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Do-it-yourself wicker furniture from a vine as a business. Vine toys

Toys! For a small child they have great importance. He spends a lot of time with them. He can even consider them alive. This is his wealth, his treasure! Through them he learns the world. And it would be foolish to underestimate their importance in the life of the baby and treat them carelessly. Toys must be kept clean and periodically inspected for damage. And it would be nice if they were stored in a special basket, and not in a box from under the TV. A favorite bunny or teddy bear cannot live in an old box. Therefore, we suggest you weave a basket for toys from a vine. Made from environmentally friendly materials, it will decorate the interior of any room and bring joy to children.

For work you will need such materials

1. A sheet of plywood measuring 40x60 cm.
2. Drill, drill, nail, hammer, pencil and ruler.
3. Bamboo sticks with a diameter of 4 mm and a height of 30-45 cm.
4. Wood glue or superglue.
5. Long twigs of weeping willow.
6. Shrub willow twigs.
7. 3 m decorative twisted seagrass rope. You can buy it in large building supermarkets.
8. Lacquer showdown wooden products water-based and brush.
9. A piece of cotton fabric with a children's pattern measuring 1.5x1.5 m.
10. 2.15 m of lace and 1.5 m of elastic.

Let's start weaving baskets for toys

1. Take a sheet of plywood 40x60 cm in size and 1 cm thick. Its corners should be rounded. Mark holes on the end of the plywood for the vine braid that will decorate it. The holes should be spaced 2 cm apart and have a diameter of 3.5 mm. The “braid” bend will have 4 rods in the upper waves and 6 rods in the lower ones. Insert 2 twigs of shrub vine into each hole. The “braid” bend begins with weaving with 4 twigs. Therefore, at the place of its beginning, it is necessary to mark 2 holes as close to each other as possible three times. These pairs of holes will be 2cm apart like the other single holes. Make a dent in each hole with a nail and hammer. This will make it easier to drill holes.




2. On the surface of the plywood bottom for the basket, you also need to mark the holes for the main racks. Their diameter will correspond to the diameter of the bamboo sticks, since they will serve as racks in the toy basket. Mark them with a pencil and a ruler at a distance of 3 cm from each other.




3. Drill the marked holes. Their depth at the end of the plywood will be approximately 1-1.5 cm. It is better not to make holes on the surface of the plywood through, so that the bottom of the basket has a beautiful, smooth appearance.
4. Weave the “braid” bend at the end of the plywood bottom.
5. Take bamboo sticks and glue them into the holes drilled on the surface of the plywood. Let the glue dry. We took bamboo sticks 30 cm long. This is not very convenient, since the basket will be higher and the bamboo racks will have to be increased during the weaving process. It’s good if you find similar sticks 40-45 cm high on sale.
6. Take 3 long willow twigs and wind one at a time for three racks. Weave a rope of 3 rods around the bamboo racks.
7. When the height of the rope reaches 5 cm, proceed to layer-by-layer weaving in 5 rods. To do this, put 5 long willow rods behind each rack and weave 25 cm upwards in a layered weave. We took weeping willow twigs here so that there would be as few extensions of twigs as possible on the inside surface of the toy basket. Although you can get by with shorter twigs of shrubby willow.



8. After finishing the 5-strand weave, weave a couple of rows of seagrass rope with a simple weave.
9. Now back up 4 cm and again weave 2 rows with the same rope. 4 cm of bare bamboo racks form a kind of squares, which in the future will serve as basket handles.
10. Weave 2 cm up with a rope in 3 rods.
11. Secure the ends of the rope well and proceed to build up the racks for bending the “rod” of three pairs of rods. To do this, cut the bamboo poles and grow one pole of willow twigs in front of them. You need to start the rods deeply. So that they reach right down to the bottom rows, woven from a rope of sea grass.
12. Weave the “rod” bend from three pairs of rods.
13. Basket weaving is finished. Open it with water-based varnish. It is not as toxic as solvent based varnish. Therefore, it is often used to open a nursery.



14. While the varnish dries, sew the lining for the basket. The fabric lining plays an important role in the toy basket. It closes the places where the twigs grew, and thus protects children's fingers from unpleasant contact with them. Also, the lining does not allow the basket itself to get dirty. If necessary, the lining can be removed and washed at any time. Just cut the fabric so that its parts match the dimensions of the inner sides of the basket and widen slightly at the top. Leave a couple of inches for the seams. And also add 10 cm to the height of the lining. This is necessary so that it can bend outside the basket and be fixed on it with an elastic band.


