String Math - Crochet, Braiding, Lanyards
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Brief Introduction
Learn why crochet, braiding, and lanyards work, how to manipulate them, and how to make patterns.Description
This course is about understanding the underlying processes in crochet, braids, and lanyards. By studying the theory behind these arts we will learn how to better manipulate and create projects. Students do not need a background in crochet, braiding, or lanyards; though I would reccomend it. I do recommend that you know your basic mathematics functions of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, area, and slope. We will be using these skills to create patterns of our own. The course contains over two hours of content covering the theory, stitches, patterns, and quirks of crochet, braiding, and lanyards. There are four projects over the course of the class a hat, afghan, bookmark, and DNA lanyard. The course is broken up into three parts crochet, braiding, and lanyards. Each section covers theory first, then stitches, patterns, and finally the final project. I recommend taking this course if you wish to better understand crochet, braiding, or lanyards. This course can help those who have struggled with crochet, braiding, or lanyards. It can help those wishing to make patterns in these arts understand the rules and logic by which they function. This course is for all who desire to make beautiful art with string.
Requirements
- Requirements
- Crochet hook
- Yarn (at least 3 skeins)
- Scissors
- Paper and pencil (or computer)
- Ribbon, string, leather strips, or hair for braiding
- Lanyard string (preferably buy a spool we will use a lot)
- Graph Paper
- Calculator
Knowledge
- Understand how knitting and crocheting differ and how they work.
- Crochet chain, single, double half, double, and triple stitches.
- Practice implementing and creating patterns for different geometric shapes worked in a straight and in a round.
- Make a hat for a specific head.
- Make a granny square afghan using more than just the traditional double stitch.
- Understand how braiding and weaving differ and how they work.
- Braid traditional 3, 4, and 5 strand braids.
- Braid french 3, 4, and 5 strand braids both inward and outward.
- Understand how even and odd stranded french braids differ.
- Braid curved braids in 3, 4, and 5 strands.
- Make a wavy woven bookmark or belt or strap.
- Understand how lanyards work.
- Weave straight 2x2, 2x4, 2x4, and 2x6 strand lanyards.
- Weave spun 2x2, 2x4, 2x6, and 2x8 strand lanyards.
- Understand and practice reversing the spin on a lanyard.
- Understand and practice how to split and join lanyards by inserting and removing extra strands.
- Make a lanyard that resembles a DNA strand.
Rebekah West
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String Math - Crochet, Braiding, Lanyards
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Learn why crochet, braiding, and lanyards work, how to manipulate them, and how to make patterns. This course is about understanding the underlying processes in crochet, braids, and lanyards....
