A really easy way of using packaging and more to create woven baskets, bowls, mats and other useful objects.
It is believed to be folk art in origin and is a type of woven netting.
It’s great for transforming packaging into attractive patterns.
A really easy way of using packaging and more to create woven baskets, bowls, mats and other useful objects.
It is believed to be folk art in origin and is a type of woven netting.
It’s great for transforming packaging into attractive patterns.
Weaving is a skill that is as old as the hills. People around the world have used what ever is at hand to weave and use different methods according to the materials they have at hand. You would be forgiven for thinking that over the centuries all the methods have been discovered. Until you discover weaving with interlocking loops.
Weaving is a skill that is as old as the hills. People around the world have used what ever is at hand to weave and use different methods according to the materials they have at hand. You would be forgiven for thinking that over the centuries all the methods have been discovered. Until you discover weaving with interlocking loops.
When you think about it, flexible loops don’t occur in nature. Traditionally, long lengths are a bonus for weaving as you don’t have the fiddle of joining short lengths together (with the exception of coiling which combines short lengths as you weave)
When you think about it, flexible loops don’t occur in nature. Traditionally, long lengths are a bonus for weaving as you don’t have the fiddle of joining short lengths together (with the exception of coiling which combines short lengths as you weave)
As there aren’t naturally occurring loops readily available to weavers, it follows that loops are sourced from man made materials. is not until relatively recently that packaging became available in volumes that allowed it to be cut up uniformly.
As there aren’t naturally occurring loops readily available to weavers, it follows that loops are sourced from man made materials. is not until relatively recently that packaging became available in volumes that allowed it to be cut up uniformly.
Potholder loops were originally a waste product from sock manufacturing, a big industry in the US in the 1930’s. During the Great Depression, the extra loops of fabric removed from sock tubes were recycled by housewives, and a square peg loom was developed for making potholders and hotpads.
It is thought that the first instances of Windmill Loop weaving date back to the second world war when recuperating soldiers and prisoners of war wove loops made from their cigarette packets.
It is thought that the first instances of Windmill Loop weaving date back to the second world war when recuperating soldiers and prisoners of war wove loops made from their cigarette packets.
Similar results can be produced by weaving strips.
These instructions are from ‘The World of Origami’ by Isao Honda (1965) who is said to have learnt traditional Japanese ceremonial folding from his mother. Could this be a traditional Japanese technique? Further research is required.
Similar results can be produced by weaving strips.
These instructions are from ‘The World of Origami’ by Isao Honda (1965) who is said to have learnt traditional Japanese ceremonial folding from his mother. Could this be a traditional Japanese technique? Further research is required.
The idea of using interlocking units is old. Leonardo da Vinci drew rod structures that support each other, and you can find examples in architecture and furniture.
The idea of using interlocking units is old. Leonardo da Vinci drew rod structures that support each other, and you can find examples in architecture and furniture.
Windmill Loop Weave is the cousin of Folded Link Chain which is first recorded in 1937 in a book published in England. it became popular in America in the 1960s where it is called Gum/Candy Wrapper chain.
The standard Windmill Loop Weave can be recognised by the characteristic holes in the weave. The Candy Wrapper Chain is stitched together and usually has no holes.
Windmill Loop Weave is the cousin of Folded Link Chain which is first recorded in 1937 in a book published in England. it became popular in America in the 1960s where it is called Gum/Candy Wrapper chain.
The standard Windmill Loop Weave can be recognised by the characteristic holes in the weave. The Candy Wrapper Chain is stitched together and usually has no holes.
In search of a name I researched types of weaving for similarities. It is similar to some types of netting and Lace Making or Cable weave in basketry. It shares the same basic principle as the Brigid’s Cross and Froebel Star.
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In search of a name I researched types of weaving for similarities. It is similar to some types of netting and Lace Making or Cable weave in basketry. It shares the same basic principle as the Brigid’s Cross and Froebel Star.
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It is also similar to the Maori Windmill Knot weave that uses a Box knot as it’s base and is so called because it has been used as a toy by Maori children. I have called it Windmill Loop weave after the Windmill Knot weave.
It is also similar to the Maori Windmill Knot weave that uses a Box knot as it’s base and is so called because it has been used as a toy by Maori children. I have called it Windmill Loop weave after the Windmill Knot weave.
It’s easy and it’s quick and it’s very simple to work out the basics.
Perhaps it’s not surprising that it is popular in many different parts of the world such as India, Thailand and Sweden, and a growing number of other places.
Here is a link to my research – a diverse collection of projects at Research.EcoMakery.
It’s easy and it’s quick and it’s very simple to work out the basics.
Perhaps it’s not surprising that it is popular in many different parts of the world such as India, Thailand and Sweden, and a growing number of other places.
Here is a link to my research – a diverse collection of projects at Research.EcoMakery.