We weave from wire, paper, felt. Craft a basket woven from wire How to weave a basket from wire

Dreaming of learning how to weave baskets, he first mastered making them from wire. Today I propose to create a spherical wallet.

Weaving wire baskets: master class

Lastly, we wrap the handle of the product with aluminum wire in PVC braid d 2-3 mm ( photo 6)

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Wire weaving was especially popular in Soviet times: then people, bracelets, rings, boxes, baskets, key chains, and flowers were made from multi-colored flexible twigs. Today, any decoration and useful thing in everyday life can be bought, but it’s much nicer do it yourself and, for example, give it to your mother. Or surprise your peers with an original bauble made of beads and wire. Beginning needlewomen and needlewomen will find it useful to read an article from the old magazine “Family and School” about how to weave with wire. Here you will find patterns and methods of wire weaving, you will get interesting ideas for creativity.

Material: pieces of telephone cable with insulation of different colors, and thicker wire, which will be needed for making frames.

Tools: wire cutters, pliers, hammer and awl.

To make templates you will need: cardboard, paper (thick), ruler and compass.

Wire weaving patterns and methods

The first and second pictures show various methods of weaving from two, three or more pieces of wire. Weaving in the form of a braid (Figure 1, I a, b, c, d, e) . Take a piece of wire, bend it, and fasten the second wire to the first at the bend. For convenience, the upper part is secured with a nail to the board and woven as shown in the figure. You can make a rope out of two wires. Having connected two pieces, twist them to the right or to the left. Two “ropes” twisted in different directions and placed together form a Christmas tree.

Wicker “path” (Figure 1, II a, b) . Taking a wire 1.5 mm thick, bend one end of it, and weave it with thinner wires at the bend until the width required for your path is formed. Having completed the first row, the end of the first piece of wire is bent, passing it between the ends of the entire braid, like the movement of a shuttle in a loom, and weaving of the second row begins. Having finished the second row, the end of the first piece is folded again and passed between the ends of the braid, but from the opposite side. In this order, weave the path to the desired size.

Braided round belt (Figure 1, III a, b, c, d, e, f, g, i, j) . The figure shows in sequential order the weaving of a belt from four ends of wire.

When weaving, you need to remember that each row ends by threading the last end into the loop formed by bending the initial one. A new row can be started from any end, but the last one must be threaded into the loop of the first, thus completing the weaving of the row.

The belt is woven from any number of wires. Figure 2 shows the weaving of two belts around a rod (front view and side view). The rod is made up of several wires placed in a row close to each other.

The first end of the wire is threaded behind the rod and forms a loop on the side of the rod, and the second end of this wire, encircling the rod from the front side, is threaded into the resulting loop and wound behind the rod. Then the first end of the wire is encircled around the rod from the front side and threaded into the loop of the second end, and so, doing row after row, you can get a belt of any length.

The second exercise is slightly different from the first; the sequence of its implementation is shown in the figure.

Ideas: what interesting things can be woven from wire

Round wire stand:

On a board of small thickness, nails without heads are driven in a circle at equal distances. Then two pieces of 1.5 mm thick wire are braided around the carnations in opposite directions. The third piece of wire is placed radially between the nails, fastening the outer braid. The center is tied with thin wire. The resulting frame is braided with a fourth, thinner piece of wire. Weaving along the frame begins from the center. Having secured the end of the wire, weaving is done in a circle, alternately bending around radially located threads on one side or the other.

Wire basket:

The frame is assembled from an even number of pieces of wire - 6, 8, 10 or more, depending on the size of the basket. First, a ring is bent into the correct shape, and then two risers, a bottom and a handle are made from one piece and fastened to the ring. Next, the remaining risers and the base for the bottom are bent from four pieces. Having bent the upper ends, hang them on the ring, securing them tightly with pliers.

First of all, weave the bottom. Having secured the end of the wire in the center, they make several weaves in a circle, similar to the weaving of the stand, and then move on to weaving radial threads that form the bottom. The risers of the sides are braided in the same way.

