Colored rubber weave - modern lookcrafts, which are engaged not only children but also adults. And there is an explanation for this - for such classes do not require expensive materials and tools. Moreover, from simple colored irises you can create useful accessories in the form of key chains, bracelets, as well as other interesting figures. For weaving, you can use a fork, a special machine or a slingshot. No less popular is the technique of weaving products from rubber bands and without any devices at all - with the help of hands. How to make a turtle and rubber bands and what will it take? In fact, such a product can be built pretty quickly, the main thing is to have everything you need at hand - a set of irises, a hook and a machine.
The gum turtle: what materials to prepare?
Прежде чем начать воплощать в реальность свою creative idea, you need to prepare everything you need for crafts. Namely: the iris, the machine and the hook. Weaving a turtle does not take a lot of time, but in order for the figure to turn out beautiful and neat, it is important to follow the technique and perform everything according to the scheme.
During the weaving of a turtle from the gum canencounter areas where gum will be tight, so all actions should be neat and accurate. Otherwise, the iris may simply burst. For weaving the shell, it is better to take two shades - draw the middle one color and make the edges more contrast. The resulting product can be used as an original trinket.
Turtle weave on the machine
As mentioned above, weave products fromiris can be in various ways. Consider how to make a turtle out of gum using a machine. As for the color range, there are no restrictions. You can build a figure in any combination of shades. The weaving machine must be positioned so that you can see the open sides of the rows. During weaving, you must always take two rubber bands. An additional tool in the work will be the hook.
Master class on making a turtle gum step by step
- At the first stage it is required to form the head of the future bug. Need to strung on 2 pcs. gum on the central and extreme range, but do not twist them eight.
- Then you need to form a turtle neck.
- Weave the shell preferably rubber bands in two colors. It is necessary to start from the neck, moving to the body. After that, two pairs of elastic bands are strung along the outer rows and three pairs in the central part.
- Next, the shell is rounded, by putting on rubber bands from the edge to the center. In the center of the body is put on one iris across: from the left row to the middle, from the middle - to the right.
- Now it's time to add paws.To do this, you need to attach a pair of irises to the body, and at their ends three times to wind the elastic band of a different color and immediately knit it. According to this scheme, the remaining three limbs of the animal are formed.
- To make the turtle tail on the end of the shell,need to strung in two turns of the iris in selected shades. The last loop of this column should be thrown on the pin above. Then the shell must be knit completely.
- Next comes back to weaving the neck.turtles. When everything is ready, you can form your eyes and continue to knit your head. Then weaving is necessary to remove the hook and make a loop at the top of the product.
How to weave a turtle crochet?
How to make a turtle out of gum usingthe machine we figured out. Consider another way of capturing crafts from the irises. This time the auxiliary tool will be a hook. This method is called "amigurumi". If the skills in weaving products in this way are not available, for a start, you can try to create a simpler figure. For example, an owl or a small fish, because as a turtle made of gum, the scheme of which is more complex, walks a little longer than other figures. However, if you try and do everything according to the instructions, you can get a neat beautiful figure.
For homemade turtles need to prepare 252gum, 100 of them will go to the creation of shell, 50 to weave the head, paws and abdomen. For the eyes, you need only two irises. How to make a turtle and rubber bands without using a machine? You need to start to weave with a ring of 6 links. Gradually its diameter needs to be increased. Next comes the turn of the neck, head and legs. They are woven in the same way as with the machine.
