Weaving: Bracelets and Covered Things
Primary 1 · Creative Arts
Weaving: Bracelets and Covered Things
Lesson 5 of 6
12 min
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Mutesi bends a strip of cardboard into a ring.
She winds wool round it, round and round, quickly.
When she stops, brown cardboard still peeps through the gaps.
Then the wool slides off in her hand.
Today you will cover a ring so that none of it shows.
First make a ring. Bend a banana leaf or a strip of cardboard.
The ring underneath is called the base.
To cover it, you wind fibre round it until the base disappears.
Tie a knot round the ring before you wind anything.
That knot is your anchor. It holds the first turn.
With no anchor the whole thing unwinds the moment you let go.
Wind one turn round the ring.
Bring the fibre round again, right beside the first turn.
Let the new turn climb a little onto the last one. That is overlap.
No gaps, no base showing.
Step 1 Tie your anchor knot on the ring.
Step 2 Wind one turn. Push it up tight against the knot.
Step 3 Wind the next turn so it touches and climbs on the last.
Step 4 Keep going all the way round the ring.
Step 5 Tie the end to the first knot and tuck it in.
Can you still see the ring between the turns?
Then it is not covered yet. Wind more turns into the gaps.
Going round fast leaves gaps. Go round slowly and close.
Tip
Anchor first, then climb
No knot, and it unwinds in your hand.
No overlap, and the base peeps through.
Hold the ring up to the light. Any gaps? Wind again.
Answer, then tap Show answer to check.
What do you do before your first turn of fibre?
Answer: tie an anchor knot on the ring.
Habimana's wool unwound as soon as he let go. Why?
Answer: he never tied the anchor knot, so nothing held the first turn.
Umutoni can still see cardboard between her turns. Is she finished?
Answer: no. Covered means the base does not show. She winds more turns into the gaps.
What does overlap mean?
Answer: each new turn lies partly on top of the turn before it.
Bend a small ring and cover it with string or wool.
Answer: anchor knot, turns touching and climbing, then tie the end and tuck it in.
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