Thank you BP for this, I'm going to print this out (storm's hitting) & read this over. I think I have yarn also, so may try this out this weekend Alli :) ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: "Native_Village" <[email protected]>; "CHEROKEE" <[email protected]> Cc: "IPLStories" <[email protected]>; "summonthewolf" <[email protected]>; "littlewolfstraditions" <[email protected]>; "redroad" <[email protected]>; "indigenous_peoples_literatur" <[email protected]>; "CherokeeMAINVillage" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 7:49 PM Subject: [Cherokee Circle] FINGER WEAVING > FINGER WEAVING > > MATERIALS NEEDED TO MAKE A LEG TIE: > > To start you will need two different colors of wool yarn to work with. > Two four inch long bamboo sticks like the ones you make kabob on. > A tape measure to use for measuring the yarn pieces. > Four very small rubbers band. > You will need a pair of scissors to cut the yarn with. > Measure your one color of yarn 36 inches long and make 12 of them. > Now make 8 pieces of the other color 36 inches long. > You should have 20 strands of yarn. > Wind a rubber band around the end of each stick. > Make sure you do both ends of each stick. > > SET UP > > Split your yarn into two different piles. > > Each pile should have six of one color and four of the other a total of > ten. > Take one pile of yarn and make sure all the ends are together so as to > have 10 ends in your hand. > Now find the middle of your yarn strands and lay something across the > strands to mark it. > Cut a piece of yarn five inches long. > Where you have the yarn strands marked wrap your short piece around twice > and then tie in a double knot. > Now do the same with the other pile. > The order that the strands will be placed on both the sticks is 3 of one > color-4 of the other color-and 3 of the first color. > You will start your work on the stick about 2 inches from where you have > it tied. > Using one stick and one pile of yarn you are going to wrap each strand of > yarn around the stick just once going under the stick, up and over, to the > left of where you started, and down the back side and let it hang down. > Do this for each of the ten strands on the BOTTOM row. > You will use the other stick and wrap the yarn once around going over the > top of the stick, down and around, up over the back, to the left of where > you started and then let it hang down. > Do this for each of the ten strands on the TOP row. > You can tell the difference because the bottom row the strands go under > the stick and the top row the strands go over the stick. > Cut another piece of your extra yarn about two feet long. > Have your bottom row of strands in your left hand so the strands hang down > so that the stick is going up your palm toward your fingertips. > The strands should be hanging on both sides of your hand. > Now place the top row over the one in your left hand in the same way. > Take your right hand and rubber band the two sticks together at both ends. > Gather all the strands, above the two sticks, hanging over the top of your > hand, and tie them tightly together with a double knot. > Now you will anchor this to the back of a chair or something that will not > move with the short piece you just tied in the middle. > > WEAVING RULES > > The weaving goes from the right to the left. > Always take the furthest strand to the right through the middle of the top > and bottom rows. > Always start your weaving by bringing up the furthest to the right strand > from the bottom row. > The next strand goes down from the top. > When you have worked through the row the strand you brought through is > always going down. > > HOW TO BEGIN WEAVING > > Hold your work in your left hand about 3 inches from where you are > working. > Place the bottom strands between the first and middle finger. > The top row strands are held between the first finger and the thumb. > Now take the first strand of yarn, which should be on the top row, through > the middle of the top and bottom row and tie it in a loose knot on your > stick. > You are now going to weave by taking the bottom strand furthest to the > right into your right hand. > Next you will take the furthest to your right strand from the top row and > let it drop down. > Now you will take the furthest to you right strand on the bottom row and > hold it in your hand so now you have two. > Continue this across the row till you have ten in your hand and nine > hanging over the back of your hand, > Untie the one you have wrapped around your stick and it goes down. > Make sure your work is neat. > You will learn how to use tension to keep the edge even and good looking. > Tighten you weaving up close to the strand that you pulled through by > pulling the top strands up and the bottom strands down. > You have now completed your first row of weaving. > Continue doing this until you are about four inches from the end of your > work. > > NEXT STEP > > Start on the left and take one strand from the bottom and one from the top > and tie it in a double knot up next to where your weaving stopped. > > Do this all the way across. > Go back to the left side and start braiding the ends three strands at a > time and putting a knot at the end of each braid. > One of the braids will have four strands in it and you decide which one > you want to put it in. > > TURN AROUND TIME > > It is time to untie your work from where ever you have it anchored and to > carefully cut the yarn you bound the strands together with. > > Now anchor your leg tie by the finished end by tying a piece of yarn about > two inches down on your weaving. > > Make sure that you are holding onto your leg tie so that you will be > working from right to left, and that the farthest strand to the right is > on the top row. > > Repetition here will be helpful. > > Make sure the bottom strands are between your first finger and your middle > finger of your left hand. > > Have the top strands on top of your first finger and hold them with your > thumb. > Remove the rubber band off the ends of the sticks. > Now for the magic act, you will pull that sticks out as you do not want > them as a permanent part of your leg tie. > Now you can start to weave again from right to left and you have all the > directions you need for that. > Just a few final words: > Try to make sure your strands stay in the right order and you will be very > successful. > As we are made in our creators image and we do not want to try to out do > him. > It is important that everything we make have a mistake in it to show > respect for he who made us. > PLEASE remember that the only stupid question is the one you do not ask. > NEVER under estimate or prejudge anyone's ability to do anything. POSITIVE > thinking WILL bring positive results. > Have lots of fun and relax. > I am learning disabled and was able to learn how and I can do it with my > eyes closed...now. > Love to all and here is a big hug > Little Mother > > > > > Come visit us at. "Keeper of Stories". > http://www.newkeeperofstories.com/ > ======*====== > List archives > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokee > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >