Not only children, but also adults love to do weaving from gum. There are a huge number of ideas that can be made of multi-colored silicone. These are various trinkets, toys, cases for mobile phones, unusual decorations for the interior. The article will discuss how to weave an owl. It was this bird that was not chosen by chance. She personifies wisdom and fortitude.
What are the weaving methods?
There are many ways to make a beautiful toy, for example:
· Using a machine;
· Forks;
· Slingshots.
The first option is considered the simplest and most convenient, even a beginner will cope with it, so how to weave an owl?
What is convenient weaving on the machine?
It is very convenient to use a special tool in weaving. To obtain different patterns, multi-colored irises must be arranged and combined in the correct sequence.
First of all, you need to choose a combination of colors so that the craft looks bright and original. For example, you can use blue, light green or pink, and for the belly of an owl, take irises, which will contrast with the above. The eyes of the bird can be made black, and for the legs and beak, take the color orange.
A brief description of the work, or how to weave an owl from gum on a machine
It will be necessary to put on rubber bands on the columns located in the machine, observing a certain color sequence. It will be necessary to throw off the finished loops, weave them together, and at the very end, remove the resulting toy with a hook.
Step-by-step instruction
To understand how to weave an owl, you must follow the following sequence of actions:
1. It is necessary to put on an elastic band on three columns and at the same time twist them so that the figure eight turns out. Then throw orange gum on each side, pre-wrapping them three times. 2 more elastic bands are put on the extreme posts.
2. On the central pegs put on irises of that color from which the tummy will be made, and then orange elastic bands are thrown off.
3. On the right side, the rubber bands are put on three pins, which are used to make the body, and the elastic band located below is thrown into the central part, as well as another one that runs horizontally. It is necessary to stretch the materials of the tummy and hook them on the nearest peg.
4. The horizontal iris is back in place. And from the right and central parts, more elastic bands are poured onto the stomach, from the left iris from the trunk color. Then you need to throw off all the rows located below and on a horizontal plane so that the gum of the tummy can be returned to the center.
5. The horizontal elastic should be worn on three columns, after which you will need to repeat the item already done again.
6. Once again, weave as described.
7. At this stage of work you need to make an owl's head. Erasers are thrown along all the pegs, then you need to throw off the irises located below and in the horizontal plane. To put all materials on a couple of columns.
8. How to weave an owl further? Well, what a bird without a beak? It is necessary to fix the elastic bands to those that play the role of the body, throw off the lower part and put the elastic on 3 pegs.
9. One is put on in the horizontal plane, and two more for each column, then it is necessary to throw off the bottom row and form the eyes.
10. The irises are distributed on the extreme columns, and then they need to be put on the parts located on the left and right, again throw off the bottom of the craft, fasten the loop and remove the resulting craft.
A detailed description of how to weave an owl on the machine is completed.
How else can I make a craft?
There are more traditional options for making an owl. There is no need for a machine. The technology itself is Japanese, and is called amigurumi. Thanks to special technologies, the toy is voluminous.
For weaving you will need:
Hook;
· Gum in large quantities;
· Special filler for toys;
· Plastic lock.
Here, with the help of a hook, the body of an owl is braided with the addition of rubber bands of a different color, so that the toy looks more attractive. Then eyes with a beak are woven, and then stuff the filler into the toy.