Aiguillettes are shoulder cords that have long been considered a special decoration for a military uniform. In the old days, the military called them whips. Aiguillettes were woven from gold, silver or any other multi-colored threads. There are many types and methods of weaving cords
It is necessary
Therefore, you may need: a wide variety of materials. Be it simple threads, leather, ordinary ropes. As a tool, you can choose knitting needles, a crochet hook, your own hands, or a special device called thighs
Instructions
Step 1
Weaving on five strands.
You need to take five threads, fold them in half and attach to something. The left hand should be in the palm up. The threads need to be hooked on the little finger, middle and ring fingers, so that loops are formed. On the right hand, do the same, only the loops need to be hooked on the index and middle fingers. With the index finger of your right hand, you should hook the loop from the little finger, while you need to drag it through the loops of the left hand. Now there are two loops left on the left hand, and three on the right hand. The loops should be transferred to the pinky, ring and middle fingers. Now the transfer of the loop from the little finger must be repeated, only with the help of the left hand. That is, the index finger of the left hand must be passed through two loops and the loop from the little finger must be pulled through them. The loops must be regrouped so that they take their original position.
Step 2
Aiguillette from four strands.
It is made of any materials, the type of the finished product will depend on the thickness of the threads used. You need to take two threads and fold them in the middle between them. If there are four threads, they can be tied. Each thread should be mentally numbered or let them be of a different color. For example, the first is yellow, the second is silver, the third is blue, and the fourth is white. So, you need to take a white thread and go around the yellow and silver threads. Bend the silver thread up so that it turns out over the blue and white threads. Bend the blue strip to the right and pass it through the loop formed by the yellow thread. Tighten the resulting knot. Fold the newly formed ends together in the same way.
Step 3
Knitting a round aiguillette on knitting needles
Such an aiguillette is made in a circular way of knitting, stocking knitting, which is used for knitting socks, gloves. The only difference is the number of loops. Here it should not exceed two, three pieces. Three loops should be knit alternately, and the thread should remain in the middle.
Step 4
Making an aiguillette on a fork.
using a fork, a four-sided herringbone aiguillette is obtained.
Make a loop on the right side of the fork. The thread should be in front, above the level of the loop, bending around the left prong. The loop formed on the left tooth is removed back through the thread. The right tooth should be traced back and around the tooth. The resulting loop should be removed through the free thread and the end of the prong. Further weaving should be continued in the same way. The threads from the left and right teeth are removed alternately. At the end of weaving, the threads are fixed to the honey by themselves.
Step 5
Akelbant on a flyer
You can use two nails driven into the base. It will be better if you take a thicker thread for weaving. Aiguillette is made as follows: for one flyer you need to put on a floating loop. Then wrap the thread around the second flyer and thread the thread obliquely between the flyers. Through the recumbent working thread, you need to throw the first loop. The thread itself must be thrown obliquely again, applied to the second tooth, and the loop on it must be transferred to the first tooth. The finished aiguillette is removed from the flyer with a hook, knitting needles or a needle. If you want the cord to turn out to be faceted, the working thread is not thrown obliquely, but is thrown directly onto the flyer.
