Weaving from newspaper tubes for beginners - Features of work with the material, practical tips, step by step instructions and photo examples

Openwork weaving and using unusual materials

Artisans engaged in weaving have existed at all times, making useful household utensils and beautiful accessories for home decoration.

Newspapers and catalogs, magazines and even ordinary office paper are suitable for weaving and creating extraordinary products with an original, simple or intricate design.

Newspaper material is easy to handle and you don't have to make titanic efforts for the creative process. This provides opportunities to involve children in the process, which guarantees the improvement of their practical skills and abilities, the expansion of abilities and creativity.

Newspaper wicker: How to make wicker blanks

The seemingly complex and incredibly difficult process of weaving is simple enough if you reproduce all the steps of the work. After choosing an interesting and interesting idea for making a handicraft, it is necessary to make preparations and prepare a lot of newspaper tubes needed for weaving the product.

Preparation of newspaper tubes for needlework can be done in your spare time, workpieces will not lose their shape and configuration for a long time, if strictly follow the technology:

• a whole newspaper is cut into separate sheets, they are crossed out into strips of 5-7 cm (thin strips are suitable for creating soft blanks, if the strips are wider, the finished tubes will be too dense);
• a thin metal knitting needle is placed on the edge of the strip (a bamboo skewer can be used) and newspaper is rolled on it, the end of the newspaper strip is fixed with PVA glue.

By adjusting the angle of a needle or a skewer, you can achieve different heights of tubes, but it is not necessary to chase the maximum length of the workpiece. Newspaper should be carefully cut, the best way for this purpose is a stationery knife, which will make the edges of the blanks even and smooth, and the finished products will be neat. Some masters prefer not to use glue to fix the ends of the blanks, in this case the edges of the tubes are carefully bent to save the shape.

After making a large number of rounds they can be pre-painted in different colors and shades according to the sketch, and your own wishes. In one handicraft can be combined different colors, allowed to paint the finished product, and for giving him strength billet is covered with varnish at the stage of decoration.

What weaving techniques can be used for creativity

To quickly and easily learn how to weave from newspaper tubes for beginners, the technology of needlework is reproduced step by step. Modern masters who use newspapers and magazines instead of vines can learn different weaving techniques which help to create really beautiful and unusual handicrafts.

Simple weaving

The technique of simple weaving involves making a continuous ribbon, with one vertical part and gradual layering of rows. In such products the number of vertical parts can not be even, and weaving is carried out in a clockwise direction, which is convenient for the implementation of the creative process.

When creating shaped articles with corner elements (baskets and caskets, trays and stands), you can use double and triple rods to weave into the corners.

Layer Binding

The original weaving technique allows you to create durable and practical items, which are obtained by weaving several tubes through one vertical. To create items using this technique you need to carefully select blanks, they must be of equal length and thickness.

Tubes are not pressed during weaving, it allows you to create the effect of volume of the material, which remains in an elevated state before painting and varnishing.

Weaving in rows

Most often this technique is used to create three-dimensional articles or practical items that have a base. Horizontal rows are woven into vertical guides that come out of the base, for the creative process it is better to choose long and dense enough strips.

In this technique it is best to make baskets and baskets, thematic headdresses and vases, caskets and boxes for small things, decorative ornaments with volumetric forms.

Rope weaving

A unique weaving technique that replicates the process of creating crafts from rope and rope using the macramé method. The intertwined newspaper tubes form one tube by intertwining with the base and with each other, which helps to increase the strength and durability of any product.

Using such skills, you can create the base for a Christmas wreath or Christmas tree (taking a cardboard cone as the base), animal figures, or containers for storing candy or craft materials.

Ideas for creating unusual crafts out of newspaper tubes

Wicker crafts look great and decorate the house, after coating the products with varnish, it is easy to increase their durability. Applying different techniques and combining them with each other, choosing a variety of ideas and bringing them to life, you can make a huge variety of practical and aesthetic items or decorations.

Interior decor

To decorate your own home and emphasize a stylish interior solution, you can use the following ideas for weaving from newspaper tubes:

• decoration of frames for photos or pictures;
• Compositions of flowers and geometric forms;
• Frames for souvenir plates and dishes.

Fine and delicate openwork weaving can be combined with concentric decorations in the form of circles or curls, made of pipes.

Useful products

Replace plastic or fragile glass household items with those woven using different techniques from tubes piled from magazines and newspapers:

• bread bowls and candy holders, vases for dry flowers;
• baskets and boxes for storing small items or laundry;
• Stands for stationery and tools.

From the tubes it is easy to weave lamp shades for lamps and table lamps, find ideas for original gift boxes or holiday decorations.

Large laundry baskets and newsstands, gift boxes and holiday decorations can easily be made from twisted tubes. This material is superior to vines or rattan in terms of cheapness and ease of processing, and the products made from it are simply magnificent.

It is very easy to learn how to weave from newspaper tubes, the master class will help novice masters to acquire skills and improve them for the manufacture of complex products.

Photo examples of products from newspaper tubes