With this method of weaving, gaps remain between horizontally running threads. The base of the handle is braided with thin wire, tightly fitting the spiral rings to each other.

Wire shopping bag:

To work, you will need thick cardboard, the size of the intended bag. On it, use a pencil to mark the points for the holes for attaching the handles and the frame of the bag. Punch holes in the designated places with an awl and begin making two metal or wooden rings for the handles. The finished handles are placed on the cardboard (at the attachment points on both sides) and secured to the cardboard with a thin cord or wire, as indicated in the figure.

When making a frame, threads of wire are passed through the holes and thrown onto the rings of the handles. Then one of the methods begins to weave from the bottom up. Once the sides of the bag are ready, the cardboard is removed. Thin wire is used to wrap the handles.

DIY colored wire flowers:

Figure 6 shows how to make flowers from spirals.

The flowers are collected into a bouquet and the “stems” are wrapped with thin wire, the ends are divided into separate bundles (8 - 10), which serve as a frame for weaving the base of the vase. The weaving method is the same as for the sides of the basket (see Figure 4).

Dog and deer:

The body and head of the deer are woven in the form of a round belt (see Figure 1).

The front legs are woven into the body and pass into the neck, made using the spiral winding method. The dog consists of a frame braided with winding.

How to bend and join wire

You can make many different objects from wire - from the simplest hook to the most complex designs. Copper, iron, steel, aluminum wire and telephone cable with coatings of different colors are suitable. The wire is stored wound in circles. Tools required: hammer, small vice, file, pliers, wire cutters, pliers, pliers, round nose pliers, plumber's scissors, soldering iron.

The wire is straightened by pulling it between two pieces of wood or by pulling it tightly around a round metal rod (doorknob). It is better to straighten steel wire or thin rod metal on a hard surface with a hammer or mallet. Small parts are bent with pliers or round nose pliers. Large and hard - bent in a vice.

Iron and copper thin wire is cut with wire cutters and pliers. Steel - at the site of the cut, it is preheated over a fire. Strip or sheet metal is first marked, and then at the marking points it is lightly scored and chopped with strong blows.
Individual pieces of wire and other metal parts are joined by bending or soldering. In the first case, several turns are made, pulling the wire onto the rod. Before soldering, the surface of the parts is thoroughly cleaned with a file or sandpaper to remove dirt and rust. The wire is soldered by putting the two ends together, having first twisted them for strength. Thin wire can be soldered using paste - tinol, which is applied in a thin layer to the soldering site and heated over a fire.

To learn how to make things from wire well and cleanly, you must first make a number of simple details:

• Spiral spring. A wire 1-1.5 millimeters thick is wound onto a round wooden bolsan of cylindrical or cone shape (Figure 1, a).
• Rings and half rings. The spiral-spring is cut lengthwise (Figure 1, b).
• Flower. Six half rings are soldered to the ring (Figure 1, c).
• Gear. Six half rings are soldered together [Figure 1, d).
• Spiral. Use pliers to grab the end of the wire and twist it in a circle by rotating your hand (Figure 1, e).
• Openwork of three spirals (Figure 1, f).
• Openwork leaf. 4 - 5 rings are made on a cone-shaped blank (wire thickness - 0.5 - 1 millimeter). The resulting rings are given the shape shown in Figure 1g and soldered at the base.
• The trefoil is bent from one wire with pliers (Figure 1, h).
• Wave (Figure 1, i).

Star and ornamental stripe. Mark a pattern on a board of small thickness and drive in nails without heads:

Net:

Flower girl. A bracket with a spiral end is bent from a two-millimeter wire. Separately roll up the ring and fasten it, intercepting the sides. At the top, the spirals are connected by three turns of wire (Figure 4).

