How to weave the onion braids and why the braid from the bow is better than the basket with it?

Weaving from bulbs allows you to create a very practical thing and at the same time beautiful. There are different ways to weave, the most common method is "the French scythe", as you can call it by analogy with the famous female hairdo. As a result, something very decorative, attractive, capable of decorating the head of the possessor, if it is a question of hair, or a room, if the bow is meant, is obtained. And such a braid from a bow - not just a whim or entertainment. She also has a great practical sense.

Why is it better to braid onions in braids, as our ancestors did?

For onions, this method of storage is more useful, for the owner - cheaper and more convenient: and you can move quickly and without additional devices, and you do not need to spend money on baskets, sacks, shelves. In addition, it is convenient to take out as much as necessary from the bundle, and even here it is much easier than in the bag or basket to notice those bulbs that have begun to deteriorate. Well, in the end, since weaving the onion braids most often falls to a woman, she can always admire her work.

Such bundles are perfectly hung on the ceiling and on the walls. Of them, you can weave wreaths, dispense with a simple braid, decorate with additional elements in the form of imitations of fruits and vegetables, even the most real fruits and vegetables, such a crochet can be zadekorirovat. Most importantly, in the spit, each bulb on all sides is free to access air. And it is ventilated much better than in the same basket or in a large mesh bag.

A few words about the choice of onions

A scythe from a bow will turn out not from any, here there are the subtleties. It is clear that the bulbs should be with feathers. However, quite green, raw feathers to create a braid fit badly. The reverse situation is not very good either: the feathers and the bulb itself dried up very much and, when trying to weave, began to break down, crumble. It is important to find a middle ground here. Too raw feathers can begin to deteriorate and rot, with too much dried heavily weave. A little dried - just right.

Here are a few small secrets of how to weave onion braids:

• It is easier and better to work with already dried, but not yet completely dry plants;
• Bulbs with long feathers are more convenient to work with, and the weaving eventually becomes stronger;
• The feathers themselves, unlike the "shooters", are more flexible and flexible, so the weaving of them alone will turn out to be more accurate and thinner;
• Ready braids, if not planned to use them immediately, it is better to hang it in a cool and dark room;
• So that the bundle does not tear under its weight, it is better to strengthen it - weave the bulbs together with a string or a piece of rag.

"The French Spit"

The simplest weaving of onion braids - like the "French braid", it resembles this well-known hairstyle in technique. It starts from three "strands" - three onions with feathers, with a string attached to one of them. There can be more plants, the main thing is that they be divided into three bundles.

In order not to weave everything too tightly, we can interlace the plants several times with each other, and only then add more bulbs.

All new bulbs are woven in the same way. The end of the braid must be tightly tied with string, and the extra feathers can simply be cut off. As a result - a cute bunch that can be hung right in the kitchen and cut off vegetables as needed.

By a similar principle, you can get beams of a different kind or a "simple" braid - in this case, the bulbs should only be added to the side strands.

Decorative bundles

Since you can weave onion plaits not only for better preservation of vegetables, but also as an ornament, in some houses they are found not only in the kitchen, but also in the living room, in the dining room, in the office and much more. The explanation is simple: instead of an ordinary bundle, you can create a real work of art.

Onions bunches are decorated with dried flowers, colorful pepper, garlic, grapes, leaves (green and yellow), flowers of the physalis and everything that the master's imagination can offer. Time and effort it takes more, but since weaving onion plaques like this, few can, and you can get a good income.

So for enterprising housewives there is one more reason to braid the crop in braids. And learn how to do it beautifully and ingeniously.