How to weave a minion out of rubber bands on a loom and on a slingshot?

Rubber weaving is one of the most popular areas in the field of needlework in recent years. The article will discuss how to weave a minion out of rubber bands.

Gum weaving as creativity

This type of art is developing rapidly and allows you to get all kinds of figures, jewelry and accessories from gum.

In fact, weaving from rubber bands is similar to crocheting, moreover, this tool is really used regardless of whether you are weaving on a slingshot or on a machine.

What is required for this

So, to find out how to weave a minion out of rubber bands, you will need to first stock up on everything you need for creativity. Get a ready-made set of rubber bands, to which is attached a hook, a machine and a slingshot. As for the color of the elastic bands, make sure that the right color is present in the right amount.

Materials for weaving a minion

We will analyze in detail how to weave the gum of a minion on a slingshot. Prepare the following materials and tools:

• 17 black rubber bands;
• 34 yellow rubber bands;
• blue elastic bands in the amount of 38 pieces;
• 2 white elastic bands;
• slingshot;
• hook.
  

Weave a minion on a slingshot together

Now you can start the workshop “How to weave a minion out of rubber bands”.

1. Put the black elastic on the right column and scroll four turns.
2. Throw two black elastic bands on two columns, discard the first four turns in the middle.
3. Pull the two blue elastic bands and discard two loops on each of them.
4. Do all this four more times to get a total of five pairs of blue elastic bands.
5. Transfer the loops from the right column to the left.
6. Make four turns of the black rubber band on the right column, discard them on the next two black rubber bands.
7. Now put on two yellow elastic bands. Take off the black rubber bands.
8. Pull the two yellow elastic bands and discard the yellow and blue loops on them.
9. Throw a pair of blue elastic bands and discard the existing loops on them.
10. Throw in two yellow elastic bands, discard the blue loops. Repeat the process with three more pairs of yellow rubber bands.
11. Transfer the loops from the left column to the right.
12. Pull the blue elastic over the left column, scrolling it four times.
13. For a pair of blue elastic bands, discard the blue loops from the left column.
14. Knit a blue braid of five pairs of blue elastic bands.
15. And then knit a braid of five pairs of yellow rubber bands.
16. Transfer the loops from the left column to the right.
17. Scroll the black rubber band four times on the left column. Drop it on a pair of black rubber bands.
18. Braid a braid of five pairs of blue elastic bands. Throw the pigtail on the right column.
19. Repeat step number 17. Discard the black loops on a pair of yellow rubber bands.
20. Pull on two more yellow elastic bands, discard the yellow and blue loops.
21. On the next pair of blue rubber bands, discard the yellow loops.
22. Braid a braid of four pairs of yellow elastic bands.
23. Pull the black elastic and discard all the loops from the two columns onto it.
24. Remove the two black hinges and use a hook to tighten them.
25. Here's how to weave the gum of a minion. He is almost ready. It remains to connect all parts of the body with each other.
26. Pass one blue rubber band under the minion’s right handle. Tighten it to make a loop. Thread another blue elastic into this loop and tighten to make another loop. Total you have two loops.
27. Use the hook to pull these loops through the entire width of the minion, threading them into the blue loops. Then stretch them again, only in a different direction. Tighten the gum.
28. It remains to make an eye.
29. Throw a pair of white elastic bands over two columns, scrolling two turns.
30. Remove these rubber bands from one column, rotate the figure eight (with your hands) and put them back into place.
31. Make five turns on the right column of black rubber.
32. Pull the black elastic on both posts and discard the black loops and white elastic on it.
33. Remove the eye and just pull it over your head like a hoop, just lower.
    

Here's how to weave a gum of a minion out of rubber bands quickly and easily. You turned out a wonderful character of the famous cartoon. If you liked it, you can make him companions to get a real gang.

Minion on the machine: step by step instructions

The minion can also be woven on the loom. How to weave a minion from elastic bands on the machine will be described below.

Again prepare the yellow, blue, black and white elastic bands. The machine should be with three rows.

1. Pull the two yellow elastic bands diagonally from the side closest to you. Then pull two more to the other side.
2. Pull four pairs of elastic bands for every two columns on the entire left row.
3. Repeat the whole procedure with the right row of the machine.
4. Put on two yellow elastic bands on the first two columns of the central row.
5. Pull one white elastic over the next two center columns.
6. Next, pull on three white elastic bands.
7. Finish the row with two yellow rubber bands.
8. Continue the left row with four pairs of blue rubber bands.
9. Repeat these steps in the center and right rows.
10. Now you need to pull the elastic bands across. To do this, take a pair of blue elastic bands and pull them on the three outermost columns from three rows. Work from the side where the blue elastic bands are.
11. Go this way to the end of the blue. Next, pull the yellow elastic bands in the same way. And where there are three white gum, you should form an eye.
12. Wrap the black elastic around the hook four times.
13. Take the yellow gum and discard the black one on it.
14. Pull this yellow elastic band over the side posts where the three white elastic bands were pulled.
15. Put a couple more yellow rubber bands over them.
16. Pull two more yellow elastic bands over the last three columns.
17. It's time to start weaving. Expand the machine with the blue rubber bands toward you.
18. Throw the bottom two rubber bands from the far right column to the next column.
19. Weave this way to the end of the row.
20. Repeat weaving on the other side.
21. Next weave the middle row too. Where there are three white gum, throw them all.
22. On the last column, which turned out a lot of yellow rubber bands, stick the hook and drag the yellow rubber band under all these rubber bands. Throw both ends of the elastic over the hook, and then pull one through the other.
23. Now you can remove the minion from the machine.
    

Weaving Results

Now you know how to weave a minion out of rubber bands using a machine tool and a slingshot. Choose which method you like best or try to weave different minions.

They can be used as key rings or small toys for children. In any case, the result is not as important as the creative process itself.