Weaving from newspaper tubes for beginners with step by step photos

You can create unique things without spending a lot of money. A striking example of this is weaving from newspaper tubes. Of course, it will take a lot of time. But, in addition to the satisfaction and joy of creativity, you will become the owners of original and beautiful crafts. The problem with gifts will be solved – you can make them with your own hands. 

Tube preparation

Before weaving, it is necessary to prepare the source material – wind the tubes from newspapers or magazines. You will need the paper itself, PVA glue in a bottle with a dispenser, a long pushing needle, or a piece of stiff wire. The needle/wire diameter is 1,5-2 mm. These are all tools at the preparatory stage.

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To prepare the tubes, you must first cut the paper into pieces of the desired size. We cut newspaper strips or magazine spreads into several parts. The aspect ratio is 1:3 or 1:4 (for example, 27 * 9 cm, 35 * 10 cm). The exact dimensions are not important. Divide the page into several parts so that they are approximately the same aspect ratio as above.

We take a knitting needle and a paper strip. We twist the corner of the paper around the knitting needle, gradually, layer by layer, roll up the tube. We fix the edge of the strip with a drop of glue. To make the tube of the desired density, we lay the paper at 45 ° with respect to the knitting needle. Then it will be quite dense, but at the same time it will bend well.

We take out the needle. The tube is not too long, for work you will have to splice them. If everything is done correctly, one of its edges turned out to be thin, the second – thick and hollow from the inside. To connect two newspaper tubes, we drip a few drops of PVA glue into the thick part, insert the second tube with a thin edge. Now we wait until it dries.

Painting and other processing methods

Sometimes, for simpler weaving, the tubes are rolled using an ordinary rolling pin. They become flatter. In this form, it is easier to work with them – to stretch between the rows. But this is an optional step. Try “rolling”, maybe you will like weaving from newspaper tubes in this form more.

Not everyone likes the “natural look” of weaving newsprint. To improve the appearance, the wound tubes are painted. Acrylic paint works best for this. It lays down tightly, behaves well with any type of paper, does not flow, dries quickly and has no smell. Suitable and water moisture resistant stain. Paper tubes coated with acrylic lacquer look good, in which a coloring pigment is immediately added. Simultaneously with painting, they become less sensitive to moisture.

To paint each tube with a brush is long and dreary, so they are looking for a long tray in which the tubes are placed. Paint is poured into it, ready-made newspaper tubes are lowered into it. Then they are laid out on a layer of polyethylene to dry.

Before weaving, so that the “newspaper vine” bends well, you can moisten it. It is better and easier to do this from a spray bottle, just by spraying water.

The beginning of weaving – we form the bottom

In most products, you first need to form the bottom. There are two options: make it out of cardboard, gluing racks to the edges. The option is simple and clear. Perhaps it is better for beginners – weaving the walls is a little easier than shaping the bottom. And so that the ends of the glued racks do not “scratch” the eyes, they are covered with a second piece of the same piece of cardboard.

Of the features: in the corners it is necessary to glue a double number of tubes. One will be on one side, the other on the other. In addition to the above option, there is another way – to stick them not on the corner, but on both sides. In this case, the racks are placed from the corner at a distance of no more than half a step (this is the distance at which you placed the other racks).

The second option is to weave the bottom out of newspaper tubes. You will need long tubes – spliced ​​from two or three. There are many ways, they are taken mainly from wicker weaving. There is only one principle – the tubes one by one or in groups – are intertwined with each other, forming a center. Then, using some of the “losins”, braid the base, adding size or giving a more rounded shape, if necessary.

Round bottom for large items

It will be a little easier if you cross several tubes stacked one to the other. In the photo (see below), they took five tubes each, twisted them relative to each other. To make the bottom not so voluminous, it must be crushed. The easiest way to do this is with a rolling pin or a bottle – by rolling it several times. To make it easier to work further, we coat the intersections with PVA glue.

