Content

• Tips
• Warnings
• What do you need

1 Prepare a special wooden or plastic board.

• Cover it with black material. Attach the material to the board with double-sided tape.
• Start with the thread pattern from the top left corner of the board.
• Secure the pattern to the fabric with double-sided tape.

2 Drive a few metal buttons or special pins into the surface of the board, following the pattern.

• You can bend the pins or buttons with pliers or round nose pliers to make them easier to drive into the board.
• Drive each pin or button into the 6mm board.

3 Remove the paper pattern.

• Pull on the thread to loosen the paper in each corner of the board, as shown in the picture.
• Gently lift the pattern up. Use your fingernails to detach the double-sided tape from the material.
• Place the pattern next to it so that it does not lose shape.

4 Unfold the first ball or strand of the pattern and find the end of it.

• Tie the end to a second pin or button, wrapping the thread around it.
• Attach the end of the pattern to the last pin. You can use some clear glue or clear nail polish to secure the knot on the string.
• Wrap the thread around all the pins in order: 46-7, 7-51, 51-12, 12-56.You must attach a number to each part of the thread pattern, and then the corresponding number to each of the pins so you know where to thread the thread.
• Tie the last piece of the pattern to the last pin, completing the first layer.

5 Take the second layer, which should consist of a pattern of thread of a different color.

• Wrap the thread around the pins in the same way.
• Number different parts of the pattern with different numbers to avoid confusion.

6 Bind the third layer, consisting of a pattern of a different color.

• Create a third layer, leaving 4 pins between each of the patterns.

7 Ready.

Tips

• You can create any pattern by attaching each of its parts with a pin.
• This method is great for creating geometric shapes to explain geometry to students in school.

Warnings

• You can frame your thread pattern and hang it on the wall to prevent the threads from getting lost or stretched.
• You can ask students at school to take home the simplest patterns using this method. You can do a project like this with your students in a craft or visual arts class. Use clerical metal long buttons, thick paper or cardboard, silk thread and needles.
• Arrange buttons or pins in different places to make the pattern more intricate.
• Crossed threads must be numbered and must be worn with the same number of pins.
• Do not pull on the pins or remove them from the board when you are finished attaching the pattern to the board. If you pull the pins out, you will break the pattern and it may come loose and lose shape. Place 5 more pins after each crossing.

What do you need

• Wooden plank.
• Black cloth.
• Double sided tape.
• Printed pattern.
• 16mm steel pins or buttons.
• A hammer.
• Pliers.
• Silk thread in different colors.
• Clear glue or nail polish.