Sunday, 25 August 2013

Chapter 5 – Knotted, Plaited & Wrapped Methods

Now onto some knotting, plaiting and wrapping…

Image 1 – Wool knotted to make a cord:

Chapter 5 - knotted c.1

 

Image 2 – Knotted wool to make a cord:

Chapter 5 - knotted c.2

 

Image 3 – A machine cord knotted over a length of dyed twine:

Chapter 5 - knotted b.3

 

Image 4 – machine cord knotted over a length of dyed twine with a bead string woven between the knots:

Chapter 5 - knotted b.2

 

Image 5 – Machine cords knotted over dyed twine:

Chapter 5 - knotted b.1

 

Image 6 – Two machine cords knotted over a length of dyed twine:

Chapter 5 - knotted a.2

 

Image 7 – Using my trusty tape dispenser to weight down the end of the yarns as I plaited:

Chapter 5 - plaiting a high-tech was

 

Image 8 – plaited yarns/cords.  The top two are three-yarn/cord plaits and the bottom two are 4-yarn/cord plaits:

Chapter 5 - plaited cords

 

Image 9 – Close up of four-chord plait:

Chapter 5 - 4 cord plait close up 1

 

Image 10 – Close up of three-chord plait:

Chapter 5 - 3 cord plait close up 1

 

Image 11 – Wrapped yarn around twisted cords:

Chapter 5 - wrapped cords

 

Image 12 – Close up of machine cords wrapped in opposite directions around a twisted cord (this is my favourite cord!):

Chapter 5 - wrapped cord

Image 13 – I tried very very hard a great number of times (with different yarns/cords) to make a turks’ head knot but failed miserably.  I gave up!:

Chapter 5 - I just couldn't do it!

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