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ThisisanintroductiontoweavingchairseatswithDanishropecord.InthistutorialIwillbecoveringtheDanish"SplitRail"chair,butnotethatthereareseveraltypesofchairdesignsthatrequiredifferenttacticsinweavingthechairseat.

Danishseatcordistreatedpaperthatistwistedintoathreeplyrope.Therearetwodifferenttypesofropecord"laced"and"unlaced."Lacedropecordismorelikeyourtypicalrope,wherethethreetwistedstrandscanbeplainlyseen.Inunlacedcord,thethreestrandsarenotasnoticeable.Bothtypesareapproximately1/8inchindiameterandabout180feetperpound.Thisisimportanttoknowbecausepapercordissoldbythepoundratherthanbythefoot.Eachchairtypicallyrequirestwopoundsofropecord.Inthischair,Iusedthelacedropecord.

Ifyouareredoingachairthatalreadyhasaropecordseat,makesuretotakenoteoftheoriginaldetails,suchastheamountoftimesthecordiswrappedaroundtheframe.Standardchairshavea16inchx16inchframeandastandardmethodofwrapping,butsomechairshavea17inchfrontrailanda16inchbackrail.Youdon'tneedtoknowtheexactdimensionsofyourchair,butyoudoneedtoknowhowmanystrandsgofromsidetosideandhowmanystrandsgofronttoback.

WhenremovingtheoldropecordDONOTremovetheoriginalnailsorhooks.Inmostcasesyouwillbesentahandfulofnewfastenersfromwhereyouorderyourpapercordfrom,buttheoriginalnailswillstillholdyourseatandgiveyou

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Roughly2poundsofropecord(fora16"x16"seat)

Step1:PrepareYourChair

Beginpreparingyourchairbycuttingawayalltheoriginalropecord.Asyoucanseeinthispicture,Iremovedallthenails,whichisabigmistake.Thiswasmyfirstattemptatseatweaving,andwithallthenailsremoved,Ilosttheoriginalspacingfortheropecord.Alongwiththespacing,Ialsolostwheretheweavebeganandended.

Itishelpfultakepicturesoftheoriginalweaveandtotakenotesonhowtheweavebeginsandends.

Theweavehappensinthreestepsor"railwrappings"thefrontrail,thebackrailandthesidetoside.

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Onceyourchairhasbeenprepped,thenextstepistowrapthefrontseatrail.Thefrontseatwrappingisimportantbecauseitcoverstheentirefrontrail,whileatthesametimeprovidingsupportforthesidetosideweave.

Thefrontrailweavedoesn'tcarryfullweight,butitisthemostimportantstepoutofthethree.Typically,weavebreakagewilloccuronthisfrontrail.Whileweaving,remembertokeeptheweavetight,butnottootight.Alittlegiveisfine,buttoomuchgivewillcausesagging.

Thefirststepinthisweaveistoremoveapproximately100feetofcordfromthespool.Tokeepthecordfromtangling,youcanwrapthecordaroundadowel.Tokeepthecordinplace,youcansplittheendofthedowelwithaknife,andplacethecordthroughthethesplit.Youcanthenwrapthecordaroundthedoweltopreventtangling.

Next,beginontheleftsideofthefrontrailbytackingtheendoftheropecordtotheinsideofthisrail.Thecordwillgounder,andoverthefrontrail,andthenpulledacrossthelengthoftheseattothebackrail.Pullthecordoverthebackrailandtackontheinside.Thebackrailcordisthenloopedaroundahookandbroughtbackagaintothefrontrail.Repeatthisoncemoreandfinishbywrappingthefrontrail,spacedthesamewayasyouroriginalchair.Asyoucanseefromthispicture,Iwrappedtheropecordabouttenmoretimesbeforerepeatingthelooptothebackrail.Repeatthesestepsuntilyoureachtheothersideofyourchair.

Useawoodblocktopushthecordtogetherbeforetackingtokeepthewrapastightaspossible.

Whendone,tackthecordundertheinsideofthefrontrailtofinish.Thebackrailwillhavewoodshowingatthispoint,whereasthefrontwillbecompletelywrapped.

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Thisistheeasiestwrappingbecauseitisnotloadbaringitispurelycosmetic.Inthisstep,youwillworkdirectlyfromthespooldonotcutanycord.Youaresimplycoveringthebarewoodwiththeropecord.Noneedtowrapfromthebackrailtothefrontrailinthisstep.

Takethecordandtackthematerialtotheinsideleftedgeofthebackrail.Thenwraptheexposedareasonthebackrailuntilyoureachtherightside.Next,tackthematerialoffontheinsideedgeofthebackrail.Thespacingonthisstepshouldreflectthespacingonthefrontrailofthechair.

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Thisstepcanbethemostcomplicatedintheprocess.Itiscalledthesideweave.Beextracautiousduringthisstepbecausethecordcaneasilytangle.Typically,Idon'twrapthecordaroundadowelbecausetheareayou'llbeworkinginismuchtighterthanthefrontandbackrail.

Unlikethefrontandbackrail,thesiderailhasanupperandalowerrail.Thisdoublerailfeatureiswhythischairstyleiscalledthe"DanishSplitRail."Remember,thissiderailweavecanbetricky.Youmayhavetorepeatthisstepafewtimesbeforegettingthecorrectlook.

First,taketheremainingcordoffthespoolandtiethetwoendstogetherinaknotthatcanbeeasilyremovedwhenfinished.Becauseyouareweavingtwopiecesofropecordatthesametime,tyingthisknotkeepsthematerialeven.Taketheendoftheropecordthatdoesnothavetheknotandtackthelooptotheinnerleftsideofthefrontrail.Youwillbeginyourweaveontheleftsideandworkyourwayovertotheright.

Taketheknottedendsandweaveoverandunderthealreadyestablishedfrontrailweave.Note,youwillwanttoendyourweaveovernotunder.Whenattheoppositeside,taketheendsofthecordandloopthemthroughthesplittotheinsidepartofthechair,betweentheupperandlowersiderails.Next,taketheknottedendofthecordfromunderthelowersiderail,andpulluppasttheuppersiderailtotheseat.Youmaynowbeginyourweavebacktotheleftsideofthechairgoingoverandunderthefrontrailweave.

Whenyoureachtheleftside,pullthecordovertheupperandlowersiderails,andwrapthesectionofbarewoodonthelowerrailthatsitsexposednexttothecordthatyoujustwrapped(thatgoesaroundboththeupperandlowerside

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rails).Next,pullthecordthroughthesplitandaroundtheupperrailandweavebacktotherightside.

Repeatthispatternuntildone.

Tofinish,pullthecordmaterialuntiltight,undotheknot,cutoffexcessrope,andtacktheendsontheinsidesiderail.

YounowhaveaDanishropecordseatthatwilllastyouforyears.

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Magnuswf,Idon'tknowexactlywhentheropecordoriginated,butit'sastapleinDanishandSwedishfurnituredesign.WeavinglikethisismostlyseeninmidcenturyfurniturefromDenmark.

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WhyisitcalledDanish?I'mfromDenmark,andhaveseenthistypeofweavingalot,butdon'tknowwhy?:)

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Forwhatitisworth,beingDanish,Ithinkitlooksreallygood!

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Excellentpresentation,welldoneforyour1stInstructable.Iusedtorecaneandrerushchairs,butneverhadoccasiontodoaDanishweavebutIreallylikedthelook.IdidgettodoagenuineHansWegnerpiece,thatwasathrill.

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