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Summer rest in the garden always promises a real boost of energy. Especially these weekends are remembered for a long time, if instead of a chaise lounge there is a hanging hammock, and strawberry fresh juice as a cocktail. Bright colors in this idyll will introduce an openwork bed-swing, made with your own hands. The length of such a bed will be 236.5 cm, and the width will be 100 cm.
In order to knit an exquisite product for a family, the master will need 200 m of rope. Possible with or without filler. Of these, 160 m will be on the canvas, and 40 m - on the stretch.
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Knit crochet for giants
The first step is making the shuttle. To increase its dimensions, use bamboo sticks. They are glued and fixed with thread. The pin is made longer with a silicone tube. About 25 meters of cord are wound on the received part. That's enough for 8 rows. Connect two canes, put one starting loop on one of them.
Instead of a board, you can simply take a credit or phone card.
The bottom line is that if you plan on a one-meter-wide hanging hammock, then the cells will be doubled( 1 m = 20 loops).It turns out the leading row consists of 39 p. Knit a cloth, taking into account the basic rules:
- connecting knots form by the principle of a manual seam "back needle";
- when tightening the hinges should be firmly holding the cross-strings with your fingers;
- the tension of 3 ropes over the board should be the same;
- in the 1st and last rows are 20 loops, and in all others 19;
- for convenience of work the cloth is put on a tube;
- when the cord is twisted, it must be unwound.
Weaving technology is best to look at the video. It shows how to properly hold the card and maneuver the shuttle. It should be noted that each grid cell is made in three passes:
- , first on the board, putting it in cross-weaving, throwing a loop, and then connecting it with the top cell;
- at the next stage, the rope is passed through two threads;
- finally makes the knot in the form of a “back needle” seam.
When the last but one row is knitted, another loop is added at the end. In this case, the start eyelet is cut off and cauterized so that it does not fall apart.
Fastening with hints of Empire style
When the grid is ready, you can start creating fasteners. Take a durable, hard 50-centimeter cord( cross section - 1 cm).On the one hand measure 5, and on the other - 10 cm, dividing the segment in half. This label is wrapped with tape, cut off and cauterized, removing the film. The rope is joined into a ring, tightly wrapping the junction with threads. Then the remaining segment is attached to the joint.
The threads are wound in 3-4 layers, while at the edges they make glad thicker. After that, super glue is poured into the middle, and also soaked from all sides.
In the store, you need to buy a fastener with the name of the wire, a steel ear. It is placed on the opposite side of the winding, fixing it all with thread and pouring it with glue. Then make an openwork mount. The principle is very simple:
- prepare 10 segments of 2 m each;
- they throw on the formed shaft;
- then the upper threads intersect with the lower ones, with the outermost passing between them, throwing them to the sides and carefully tightening them.
After such a master class macrame get a nice triangle. At the end of the work should remain two cords, which should be connected with a direct knot. Next, each axis in good faith. This mount is necessary in duplicate.
Spreaders are made from ordinary cuttings for spades or plastic pipes. They are drilled holes at intervals of 5 cm.
More interesting than the Lego game.
. Assembling a structure is perhaps one of the most exciting activities. The strut is suspended with cables. At the ends of the threads are scribbled marks so that you can tie knots. In each hole down all 10 cords. The marks are fixed with needles.
Now you need the overhead load. Water is poured into the bottle so that it weighs ½ the mass of the spacer, that is, 0.5 kg. It is tied using the boa node. And at the end of the cable attach hook from a pin.
As a result, a kettlebell is attached to each rope. When it is pulled under the strut, it is marked with a marker. After the procedure, the pins and bar are removed. The mesh is put on the stalk, the warp threads are passed through the holes and tied to the openwork cloth at the place of the marks. The excess is cut off, and the ends are melted. The edging cable is threaded around the perimeter of the hammock, having previously connected it to the mount. The second side is made in the same way. This work of art is ready for the garden museum.
