How to make jute napkins?

Jute (jute twine) is a thin twine from which, if you have the necessary skills, you can create real works of art. Most often, special napkins-coasters for hot dishes are weaved from jute.

The variety of jute napkins is as great as a person's imagination. There are various round, square and other forms of napkins.

The huge advantage of these napkins is that the materials for making them are easy to find at your local office supply store. So, we need:

• twine, twine, rope, macrame thread or other thick thread;
• glue "Moment" or any glue that becomes transparent when dried;
• PVA glue for additional processing;
• tweezers;
• scissors;
• acrylic paints or varnish.

Also, at the initial stages of work, stencils will be needed. They can be downloaded from the Internet and printed or drawn with your own hands. All these devices are suitable for making glued napkins. But if you decide to create a twine napkin using crocheting, then you will come in handy:

• twine, jute;
• hook No. 3.5 or similar;
• just in case, sewing pins for securing.

If you decide to create a do-it-yourself jute napkin using gluing, then start by creating stencils. You need to draw a base stencil on a sheet of A4 paper, and then place it in a transparent file (a regular file for documents).

Weaving begins with a small ring, around which larger circles are gradually twisted. After the circle has become the size that you need, the jute is cut from the main coil strictly obliquely. Then we glue the resulting circle onto the file, and the tip of the jute is glued to the resulting circle.

Next, we glue the entire stencil drawing with twine. It is important at this stage to keep your hands free of any glue, so it makes sense to stock up on wet wipes. It is convenient to glue the drawing with your fingers or, if you do not want to get your hands dirty with glue, then using tweezers, which must also be wiped off excess glue. When the drawing has already acquired convex contours, proceed to fixing. Small jute circles, made like the first main ones, but of a smaller size, will help us with this. They serve to fasten the elements of the napkin.

After making the napkin, grease the resulting craft with a solution of PVA glue in a 1: 1 ratio. Once the product is completely dry, carefully separate it from the file, glue both sides together to form a double-sided napkin, and then decorate to your liking. This can be done using acrylic paints, rhinestones, or other things. Act as your fantasy tells you.

To knit napkins, you will need a pattern. Fortunately, on the Internet, you can find anything that suits your taste. If knitting is not your hobby, then you can knit a napkin using weaving without a hook.

Scissors, sewing pins and, in fact, the material for the craft itself (twine, jute, and so on) will come in handy here. You also need a backing on which you will weave. To do this, you can use a pillow, a soft toy, or any object where you can secure the twine with pins.

1. We measure out 3 threads, 3 meters long. Cut off, find the middle on two and fix it.
2. Use the third to create a flat double knot.
3. After creating a knot, we fix an additional thread in the middle - it will come in handy for future knots.
4. Using an additional thread, create a double rep knot.
5. We weave another additional one onto the main one.
6. We continue the brid: the next 2 strands, then we repeat the knot and weave an additional one again. As a result, 4 additional threads should be added.
7. After that, we connect the 2 ends of the base thread with a double rep knot. You should get a kind of "sun" of 18 threads.
8. We separate 3 threads, where the first will always be the main one, and from the second and the third the next we weave a braid slightly at an angle.
9. We weave two threads from the brid into the weaving of the previous one. We will use the same nodes.
10. Then again we take an additional thread and fasten it in the middle. This is the basis for the next round of the braid.
11. We get the following algorithm: main thread (double rep node with three additional threads) plus 2 threads with double rep nodes. Then again 3 strands. And only on the last circle we add only 2 threads, not 3. We fasten the end of the main thread with a rep knot. Next, we repeat in a circle.
12. We get 54 threads. Divide by 3 and weave 2 double flat knots. Then in a circle.
13. The last 2 strands are woven in a chain of 4 loop knots.
14. Take 3 strands again and weave 2 double flat knots. We repeat in a circle.
15. Take 2 strands and knit 6 stitches in a circle.
16. Next row: knit a flat double knot on three threads.
17. We fasten the additional thread again and weave double rep knots.
18. Then we take threads of 2 meters and repeat the process.

For information on how to make a jute napkin, see the next video.

• Wicker napkin under the hot.

• Complicated weaving option.

• Glued napkin with rhinestones.