Post #683757 by creepykbear on Thu, Jun 27, 2013 2:43 PM

I had a glass float piece that the netting was ripped on - so I tried my hand at the float weaving.

I used jute twine from Michaels. The original piece was a red 6 inch ball and a green 4 inch ball. I had a gold 6 inch ball that wasn't in a very nice net either, so decided to make a larger piece combining all 3 balls.

For the bottom circle, I just wrapped and twisted some twine, till I got a piece that would hold up on it's own.

Then I made a spider. I used way too much twine - the instructions were for a 14 inch ball, and even all 3 balls used less than half that much.

I started tying knots, trying to do the pretzel type knot. After taking about 20 minutes each, I decided I didn't have enough time for that - and switched to a simple knot.

To finish the top, I twisted my twine into a rope, wrapped it around and tucked in the ends.

Not perfect, but I'm pretty happy with the results.