15. After sewing all the cut parts, you will get a kind of bag. Bend and sew its edges so that you get a hole for the elastic band.
16. Pull the elastic into the bag.
17. Sew lace around the perimeter of the lining.


18. Sew a thick ribbon from the leftover fabric and tie a beautiful bow out of it in the center of the basket.


Wicker basket for toys is ready! Hurry up to please the child!

Toys! For a small child, they are of great importance. He spends a lot of time with them. He can even consider them alive. This is his wealth, his treasure! Through them he learns the world. And it would be foolish to underestimate their importance in the life of the baby and treat them carelessly. Toys must be kept clean and periodically inspected for damage. And it would be nice if they were stored in a special basket, and not in a box from under the TV. A favorite bunny or teddy bear cannot live in an old box. Therefore, we suggest you weave a basket for toys from a vine. Made from environmentally friendly materials, it will decorate the interior of any room and bring joy to children.

For work you will need such materials
1. A sheet of plywood measuring 40x60 cm.
2. Drill, drill, nail, hammer, pencil and ruler.
3. Bamboo sticks with a diameter of 4 mm and a height of 30-45 cm.
4. Wood glue or superglue.
5. Long twigs of weeping willow.
6. Shrub willow twigs.
7. 3 m decorative twisted seagrass rope. You can buy it in large building supermarkets.
8. Varnish for opening water-based wooden products and a brush.
9. A piece of cotton fabric with a children's pattern measuring 1.5x1.5 m.
10. 2.15 m of lace and 1.5 m of elastic.

Let's start weaving baskets for toys
1. Take a sheet of plywood 40x60 cm in size and 1 cm thick. Its corners should be rounded. Mark holes on the end of the plywood for the vine braid that will decorate it. The holes should be spaced 2 cm apart and have a diameter of 3.5 mm. The “braid” bend will have 4 rods in the upper waves and 6 rods in the lower ones. Insert 2 twigs of shrub vine into each hole. The “braid” bend begins with weaving with 4 twigs. Therefore, at the place of its beginning, it is necessary to mark 2 holes as close to each other as possible three times. These pairs of holes will be 2cm apart like the other single holes. Make a dent in each hole with a nail and hammer. This will make it easier to drill holes.






2. On the surface of the plywood bottom for the basket, you also need to mark the holes for the main racks. Their diameter will correspond to the diameter of the bamboo sticks, since they will serve as racks in the toy basket. Mark them with a pencil and a ruler at a distance of 3 cm from each other.






3. Drill the marked holes. Their depth at the end of the plywood will be approximately 1-1.5 cm. It is better not to make holes on the surface of the plywood through, so that the bottom of the basket has a beautiful, smooth appearance.
4. Weave the “braid” bend at the end of the plywood bottom.
5. Take bamboo sticks and glue them into the holes drilled on the surface of the plywood. Let the glue dry. We took bamboo sticks 30 cm long. This is not very convenient, since the basket will be higher and the bamboo racks will have to be increased during the weaving process. It’s good if you find similar sticks 40-45 cm high on sale.
6. Take 3 long willow twigs and wind one at a time for three racks. Weave a rope of 3 rods around the bamboo racks.
7. When the height of the rope reaches 5 cm, proceed to layer-by-layer weaving in 5 rods. To do this, put 5 long willow rods behind each rack and weave 25 cm upwards in a layered weave. We took weeping willow twigs here so that there would be as few extensions of twigs as possible on the inside surface of the toy basket. Although you can get by with shorter twigs of shrubby willow.




8. After finishing the 5-strand weave, weave a couple of rows of seagrass rope with a simple weave.
9. Now back up 4 cm and again weave 2 rows with the same rope. 4 cm of bare bamboo racks form a kind of squares, which in the future will serve as basket handles.
10. Weave 2 cm up with a rope in 3 rods.
11. Secure the ends of the rope well and proceed to build up the racks for bending the “rod” of three pairs of rods. To do this, cut the bamboo poles and grow one pole of willow twigs in front of them. You need to start the rods deeply. So that they reach right down to the bottom rows, woven from a rope of sea grass.
12. Weave the “rod” bend from three pairs of rods.
13. Basket weaving is finished. Open it with water-based varnish. It is not as toxic as solvent based varnish. Therefore, it is often used to open children's furniture.




