VBS Einsteiger-Set Peddigrohr
Instructions No. 2047Discover the fascination of Rattan cane braiding. This classic handicraft technique is carried out with natural materials.
How to Rattan cane weave
The short ends of the stakes are woven together from left to right. Each bar is placed in front of the next bar and behind the next but one bar (plait pattern) until all bars are woven together. The stakes on the underside of the base plate are thus braided and fixed together.
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For braiding you now need thinner from strands with 1.5 mm Rattan cane Ø. These may be of different lengths, but they will end at different places in the braid and the ends will be visually unobtrusive.
Soak the thin strands in water as well until they are supple enough to bend well. Take the first strand and place it behind the first of the upright poles, in front of the next one, behind the one after the next.. Once one strand is braided, work with the next one in this way until you have reached a height of about 2 cm further . Place one Wooden ball on each pole. Once they are all Wooden balls in place, start again by wrapping a thin strand around each individual pole. Make sure that the beginning of the strand points inside the basket, the rest will be cut off later. Braid again a further height of 2 cm.
The basket must now dry well. You Rattan cane can then shorten what is left over with scissors or with the side cutter.
The kitchenOrganizer- is made with the same technique as the basket. However, you need 17 bars, each of which is 30 cm long. They Wooden balls are put on after a braiding height of about 10 cm, over which is braided like Wooden balls the basket in 2 cm Rattan cane height until the end.