If you are a bead weaver, you know that when creating intricate sculptures, sometimes creative and unusual solutions are required. For example, if you are making a doll, it can be a problem if you need to weave a hand from beads. Following the tips, you will easily cope with this task and be able to create a real masterpiece.
It is necessary
- - beads;
- - thin needle (size 10 - 13);
- - thin line or wire (thickness 0, 3 - 0, 6 mm).
Instructions
Step 1
Select materials for the product. Choose the smallest beads so that the craft does not turn out to be rough. Take a needle that is thin enough so that it can easily pass into the hole of the beads, even if there are already several layers of fishing line or wire.
Step 2
Pick up a wire or fishing line, it should pass freely through the hole in the beads several times. If you want your hand to hold its shape, choose a wire - a doll with such hands will even be able to hold something in its hand. If you do not want the material to show through, choose a line, it is transparent and will also hold its shape a little. Do not use monofilament and spandex (elastic thread) for making beaded hands, they do not hold their shape at all and are subject to the decay process.
Step 3
Start making your hand from above. Weave a round volumetric tube, select the number of beads in one row depending on the size of the doll. At the elbow, turn back and insert 2 - 3 beads, then continue in the same direction, then the arm will be slightly bent. After the elbow, reduce the number of beads in one row to make the arm thinner.
Step 4
When you reach the brush, flatten the weave. To do this, press the pipe with your fingers and weave with beads, engaging in turn one side, then the other. Make several rows to form a palm.
Step 5
Make your fingers. To do this, thread a needle with a fishing line or wire through the beads so that it comes out of the bead from which the future finger should come out. If the handle is small, weave one bead thick fingers - pass the required number of beads through the needle, then turn the needle and thread it into the penultimate, third from the end, etc. up to the first (in reverse order). Secure the finger by threading the needle into the same bead of the palm from where it was started, only from the back side. For large dolls, try to make the fingers "pipe", they will be more expressive and wider.
Step 6
Weave the rest of the fingers in the same way. Remember that the doll does not have to have 5 fingers, you can weave only 4 without losing believability and grace. If you want the doll to be able to hold an object in her hand, make her long fingers, while there must be a wire inside.
Step 7
If, nevertheless, despite our advice, the hand from the beads did not work out, take the handles for your doll from the plastic doll. Such pens also look very beautiful and organic, and you can be proud of your masterpiece.