Далее, берем соломину и начинаем обвязывать дно, пропуская соломину через три трубочки (метод веревочка). Так — через три трубочки — делаем два ряда. Затем — несколько рядов — через две. Несколько — это чтобы размеры дна были почти «как надо» — по форме.

Weave the last two or three rows through one tube. During weaving, it is necessary to spread the tubes of the base to the same distance. So it, in fact, turns out, you just need to make sure that the distance is the same.

When switching to weaving the walls, we cross the tubes of the base with one another. So the product is more stable and the transition is more reliable. For weaving the walls, you can use the working tubes that were used when weaving the bottom.

A simple version of the bottom of newspaper tubes

Weaving from tubes of the bottom of a round shape can be started even easier. Such a bottom will not look so elegant, but for beginners, we advise you to try this particular method.

For a small product, we take eight long tubes. Fold four at a time “criss-cross”. You can also roll them with a rolling pin and glue the junction – there will be fewer problems at the start.

Next, take the far right of the tubes that are below. We bend it, circle it around, the tubes either from above, then from below. The second row – immediately weave with a rope through one tube.

Further we work with this tube, increasing as needed. When you get the bottom of the desired size, go to the walls.

In the described embodiment, 15 racks (16-1) are obtained. If you need more – either add as we weave the bottom, or take a larger number in the source.

Photos and patterns of weaving the bottom of various shapes

As you gain experience, you will want to make products of other shapes – oval, rectangular, multifaceted. This section contains several diagrams showing how forms can be made more elegant and complex.

Weaving from newspaper tubes for walls

As soon as you start weaving products, the patterns will become clear to you. Having gained a little experience, you will learn, looking at the photo, to restore the way of weaving. For beginners, we advise you to start with the simplest patterns. This is a rope, and then a pigtail. It doesn’t take long to master them.

Rope

To master the technique of weaving from newspaper tubes, you will need five to seven racks. To begin with, you can fix on some kind of stand (a piece of dense foam, for example) several pieces of thick wire.

The following is the weaving process:

1. We take two tubes, lay them between the two extreme racks crosswise. It turns out that one tube lies in front of the work, the other behind.
2. Holding the tubes at the intersection with one hand, bend the other, bypassing the next rack. As a result, the tube that was in front – turns out to be behind, the one that was behind – turns out to be in front.
3. We bend again, bypassing the next rack and so on until the end of the row.

That, in fact, is all – this is a way of weaving “rope” from newspaper tubes. Already using this technique, you can do the most simple things. The product is dense and durable. One important point: for this pattern to look normal, there should be an odd number of racks.

If you want to complicate it a little, you can take two tubes each, go around two racks. But then you need to calculate the number of racks so that the second row is offset – then the pattern will turn out to be interesting. No less interesting are two ropes directed one to the other, and not woven in the same direction.

Chess

Checkered is another easy way to weave. To do this, take two tubes, placing them one above the other.

• We fix the first pair behind one of the racks (just hold the edges with your finger).
• We bring them forward, making sure that they remain one above the other.
• We start back.
• Again forward and so on …
• We take the second pair, we fix them behind the next rack (move one rack forward), but above the first row.
  

• Further actions are similar – forward / backward.
• By the same principle we weave the following rows.

So you can weave a basket, tray and many other products. In terms of density, the product is not as strong as with the previous weave.

If you combine the described two methods, you get a rather interesting product. And if the transition is also arranged in a different color, it will be even prettier.

Shutdown

In order for the product to look neat, it is necessary, firstly, to remove the working tubes, and secondly, to somehow form an edge and do something with the racks.

We fix the working tubes

First you need to fix the working tubes. Usually they are hidden in weaving – in the nearest binding. For this operation, you will need a knitting needle or a long wooden skewer.

• Stepping down three or four rows, we push the skewer so that it comes out not far from the working tube.
• We bend the tube, put it on a skewer. We carefully draw out the entire structure in the place where the skewer was stuck.
  