14. While the varnish dries, sew the lining for the basket. The fabric lining plays an important role in the toy basket. It closes the places where the twigs grew, and thus protects children's fingers from unpleasant contact with them. Also, the lining does not allow the basket itself to get dirty. If necessary, the lining can be removed and washed at any time. Just cut the fabric so that its parts match the dimensions of the inner sides of the basket and widen slightly at the top. Leave a couple of inches for the seams. And also add 10 cm to the height of the lining. This is necessary so that it can bend outside the basket and be fixed on it with an elastic band.


15. After sewing all the cut parts, you will get a kind of bag. Bend and sew its edges so that you get a hole for the elastic band.
16. Pull the elastic into the bag.
17. Sew lace around the perimeter of the lining.


18. Sew a thick ribbon from the leftover fabric and tie a beautiful bow out of it in the center of the basket.


Wicker basket for toys is ready! Hurry up to please the child!

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For work, you will need secateurs, thin wire, varnish or spray paint, and to decorate the figures - sparkles, artificial berries, various beads.

Star

We take five identical branches 15-20 cm long. Fold them in the shape of a star and fix the corners with wire. It turns out the frame of the future star (Fig. 1).

Then we take a thinner and longer shoot and, starting from the corner, braid the frame with it, as shown in the figure (Fig. 2).

In the same way, we alternately braid the remaining corners of the frame with one or the other end of a thin shoot. The ends of the shoots will intertwine with each other somewhere in the middle of the star. For strength, you can take one or two more shoots and "lace" the figure with them several times diagonally, but the weaving should not be very dense. Mesh, translucent figures look more spectacular (Fig. 3).

To fix the corners of the star, we take very thin shoots and wrap them around the corners next to the wires several times.

Crescent

We take two branches 15 and 20 cm long and fasten their ends with wires, as shown in Figure 4.

Starting from the corner, we braid the figure with thin shoots (Fig. 5).

To make the crescent more durable, we skip a few more thin shoots from one end to the other, and wrap the corners with them next to the wire (Fig. 6).

By the same principle, you can weave other flat figures.

Bell

We take five flexible shoots of willow or birch branches of the same thickness and length. We tie their ends together. It turns out the frame of the future bell. Then, with a thin long shoot, we begin to braid the frame using the “darning” method: the shoot alternately “dives” in a circle either on or under the next branch of the frame (Fig. 7, 8, 9).

Applying the shoots to each other and trying to keep the shape of the bell, we continue weaving (Fig. 10).

The end of the last shoot is carefully cut off and left inside the bell (Fig. 11).

To obtain an openwork along the edge of the bell, we alternately bend each end of the frame branch and fasten it next to the next branch (Fig. 12).

The "tongue" of the bell is a wooden bead suspended on a ribbon. You can make a "tongue" by twisting a thin long willow shoot into a ball.

We dry products for 7-10 days at room temperature. Do not put them on the battery: they will become brittle.

We remove the wires from the finished figures and cover them with NC varnish: it dries quickly, although any other wood varnish will do. We advise you to first try on a small fragment how the varnish lays down. Upon receipt of the desired effect, we cover the products completely.

Instead of varnish, the figurines can be covered with multi-colored spray paints (automotive or special, which are sold in stores), for example, New Year's snow or ice pattern sprays.

It is good to sprinkle the not yet dried varnish or paint with sparkles, which are sold in stores. You can make glitter yourself by breaking unnecessary Christmas decorations.

When the paint or varnish is dry, we attach artificial berries, small spruce branches, cones, beads. We tie ribbons to the decorated figures and hang them on a Christmas tree, window or wall at different levels.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Vine weaving originated in antiquity. Over the long centuries of its existence, from the production of items necessary for human life, it has turned into a real art. Weaving is done all over the world. Rattan and palm fiber are used for this activity, even pine roots and paper, but willow twigs are the most common material. The variety of materials has led to the emergence of various weaving techniques, objects created in different parts of the world are unique and unlike, they are united only by beauty and environmental friendliness.

Willow wand is an indispensable material for creating extremely useful household accessories. Containers woven from willow are good for storing cereals, they absorb and remove excess moisture and do not interfere with air circulation. In addition, willow contains bactericidal substances that prevent rotting. For a long time, willows have been braided around wine bottles to preserve it. Thanks to this "case" it is supported optimum temperature, the drink does not overheat and does not cool too much. Jugs braided with willow are also used for cooking fermented milk products. Fruit baskets, candy bowls, bread bins are made from willow, which are very beautiful and functional. Vine items are easy to clean without losing their shape.

