Cone #007

Cutting out this cone by hand is a huge task. If you venture into this project make a simpler test version first to get familiar with the weaving. This may prevent you from making mistakes and crease the delicate snowflakes when weaving. The cone is constructed like Cone #005. But I left out every second snowflake. This means that before weaving you must check that the joined snowflakes will meet.

I must admit, I did not cut the pattern by hand. For Christmas Anna presented me with a cutting machine to ease the work. But off cause I had to test its potential.

Cone #006

Cone #006 is constructed using the same principle as Heart #035. You cut out the four pieces and join them two and two before weaving. Weaving is just like making Cone #001.

Merry Christmas

Cone #005

This cone is partly joined, partly woven. You may find it time consuming to cut out all the parts and the cone not quite so easy to make.

It was fast enough to construct the ornament and in principle everything fits, but it was a challenge to figure out, how to put it together. I tried various methods neither gave me the perfect cone – until I decided to give up all good manners and glue stick the whole thing exactly where I wanted it before weaving and joining starts.

Do as follows. Print in 3 different colours. Cut out all the 26 parts needed for the cone. Do not cut along the red lines. Glue stick the outside of the small heart pieces (6 of each of 4 sizes) to the inside of the inner cone piece (that with the long strips) at the squares marked. The edge shall follow the red lines exactly and the smallest heart go closest to the base cone. Then form the cone and glue the base. Now you weave/join starting from the base. You weave and join hearts from every second strip. Make one set at a time going round and round. It may take some speculation to get it right. At last you form the outer base cone and join it to the small hearts lowest in the cone. This is easier (and you won’t damage the point) if you turn the cone upside down when you join. Add a handle.

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Print and cut out the six pieces. Use a blunt needle or knitting-needle and a ruler to score the edges before folding. First glue together the individual pieces using the white flaps. Then glue the pieces together using the coloured flaps. When gluing together two pieces start with every second flap of the eight flaps and line each up carefully. The flaps shall be glued down on the front of the piece below. The last four flaps will now be easy to glue down.

Cone #004

This cone takes some time to cut out and to weave. See Cone #001 for instructions. It is fairly easy to make the cone but the challenge is to weave the cone beautifully. Make sure to line up and pull the strips tight when you weave. Do not weave to much before you proceed to the next strip and make sure the small squares form a straight line radiating from the point towards the edge.

Cone #003

It is actually simpler to weave this cone than I thought. Weave as described for Cone #001. Start weaving by weaving “sets” of two wide strips in different colors. Look at the picture to get started in the right way. Then the rest of the strips nearly weave themselves. Line up carefully by pulling the strips in place. Remember to use the paper clips. You may have  to go round the upper edge a couple of times before gluing. You may also like to shape the cone a bit by fixing the star and sky between with a little glue. Cut out a handle and the small hearts to cover its base inside the cone.

Cone #002

Off-cause I had to start out using my favorite, the gingerbread pattern. Cut out and weave as explained for Cone #001. Try to pull the strips so that they form the right pattern from the very beginning. Otherwise the cone may be rather difficult to line up nicely in the end.

 

Cone #001

Humongous thanks to Knud Vægter and  Museum Lolland-Falster for reviving the woven cone.

http://www.aabne-samlinger.dk/lollandfalster/ (in Danish)

This ornament has potential for variations I cannot wait to explore.

Beginners may start with this very simple cone. Find some (6-7) paper clips. Print and cut out the two cone pieces. From each piece form a small cone by gluing down the overlap of the solid bottom. The print shall be on the inside. The shape of the strips shall fit together naturally as if the cone was never cut open. Insert the cone with the open end into the other and try to line up the two sets of lines you see when you look into the cone. This is a bit difficult as the strips are very vivid and the paper has a will of its own. The strips of the two cone pieces shall be orthogonal, not parallel. Now you draw out the strips of the inner piece. Try to avoid “unused” cut just above the outer solid cone by pulling carefully in the strips from the inner cone. Work your way around the cone until all inner strips are out. Then the weaving starts. Take a strip in the color of the outer cone and weave 2 – 3 squares. Now fix what you have made using a paper clip. Take the next strip and do likewise. Work your way around the cone. When you meet a paper clip remove it and weave a little before fixing it again. Do not get too eager and weave too much. Go on in this way until all clips are at the upper edge. Now you may remove one paper clip at a time and line up the strips by pulling carefully. You may need to go around the cone a couple of times before you are happy with the result. Now remove one paper clip and glue together the two cone pieces near the edge. Work your way around the cone edge.

You need to use the paper clips. If not the cone will fall apart when you are weaving at the other side. The option of gluing from time to time does not work, as it is then impossible to line up the cone in the end.

Fix handle and small heart to cover base.