow-knot will undoubtedly become an adornment of any interior, if it is done carefully, from a beautiful fabric. The original craft can be a present for some holiday for a loved one. After all, a knot fastens two parts into a single whole, and this is very symbolic.