Frivolite for beginners, or how to learn how to weave lace

Technique frivolite for beginner needlewomen can seem difficult, not like other types of elegant weaving. And it's no accident, because you can not stop wondering how with the help of knots are created air masterpieces.

Base

In order to master the frivolity for beginners, it takes less time. The main thing that is worth paying attention to is materials, equipment and the ability to correctly read the diagram.

So, in order to begin your acquaintance with this technique of needlework, you need to look into the appropriate store and purchase the following items.

1. A special thread that is used to create masterpieces in the technique of a hook or quilting. The thickness of the thread itself depends on the project, which will serve as an example for training. But their basis relies more on the personal preferences of the needlewoman. And in this case, both natural (cotton, linen or wool) and synthetic (for example, kapron) can be successfully applied;
2. A special shuttle or a needle - you can buy both of them in order to understand which of the techniques of this kind of handicraft will appeal to you;
3. Scissors for needlework or ordinary manicure.

That's the whole list of necessary materials that will be required in order to begin your acquaintance with this unusual and attractive kind of needlework.

Technique of frivolite

It should be noted immediately that this kind of lacework, unlike many others, assumes that the foreman will choose the most suitable tool for her work. So, the basic techniques are only two: frivolite with a needle and a frivolite shuttle. But to begin with still stands with the most common - the shuttle.

Shuttle

Start work with the shuttle should be as follows. It should be threaded thread, which at a distance of 6 cm from the end grab the forefinger and thumb. Then the thread from the shuttle is wound around 4 fingers, except for the big one, so that it again "returns" to the already clamped end. Then the thread from the shuttle (it's the leading one) goes behind the inner part of the formed loop, wrapping it around it. This is the beginning of the work. It is worth noting that basically the shuttle in the frivolite is held in the right hand, and the left serves as a "machine" for lace.

It should be noted that in the frivolite, created with the help of a shuttle, there are two basic elements: a forward and a reverse node. Both of them are halves, with the help of which a complete lace knot is already created.

Needle

Very often weaving the laces with a needle can resemble knitting with one spoke. This is partly true. In order to start its work with a needle, the beginning needlewoman must cut the thread of the required length. It is passed through the eye and from most of the circle is formed so that the tip is at the level of the needle tip. Then the needle is twisted twice with a thread, then, holding the semicircle with the index finger of the opposite hand, form a loop, circling and pulling the semicircle with a needle. By the way, in the frivolite executed by a needle, other basic elements, such as a pico and a double node are more often used.

We read the schemes correctly

Frivolite for beginner needlewomen is difficult because they can not always read the diagram, despite the fact that they have mastered the technique in perfection.

Basically, the frivolite schemes are made in the form of peculiar colors from arcs, dots (otherwise called pico) and circles. In order not to get lost in them, for the first experiments it is better to choose those in which the serial numbers are arranged, as well as those in which there are abbreviations, for example: ds - double knot, ch-arc and others.

That's what is the basis of frivolity for beginners. It is worth trying at least once to execute it in order to make sure that this technique is really simple, but at the same time uniquely beautiful.