Monastery weaving beads is another very interesting technique. It fully justifies its name, because it consists of beads woven with a cross. Also, it also found his name since ancient times, when it was in the monasteries that icons were decorated with this weaving, interlocks and much more. This technique is very beautifully used in different directions: weaving bracelets, necklaces, earrings, boxes, frames for photos and other interior items. Many craftswomen believe that acquaintance with beadwork must begin with this type of weaving, because for beginners it is the most convenient way.
Advantages and disadvantages
As in any other form of art, in the monastic weaving there are its draws and pros.
Benefits:
- The speed of work is due to the fact that the canvas is not solid, in a short time you can weave a sufficiently large volume;
- If the work is performed in one layer, the flow of beery will be very small;
- Easy to work with reduction and addition;
- This weaving technique is very easy to combine with various other technicians, for example, with mosaic technique;
- You can combine with different sizes of beads and beads;
- Monastery weaving is very convenient to use various figures and volumetric animals for weaving.
Disadvantages:
- low density of weaving, so in one layer is rarely used for large works, mainly for weaving elements;
- It is not recommended to use such types of beads that can cut the thread - this is a glassware or cutting;
- It is difficult to restore damaged areas.
Work principles
There are several ways of weaving:
- One needle work is moving slower, but, according to many experienced needlewomen, it is easier to work, because it is easier to keep track of one needle;
- You can also work with two needles, but to this way you need to fill your hand.
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For clarity, we suggest learning a detailed master class on the example of a chain weaving.
To start work, we recruit 4 bispers.
In order to make the first link in the form of a cross, you need to close the ring. To do this, we grab the 1st, 2nd and 3rd beerin.
We type 3 more bispers on the needle and introduce them to the 4th previous link.
We enter the needle in 2 top bispers.
Thus, as we see, we have two full-fledged links in the form of a cross. Then continue to work on the same scheme to the desired length.
Note! In order to strengthen our chain so that it is not such a harp, you need to turn the thread in the reverse order.
Your thread returns to the first link.
If you want to proceed to weaving the canvas, then you need to follow the following scheme:
To study this technique of weaving in more detail, you can via the video provided below.