Furniture. Made from one and a half to two millimeter wire. Its parts are fastened together with coils. Fine-layer plywood or cardboard can serve as a seat and table top. For fastening, small holes are made in the plywood with an awl (Figure 5).

Puzzle. You should separate its parts so as not to bend the wire anywhere or compress it (Figure 6).

Horse. From two pieces of wire 2.5 - 3 millimeters thick, the legs and two lower spirals are bent. From the third piece they make the head, neck and upper spiral. From the fourth - a mane that turns on the back into coils holding pieces of wire together. The mane is soldered in several places (Figure 8).

Heron. It is made from one piece of wire (cross-section - 3 millimeters) with spiral rings for a decorative vase (Figure 9).

I. Lyamin, magazine “Family and School”, 1971

We bring to your attention an excellent master class on weaving a mini-basket with your own hands from waxed thread.

To weave such a mini-basket you will need:

Shape (bottle cap)

Wire for frame + brown paint;

Waxed thread;

Plastic/thick cardboard for the bottom;

Ruler with circles;

Glue, a piece of plastic;

Tools: wire cutters, awl, tweezers, drill.

Basket weaving step by step:

Paint the wire with brown paint (Figure 3). In order to weave a basket you will need a mold (in this case 2.5 cm high), you can take a regular cap from a bottle of hairspray (Figure 4).

Attach the cap to the plastic and trace along the contour with a pencil, cut out a circle that will become the bottom of the future basket (Figure 6). Next, you will need the tools shown in Figure 8.

Prepare the wire using wire cutters. You will need 16 pieces. about 2.5 cm long and one 10 cm long for the handle (Fig. 9). Using an awl, mark the location for drilling (Figure 10). Drill a small hole (Figure 11). Take a wire (10 cm), coat one side with glue and insert it into the drilled hole (Fig. 12).

Roughly mark on the circle where you will have the wire (basket frame) (Fig. 13). Then mark with an awl and drill holes. Insert the wire after lubricating it with glue (Figure 14-16).

Then paint the resulting shape brown (Figure 17-18). Bend the wire into shape (Figure 19-20).

Start weaving using waxed rope (Figure 21). This is followed by the second row (Fig. 22), etc. (Figure 23-25).

Check the evenness of the weaving, if necessary (somewhere below or above), correct with tweezers (Fig. 26).

Trim off excess waxed thread and remove excess wire with wire cutters.

For the rim, use painted wire (Figure 30). Wrap the wire around the mold (Figure 31). Bite off the excess with wire cutters, leaving a small margin (Fig. 32).

Then straighten the wire and wrap it with dyed thread (Figure 33-34). Bend the already wrapped wire around the mold again (Figure 35).

Place the form into the cart. Coat the upper part of the basket with glue (Figure 36).

Today we want to invite you to make a wicker basket with your own hands. It will fit well into your interior or become an original gift for friends and colleagues.

For such a basket we will need:

• wire (I bought bronze-colored aluminum wire with a diameter of 1.5 mm at a craft store, but you can replace it with copper, not very soft, twisted in 2 folds)
• connecting rings for jewelry
• white acrylic paint
• raffia
• pliers
• flowers or other decorations to fill the basket.

First, we create the frame of our basket - we form several identical rectangles from wire. I have them small in size 11 by 8 cm.

I made an overlay at the joints and secured them with jewelry rings (pulling them together).

For such a small basket I needed 4 rectangles.

When they were ready I connected them at the corners.

I received this frame.

I made small handles on the sides. You can make them lower and larger than mine - as you like.

I reinforced the bottom of the basket with two more transverse wires and painted the frame with white acrylic paint.
Aluminum wire is soft enough, so you can easily create any shape. You can, of course, further strengthen it - twist it in 2 folds (but it will be more difficult to do) or tightly wrap it with copper wire over the finished frame. But I got by anyway.