Wicker storage boxes for kitchen utensils - interior decoration Wicker vases and candy bowls - interior decoration

For storing things, accessories woven from willow are also very good. Their variety is impressive - these are small caskets and huge chests. Things in them do not cake and do not acquire bad smell. Wicker boxes and storage boxes decorate the interior very much.

Wicker baskets for storing things - beautiful and functional Wicker chests - interior decoration

Baskets for needlework allow you to neatly store numerous balls, coils, shreds, ribbons.

Wicker furniture

Wicker furniture - interior decoration. It is appropriate in the country or in winter garden and in a luxurious living room. It is suitable for home and restaurant. Wicker furniture was also used in palace interiors, surprising with exquisite silver and gold trim, and in simple houses. Classic English and French interiors are inconceivable without it. But the willow vine allows you to create a wide variety of forms that will fit, without violating the concept, into the most radical interior. Wicker furniture includes cozy armchairs, majestic sofas, laconic stools, tea tables, bookcases, and even beds and playpens. Weaving is used as a finish for cabinets, cabinets, chests of drawers.

Wicker chairs, a table and a floor lamp - interior decoration A rocking chair made of wicker and an openwork table - comfort in the interior classic interior Wicker table will decorate any interior

Wicker furniture is perfectly combined with wood and stone, with animal skins. It makes any room warmer and closer to the person. No wonder it is traditionally used in rooms intended for recreation. Such furniture is very functional, it is very light, and you can rearrange it at any time. She is never cold. It is convenient for people of all ages - this is a grandmother's rocking chair, and a cradle for a baby, and some strange object in a teenager's room.

Wicker furniture - a cozy corner for tea drinking Wicker furniture - decoration of the garden, veranda, room Wicker chair - a feeling of warmth in the interior Wicker bed for a classic bedroom Original wicker chairs - a design highlight Original wicker chair for modern interior Wicker stool in the interior - beautiful and practical

Wicker houses for animals in the interior look very stylish, make the room cozy, and are usually very popular with pets.

Wicker house for a cat - interior decoration

Wicker decor items

The interior is very decorated with lampshades for floor lamps, chandeliers, and sconces woven from wicker.

Any picture or photograph in a wicker frame looks like a masterpiece.

Mirror frames made of wicker, give the room solidity, without depriving it of comfort.

Floor and table vases made of vines decorate the home very much. They are ideal for dry compositions, but can also be used for live bouquets on a special moisturizing basis. Flower pots and tubs look beautiful in the interior and are comfortable for indoor plants.

Woven wicker floor vases - for different styles Wicker design flower pot and hanging vases for decorating rooms Wicker amulet for the kitchen - drive evil spirits out of the room

Vine wall panels look very exotic, and floor mats are pleasant to the feet.

Wicker sculptures for home and garden

If your backyard country house will be decorated with wicker sculptures, it will become more pleasant and lively. Wicker sculptures are distinguished by size and design features models. These include: a statue, columns, crafts of figures of animals, people or characters from fairy tales.

Animal figurines made of vines are a wonderful decoration for a garden or a large room. Made by hand, they seem to live: under the influence of conditions, they slightly change their postures and move.

Peacock from the vine - the work of the Donetsk master

Wicker toys

A special place is occupied by wicker toys for children - sledges, horses, carts. They, unlike sculptures, are woven from stronger rods, the ends of the rods are connected especially carefully so that the product does not fall apart and scratch the child.

Vine Animals - Toy Baskets

All wicker items are made by hand, each of them is unique and each contains a piece of the master's soul. Therefore, rooms filled with such things become very cozy.

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Weaving as a craft has a long history and it arose earlier than metal and woodworking. It has its roots in the Neolithic, or Stone Age, during this period in different parts In the early 1800s, people began to make mats, vessels, baskets and tools for fishing and hunting.

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With the help of weaving, the walls of houses were built. According to one version, weaving was the progenitor of weaving. People began to weave from available natural materials even when they did not have the equipment and tools to create more complex items for life and household.

Russian "lash" craft

In Russia, basket weaving as a craft developed later than in other countries. At first, there was a fashion for wicker furniture in Europe. In Austria-Hungary, Germany, France, Italy, museums, basket weaving schools were created, study guides, willow has become a plant specially cultivated on plantations.


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In Russia, vines were originally used to weave baskets, tops, fences and other fishing gear. Willow products imported from European countries were in great demand among estate owners. The emergence of such demand stimulated the Russian peasants to try the new craft of wicker weaving.

