Of course, many things can be bought ready-made, but making it yourself is even more interesting. Small coasters should be something that people who pay great attention to the details of life will find important, whether they are filled with iced drinks. Cups or pots filled with hot food. The sweat from the cup will make the table wet. Overheated pots will also affect some tabletops. A table mat that absorbs water and can insulate is a good helper. The table mat looks good and seems to make people more appetizing.
Flax & Twine will teach us how to DIY table mats, using cotton ropes with a simple and natural style as materials, and using finger knitting as a mat. And the best thing is, you can decide the mat yourself according to the length of the weaving. size.
You need to prepare:
10 yards of 5/16″ diameter cotton rope
Tape
How to:
1 First reserve an 8″ length of tail, wrap the cotton rope around your index finger from top, and then around your middle finger from bottom.
2 Make a second loop in the same way, so that there are two loops of cotton rope on each of the two fingers.
3 Pull out the lower loop of the middle finger so that there is only a loop of cotton rope left on the middle finger.
4 Move the tail position between two fingers. In this way, a knot is formed between the two fingers, and a loop of cotton rope is left on each finger.
5 Wrap the cotton string around your index finger again.
6 Then wrap around the middle finger from bottom to top.
7 Pull out the middle finger from the loop of cotton rope under the middle finger.
8 Then pull out the loop of cotton rope under the index finger.
9 By continuing the above four steps, longer and longer knots will be produced. Cut the cotton string at the end and leave a foot and a half of length.
10 Thread the tail left at the beginning into about the fifth knot and begin to circle it to make a circular pad.
11 per windingEach time, the tail is inserted into the next layer of knots.
12 Try to make each turn as tight as possible.
13 The purpose of threading the tail through the knot is to secure each loop.
14 Go to the end and insert the reserved length of the outermost circle into the knot for fixation.
15 Leave about an inch of excess rope and wrap tape around the end to prevent it from fraying, pulling apart, or unraveling.
16 Finally, cut off the excess rope.