Then I wrapped the handles, the verticals in the corners, the upper and lower rectangles with raffia - I have natural raffia, it is tougher and more difficult to glue. Along the way, I applied a little PVA glue to the frame itself, and strengthened the beginning of the raffia with hot glue, but you can do it with Moment, you just have to hold it longer for it to fix well. Paper raffia is softer and sticks easier.

Next we begin to “weave” the basket. I simply wrapped the frame (as in the photo) with raffia from the top rectangle (from the handle side) down, through the bottom and up to the opposite side and back - thus capturing 2 sides and the bottom. You can wrap it around and then wrap the bottom or in any other way.

The result is a weave like this

and a basket.

I put some green raffia at the bottom of the basket.

After the basket is ready, you can sew a little case or half-case for it, like mine. I used a very nice vintage fabric with text on it. I measured the length around the perimeter of the basket + 1 cm seam allowance. My width is quite small - 8 cm.

I folded it facing inward and stitched it. I used an iron to form the top and bottom edges (wider at the bottom, because I will insert the ribbon there).

I turned it inside out and made small slits for the handles.

I processed the edges of these slots - you can use bias tape or in the same way as in the photo:

I stitched the top and bottom of the half-cover

and inserted a vintage olive colored ribbon.

I put the half-case on the basket and got this beauty:

Our basket is ready and you can fill it with the gifts of autumn - everything you like. I like pumpkins and flowers. A small photo of MK, everything is clear here.

For them, I used orange furniture fabrics and knitwear, wire stamens, twigs with burgundy buds, which I also disassembled into stamens.

The composition was supplemented with different flowers - gypsophila, wildflowers, daisies, hydrangeas, cherry blossoms, twigs and needles.

The well-known expression “No matter how much the rope twists..” can also have a positive meaning. Especially if experienced gardeners who are not limited in the choice of materials get down to business. If you don’t have enough small useful containers for the household at your dacha, I can suggest a way out - weave baskets. For example, I taught myself. It all started when a roll of soft plastic tube with a cross-section of three millimeters accidentally fell into my hands. For a whole week I thought about where I could use it. And then a small Soviet-era basket caught my eye. Having carefully examined it from all sides, I realized that I could weave the same one myself, but in the sizes I needed. All that remained was to find material for the bottom. I chose plywood. I cut out a circle using a jigsaw. Along the edge, stepping back half a centimeter from it, I drilled holes with a 0.4 mm drill at a distance of 2 cm from each other (Diagram 1).

There must be an odd number of holes, and the bottoms can be made oval or rectangular, but with rounded edges. It all depends on your imagination.

The racks that will have to be intertwined must be rigid, so I took a single insulated aluminum electrical wire. After several rehearsals, I realized what size the stands should be: first I measure the wire according to the selected height of the basket, then I add 4 cm to secure the edge, increase the resulting length just once and cut it off.

Now I bend the wire in half and insert it into two holes at once. At the same time, I make four racks twice as long as the others - for the handles. I attach them to opposite ends of the circle.

And I begin to weave. Even my son can easily cope with this (photo 1). I determine the height of the basket and select the slope of the posts: the greater it is, the wider the “braid” will be (photo 2). When there is 4 cm left to the top of the post, I bend the end of the wire like this (Diagram 2) and attach this hook to the adjacent post.

And so on all around, except for four long racks. I weave the handles using the macrame method: a double flat knot. And if you use a single flat knot, you get twisted handles.

To weave baskets, some craftsmen successfully use... newspapers. To do this, you need to roll the sheets into long narrow strips and soak them (to give them hardness) with varnish - even floor varnish will do. And then paint the finished products with stain in any chosen color.

The baskets come out the same type, so to decorate them I take bottoms from colored bottles, boxes from Kinder surprises, colored lids from mayonnaise jars (photo 3). Since this plastic does not take any glue, I attach the trinkets from it with thin copper wire.

I have woven a lot of baskets. I use them as flower pots, as containers for harvesting, and simply for decorating a country house. Try it, you will definitely succeed, and the material for weaving can be either thick twine or ordinary rope.