By 1913, 37 thousand handicraftsmen in 17 provinces were already engaged in weaving, and in 1920 a catalog was issued that offered carefully designed forms. bookshelves, armchairs, tables, six-seater benches and other products.


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The largest centers of weaving from willow vines were concentrated in the Moscow, Vyatka provinces and Zvenigorod district.

The construction of railways contributed to the development of trade, and wicker products were excellent packaging for transported goods.
In 1840 in the Nizhny Novgorod province, in the village. Bogorodsky, a craft was organized, where about 500 craftsmen worked, who wove more than 240 thousand baskets during the season.

Development of the fishery

Factories for the production of wickerwork began to be organized. There were masters who could satisfy the most exacting demand.

Folk craftsmen created, using simple materials and affordable methods of their processing, highly artistic items of wicker furniture, clearly reflecting the national features of life and the artistic tastes of the peoples of various regions of our country.


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Wicker products were produced both for the rich and for the poor segments of the population, respectively, high and low cost.

The range of goods was very large: various furniture - armchairs, sofas, tables, chairs, whatnots, screens, beds, flower girls and more. Travel accessories - chests, suitcases, bags, suitcases, toys, dishes, doll furniture, rattles and so on.

More about willow vine

Weaving can be done using various materials, including not necessarily natural ones. Yet, the most popular material for weaving is wicker.

Willow is a fast growing shrub with flexible shoots. More than a hundred of its species are common in nature, but not all are suitable for weaving. The most suitable are belotal, krasnotal, goat willow and blacktalk, or in another way - broom.

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For weaving, annual or biennial shoots are suitable. In nature, willow thickets are not difficult to detect: it grows along the banks of lakes and rivers. However, finding long, leafless rods suitable for weaving baskets and furniture is not an easy task.

In the old days, natural willow thickets served as a source of raw materials. Now it is also grown on plantations, using specially bred varieties. In our time, they have learned, by growing a vine, to obtain a certain flexibility, thickness and color of the rod. And besides, there should be no branches and leaves on the shoot. Therefore, cultivars are superior in every way.

Fishing in our time

The craft of basket weaving is still relevant today. Wicker products are fashionable and practical. They are environmentally friendly. As before, there is a demand for wicker furniture. People willingly use baskets, wicker bread bins, vases and other household items.


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In the Odintsovo district, the Kobyakovskaya wicker weaving factory operates. There are many craftsmen in the Kuban, in the Moscow and Kirov regions. Weaving products from a rod is carried out by the Center for Folk Crafts and Crafts Vyatka (Kirov). The furniture factory "Korund" (Nagorsk) is also engaged in the preservation and development of the ancient traditions of basket weaving.

Schools, basket weaving courses are popular, there is information on self-study on the Internet.

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Vine

Vine means any natural material plant origin, capable of bending with ease under certain processing, and under normal conditions, keep its shape. The name of the material - "vine" comes from the vine, from which baskets were woven. Often the material for weaving is wicker. The technique of weaving from a vine can be very diverse.

Antiquities

During excavations in the tomb of Tutankhamen, two wicker chairs were found, which are well preserved and look quite modern.

AT Ancient Rome the patricians reclined on beds made of willow twigs. One of them, the manufacture of which dates back to the 2nd century AD, is kept in the Treve Museum.

Artists in the Renaissance preserved on their canvases the perfection of the interior and everyday life, woven from wicker: wagons, cradles, baskets, caskets, bread bins, which was achieved in the Middle Ages.

special schools

Weaving schools contributed to the development of crafts. One of the first schools in the 1880s of the 19th century was opened at the paper mills of the Voznesenskaya manufactory, 25 km from the station. Pushkino Yaroslavskaya railway. Similar workshops with industrial training were opened in Kyiv, Poltava, Cherkassy, ​​near Kursk, in Moldova.

Vyazyomy and Petelino

One of the places where basket weaving is a traditional craft is the Odintsovo district of the Moscow region, where there are entire villages and towns whose names are associated with basket weaving.

These are Big and Small Vyazemy - they wove there, that is, they knitted baskets, named after the Vyazemka river, along which they grow different types vines. This is Petelino, where loopers lived and worked - that was the name in the old days of people who wove baskets.

  • Vine weaving is the direct ancestor of weaving.
  • The legendary Spartacus descended from Vesuvius on vine-woven stairs, and his army used wicker-woven shields.
  • In the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun, they found chairs made of vines.
  • There is a mention in the Bible of how the great leader of the Jewish people, Moses, was found in a wicker basket floating on the Nile. So his mother saved him during one of the first persecutions of Jews in history.