What can be made of gum? Step-by-step instruction for weaving bracelet from elastic bands

The stylish multicolored rubber "Funny Loom" (Funny Loom) has gained popularity around the globe. It would seem, what can be done from a rubber band such that it was not embarrassing to wear in the company and brag to friends? Meanwhile, they create real works of art - fashion rings, amazing bracelets, original figures and even functional, practical accessories.

The most simple bracelet

If you only today picked up a set for weaving and have a bad idea of what can be done from small gum, try first to create your own original, but very simple bracelet. It is called "Ringlets".

For weaving you will need black and colored "Fanny Lum", a hook, a clip and, of course, a slingshot machine. If you have collected everything you need, you can go directly to the action.

How to weave "Ringlets"

• Throw black rubber on both sides of the machine slingshot and using a hook twist it in the middle of the figure eight.
• Throw three "Fanny Lum" of any other contrasting color (for example, yellow) on the left side of the slingshot.
• On top of the yellow rubber bands, draw a black one, but do not twist it.
• Now you need to carefully drop the lower black loop into the center of the machine alternately from both columns. Get the first piece of the bracelet.
• For further weaving, repeat the steps, starting with throwing new gums of other colors and ending with the formation of a black loop. Each time, fold the colored stitches to the center so that they do not remain on the slingshot (they still do not have enough space) and do not interfere with the creative process.
• The bracelet "Ringlets" is a good demonstration of what can be made from rubber bands. When you reach the desired length, finish the chain, transferring to the center the last three of the contrasting loops, and behind it - and a black loop from the left side of the slingshot. Now, to finish the work, it remains only to fix the new decoration with a clip.

Stylish and unusual bracelet

Variations of the so-called "baubles" from the multi-colored "Fanny Lum" are a great variety. In the likeness of many bracelets, you can weave necklaces or rings, braids for chargers or sport ropes. An interesting example of what can be made from rubber bands is a bracelet called "Scales". It is completely different from ordinary costume jewelry.

To create a unique decoration, you will need red, black, white and green "Fanny Lum", a convenient hook, a clip and a small machine "Finger Lum".

How to weave "Scaffold"

This bracelet is unusual already by the fact that to create it you need auxiliary red rubber bands. At the end of the weaving, they will need to be cut and removed. Although many things can be made from gum without special damage to the material, but here it is necessary to sacrifice silicone rings for the sake of the beauty of the future creation.

First step

• Weaving begins with the use of auxiliary red loops. Throw them in pairs in the adjacent columns of a square machine, twisting each eight.
• Then pounce one black rubber band at once to all the posts and drop the auxiliary loops into the center.
• From above on all four columns of "Finger Luma" throw alternately white and green rubber bands.
• Tear off the lowest loop of the black color in the center.
• Continue to weave, sprinkling one rubber band and alternating the basic colors of "scales": black, white, green, again black. Each time, lower the lower loop with a hook in the center.

Second phase

• Incredibly, but already at the beginning of the braiding of this bracelet you will find that many things can be made from elastic, having no practical experience in this kind of needlework. As soon as you draw a few rows of contrasting rubber bands, pull the product up, hooked it with the help of auxiliary loops. They, by the way, can conveniently be thrown from the bottom of the "Finger Lum" and gradually move upward so that they are above the others already thrown.
• When you first see that you can do a lot of gum, and wish to finish the bracelet, remove the black eyelets from each column of the machine on the clip.
• At the other end of the bracelet, gently hook the auxiliary red loops and pull them up.
• Cut the red "Fanny Lum" with sharp scissors and remove them from the product. Now you can fix the decoration with a clip.

Case for phone

What can I do with hair reminers like "Fanny Lum"? You can try to copy models designed for weaving of real rubber for children and youth creativity. But it is better to take into account the shortcomings of hair accessories (they are usually thinner and fragile than "Fanny Lum"). You can create from them not jewelry, but practical things on the basis of a continuous cloth. For example, a convenient cover for a modern phone.

To weave the case you need monochrome gum (for example, pink), a hook, a large machine called Rainbow Lum and any decorative elements for your taste: satin ribbon roses, flannels from Fanny Lum or simply beautiful large beads.

Of course, the cover is included in the list of what can be made from rubber bands for bracelets. And it is not necessary to use fragile Chinese copies of "Fanny Lum", designed not for needlework, but for children's hairstyles.

How to weave a fashion accessory

• Remove the middle row of stakes from the machine. Rotate the extreme rows of columns with open fragments in opposite directions. Throw two eights from the second column of the left row on the first - right. Continue to loop the same way to the end of the machine.
• Throw two loops twisted by the eight, from the first column of the left row to the second one - the right one. Continue to the end of the machine.
• Then pivot the double loop around the perimeter in the usual way.
• Pick up the four lower loops using the hook and fold them into the center from each bar.
• Throw the double rubber bands around the perimeter in the usual way and drop them into the center in pairs until the cover is the right length.
• To complete the product, throw on the first column of the left row of rubber bands in three turns. Insert the hook underneath it, hook the two lower loops and pounce on the next bar. So you need to weave all the loops on the machine. Then insert the hook into the inside of the rubber bands on the last post, hook up the last one and pull it through all the hinges. The cover is ready. You can decorate it to your taste.

Of course, the phone case is not the only thing that can be made from rubber bands for bracelets. Try to come up with and implement your own accessories. With a little patience and interest you will always succeed.