Types of weaving bracelets from rubber bands on the slingshot, on the machine, on the fingers (photo)

If you decide to find out what types of weaving bracelets of gum exist, then you want to find a suitable option for yourself. Read, look. Create fashion accessories yourself.

How not to make a mistake with the choice

If you are just starting to learn a new kind of needlework for yourself so as not to get confused in the range of jewelry for your wrist, it is worthwhile to bring all the options to ordering. Of course, it will be conditional, but understandable. Types of weaving bracelets from rubber bands can be divided into groups according to the following parameters:

1. Production complexity:

• for beginners;
• Simple;
• Complex;
• Author's exclusive things;

2. The tool used to create:

• Executed on a slingshot;
• On the machine;
• on fingers;

3. Width:

• Narrow (in one row);
• Wide;

4. In the form:

• Three-dimensional;
• Flat

5. On the material used:

• Monochrome rubber bands;
• Gum a few shades or multicolored rubber;
• Gum with additional decor (beads, rings, figurines).

As you can see, the bracelets differ in many ways. Using the above list, you will be able to decide what kind of jewelry you want to make, and then choose a specific method of weaving. To get the first experience, it is worth making a bracelet using one shade of rubber bands, so you do not have to follow and distract to the choice of gum of the right shade. If you definitely want to take just two shades or more, put the rubber bands in front of you on the "piles" that go in the right sequence. So you definitely will not get confused, which should be the next one.

Begin with narrow single-row things that are easy to make on two benches of the machine or slingshot. Weave on the fingers use as a last resort, but rather make a semblance of a horn of the improvised materials (rods, pencils, etc.). On the fingers just perform only the most basic bracelets. With the rest it will be inconvenient to work. You are exhausted and decide that this kind of needlework is not for you, although this is an erroneous opinion (with good tools and quality rubber bands that are not torn). On the columns of the machine and the horns of the slingshot one of the sides is made in the form of a notch. Thanks to this design, it will be much easier to hook and remove the rubber bands than in the case of fingers or even a homemade tool.

Technology of Weaving

As you can see from the previous section, you can make bracelets with or without special tools, on your fingers. Accordingly, you can use simple types of weaving bracelets from rubber bands on the slingshot (purchased or homemade), on a fork with two denticles, on a machine with two posts.

Wide products can be made only on the machine. The number of columns can be easily changed by removing and moving the pins into cells. An important tool is the hook. It facilitates the work, although you can do without it, but some types of products will be very difficult to make with your fingers. Hooks are sold special, but fairly conventional knitting (better plastic).

Materials

Below is a list that shows the main types of weaving bracelets made of rubber bands. The photos will help you decide the choice. However, first get acquainted with what you need for work. Some elements have already been named. Imagine everything you need in the form of the following list:

• Rainbow loom bands of one or more colors;
• Beads or other decorative elements;
• A wire or needle with a thread for stringing beads on two-folded rubber bands;
• Tool for weaving (slingshot, machine, etc.);
• hook;
• Clasp-clip.

If you are going to seriously engage in this kind of needlework, you can buy yourself a kit, which will have everything you need, and in the range. The cost of such sets is rather big, so if you just want to try to weave yourself one or two jewelry for the sake of interest, get only the gums of the right colors, and make a slingshot yourself.

List of options

Different types of weaving bracelets from rubber bands have their names, which are usually determined by the weaving method and by what the decorating structure looks like.

1. "Chain" - the simplest option. It will look more impressive if you use beads.

2. Next in complexity - "Fish tail". It looks impressive and made of rubber bands of the same color and with alternating different colors in a certain sequence. Also, the option is possible, when the right side is executed in one color, and the left one by the other.

3. "Fish tail" (double, triple, quad) is a wide bracelet of several rows, similar to the previous one.

4. "The French scythe" looks interesting when made of rubber bands of two shades.

5. "The mermaid's skirt" is made of two colors, one of which is used for the central part, and the second one produces a kind of "braid" on the sides.

6. "Caterpillar" - volumetric bundle, which is manufactured on the machine.

7. "Rain" is easier to perform on the machine. Choose the colors of rubber from white, blue to dark blue.

8. "Sidewalk" can be manufactured both on the machine tool and without it. It looks better when using rubber bands of contrasting color.

9. "Scale of the Dragon" is a wide bracelet, similar to the grid.

10. "Mail" is also a wide bracelet, similar to the previous view, but the way of weaving is different.

11. "Ladder" is made of rubber bands of three colors. Effectively looks, decorated with beads.

12. Bracelets "Spiders" is similar to the spiders after each other.

13. Bracelet "Hearts" is in different versions. It is not so simple as the previous ones, but it looks very impressive.

14. Bows.

15. Christmas trees.

16. Flowers.

17. Nominal bracelets.

Author's bracelets made of rubber bands

As the previous section shows, types of weaving bracelets from rubber bands are very diverse. You can repeat any scheme, only the production of complex variants will take longer. Having mastered even one technique, you can easily create unusual ornaments through the use of rubber bands of different colors, alternating shades in all sorts of combinations.

When you gain enough experience, you will understand how complex elements of jewelry are created on a machine with a large number of posts, then you can create whole sets of accessories. A good idea is to complete the bracelet with a ringlet, earrings, a pendant, made in the same style, for example, with flowers.

Use your fingers

It is not necessary to determine the specific types of weaving bracelets from elastic bands on the fingers. As already mentioned above, the fingers are used in the absence of the machine. If you are going to weave, putting rubber on your left hand and working right (for right-handed people), it's worth to limit yourself to the "Chain" with and without beads, "Fish tail". If your girlfriend is ready to offer her hand as a machine, that is, both of you will be free to work, you can weave any options where no more than four bars are required.

Types of weaving bracelets from rubber bands on the slingshot

If you have bought or manufactured from this tool, this tool, your opportunities are expanding. With this mini-machine, try to make the following options first:

• Chain;
• fish tail;
• The French scythe;
• The plait of a mermaid;
• sidewalk.

Types of weaving bracelets from rubber bands on the machine

If you use only two bars, you can weave all those bracelets that are suitable for slingshot. To use the machine's capabilities to the maximum, master the rest of the complex options, from "Dragon Scales" and "Kolchuga" to the embodiment of complex author's ideas.

Weaving on the fork

This tool is different from the machine with two (if you break the middle of the plastic fork) or four bars only the thickness of the pins. The structure of the loops will be more tight. The traditional kind of weaving on the fork, when all four denticles are involved, is the "Rainbow" - a wide bracelet, where different shades of colors alternate.

As you could see, the types of weaving bracelets from rubber bands are very different. Choose your favorite, starting to work with simple. In the process of mastering more complex variants, you will be able to invent not only your own color combinations in the patterns, but also create your own weaving techniques based on the mastered ones.