• Cut the tube as close to the weave as possible.
• We repeat with the second.
• We correct the weaving from newspaper tubes so that no trimmings are visible.

This is an easy and reliable way to secure the work tubes. Their ends are hidden in weaving, while securely fixed, clamped. For those who are just starting to master paper weaving, this is perhaps the best option.

Weaving the edge – the main technique

Next, you can proceed to close the edge. There are many different ways – more or less complex. The easiest is to do it like with workers, but bend them inside the product. But then the edge is not very beautiful. If there is a desire to make it more aesthetic, you can try the edge of the “rod”. It is not too difficult for beginners to master, and the view is interesting.

To close the edge with a “rod”, you need an auxiliary tube or you can take a skewer, a knitting needle. With its help, we bend the first rack to the right, wind it up behind the next rack and bring it forward. Similarly, we bend to the right, wind up behind the next one and bring forward two more racks. In total, we have three bent.

Further we will always work with the leftmost tube. We take it, take it to the right, go around two racks in front (one bent, one standing), wind it up behind the third, bring it forward and bend it.

We cut it with wire cutters so that 8-9 mm of the tube remains behind the rack. To fix this cut, we bend the first of the standing racks to the right, pressing the cut edge. Again we have three tubes (bent) in operation. Again we take the left and repeat everything again.

Gradually, a side is formed that closes the top of the weave. We repeat all these steps until three racks remain: two bent and one standing. Tracking this moment is easy, it is important not to miss it. Here you have to be careful. If everything is done correctly, it will be impossible to find the place where the work begins / ends.

final chords

When three racks remain open, it is necessary to ensure that the newspaper tubes are laid in the same sequence and in the same direction, so that they lie down in the same way as before. We take out the auxiliary tube or skewer, with which we started to close the edge.

Again we take the leftmost tube, go around the last standing rack in front and further, according to the previous weaving algorithm, we need to bring it to the next rack. This stand is already bent and fixed. This is the one with which they began to close the edge. We start the tube from behind, slip it under the first bent rack (more conveniently with a skewer) and stretch it forward, laying the tube like the rest. We cut.

Further along the algorithm, it must be covered with the previous rack. In this case, it’s the last one standing. We bend it, wind it up behind the weave and push it behind the cropped rack.

Now there are no standing racks, only three workers remain. They must be laid in the same way as those that are already fixed. We take the extreme left, it must be stretched under the third rack. Watch carefully. This is the first post that doesn’t have a cut tube near it. We stretch, we lay, we cut.

We lay the left tube along the top, covering the tubes that have just been laid. We start from behind, stretch it under the counter, in front of the laid tube.

We repeat the same operations with the next extreme left. It must be brought behind the “empty” rack, near which there is no cut tube. This rack is located to the right of the one with which we just worked. Here you can’t do without a skewer – you need to slip a newspaper tube under the two already laid (look at the photo).

We spread the tube on top, hiding the cut one above. We wind it from behind, put it on a skewer and pull it out. Holding it with your fingers, we sway from side to side so that there is a place for her and she “lay down”. We cut.

She remained a protruding newspaper tube. We start it for the third rack. It is not difficult to navigate: under the first two, trimmings of freshly laid ones are already sticking out. We put the skewer under the laid turns, we bring it out near the bent rack.

With the help of a skewer, we bring the last rack out, lay it out so that it lies like the others. Now it can be cut. The edge of the basket is ready and it is impossible to find where the row begins and where it ends.

Photo ideas for weaving from tubules

Novice craftsmen master weaving from newspaper tubes on simple crafts. With the acquisition of experience, I want to diversify products, use more complex patterns. In some cases, weaving that is interesting in appearance is not necessarily complex. Such an example in the next photo gallery. It contains step-by-step photos of creating chess weaving.

As you can see, weaving is simple, but such a product looks interesting. There are other methods as well. If you look closely at the photos, there is a chance that you yourself can repeat or do something similar.

Surprisingly, it is a fact – even furniture can be woven from newspaper tubes! And not only puppet, but also the real one!