Most of the rich and colorful patterns in woven crafts are formed during the weaving process; some weaving techniques (woven mesh tube) form patterns themselves. Common weaving techniques include weaving, wrapping, nailing, coiling, etc.

  ①Weave. The most basic techniques, including braid, plain weave, pattern weave, stranded weave, cap weave, strangle weave and other processes. Braiding is the most common technique in grass weaving, it does not have the warp and weft, will be wheat straw, corn husk and other raw materials while braiding and rolling, braided into 3 to 7 strands of grass braid, usually as a straw basket, straw hat, floor mat of semi-finished raw materials. Plain weave is a technique commonly used in straw, willow and rattan weaving. It is based on the warp and weft, according to a certain rule of mutual continuous pick up (weft in the warp), press down (weft in the warp), constitute a pattern. Pattern weaving is based on plain weave and then be changed, weave a chain buckle, cross buckle, plum buckle and other patterns. Stranded weave similar to plain weave, but the structure is tight and does not reveal the warp. Knitting cap is to be radiated raw materials to cover each other, rotate and knitted into a round cap. Le braid is a common technique of willow braiding. It is hemp thread for the warp, wicker for the weft, weave the hemp thread and wicker strangulation, so the structure is strong, tight texture.

  ②Wrapping. A raw material for the core, and then other raw materials wrapped, wrapped in the core, woven into the desired shape and pattern. There are mainly wrapped buckle, wrapped, hammered buckle, etc.. Wrapping buckle is the common technique of corn husk weaving. It is woven with wheat straw and other braid-like core as the warp, and then wrapped in the outside with corn husk. Each piece of corn husk can be wrapped twice around the core strip and then knotted, and through the knotted, the upper and lower wrapped core strip connected to form. Wrap is to wrap the raw materials along the core in one direction evenly, such as rattan wrap rattan furniture, willow vessels, the edge, handle, not only to make it smooth, easy to hold the handle, and strong and durable. Hammer buckle is wrapped with corn husk warp round trip into about 4 cm long core strip, and then wrap a few turns, forming a mutually linked sets of hammer chain buckle.

  ③ nail string. Nail, is a needle and thread or other raw materials will be two parts of the woven raw materials or semi-finished nails into one, forming the object; string, is the two together, and not connected into one. Commonly used techniques are hand nails, machine nails, masonry nails, etc.. Hand nail is the wheat straw braid, corn husk braid, etc. with hand sewing nails into pieces, made of tea mats, wall hangings, floor mats, etc.. The machine nail is to sew the wheat straw braid, corn husk braid nail connected into straw hat, basket, etc.

  ④ Coil knot. It is a weaving technique that combines warp and weft form, wrapping and knotting. The common ones are marendo, set of buckles, etc. Ma Liandou, also known as knotting, is to wrap the core of corn husk as the warp and weft, and then cover each other, knotting, forming a three-dimensional lotus-like four-sided continuous pattern. Set of buckle is also knotted, but the shape is flat, no three-dimensional sense.

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