Woven Rose Tutorial

Miss RoseAnne asked how I did woven (spiderweb) roses. So here are lots of pics, and words that hopefully make sense, to show  the one little trick I do when creating these.

10 minutes later.....
Ok. I have tried and tried to get the words next to the picture (with the pic on the left of the screen) and it just is not going to work. I am very frustrated with whatever changes blogger has recently made because they ARE NOT working the way they did. It seems I have half the old blogger back, and half the new beta dashboard. So it is words below, Sorry. It really would be easier to have them next to what I am talking about, but needs must I guess. Blogger NEEDS to screw with me. I MUST post tutorial!


Lay down your spokes as usual. I do 5 , sometimes 7 for a larger rose.

I do my first few weaves just as 'normal', meaning I don't worry at all how the ribbon falls.

(excuse my revolting fingernails, I am a woman of many bad habits).  Next I take the needle a 'roll' it between my fingers to create a curl in the ribbon. I  am not fussy about which way I roll, and often change direction  several times through the process. If a petal doesn't look right, I unweave, and roll the other way, until I am happy.

  This shows the curl in the ribbon.

  Next run your hand down the ribbon, starting at the needle end, to get all the curl in one place. I don't always do this as when you weave it, I kinda does it itself, but this can help when you are starting out.

  The weave it through. You can see the curls being trapped in between the spokes. It is important not to pull to tightly. I would rather leave it looser, and do a couple of securing stitches, than pull to tightly.

 And here is a petal with a conveniently paced curl  in the middle. They don't all work like this !

 Here is another one that appears longer an smoother. I don't worry how they look, as it look more realistic  if it is not perfect.

  Another example

 The finished product!

  A different view.     
               

I use 7mm ribbon mostly for these roses ( I guess that nugget should have been at the beginning), but it can work just as well on smaller roses, with 4mm ribbon. Still use 5 spokes for your weave though.

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As you can see I got the pictures to move with drag and drop. Hallelujah.

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