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In the third part of my trio blog set on my annual exhibition, I am going to be writing on my experience with basketry and bags as well as the annual exhibition itself. On Day 5, I commenced my first lengthy project. I had to make a pouch . This was my favourite project as it was a blend of both weaving and basketry. To make the basic structure of the pouch, I had to weave but to build the three-dimensional shape, I made the cardboard loom such that I had to weave on both sides of the cardboard. Using a mind boggling pattern of colours, I slowly and steadily worked my way through this project. As it was forming to be a big and thick pouch, I could not finish it in school and hence had to take it home. On Day 6, I brought my now finished and fabulously looking pouch to school. To give it a finishing touch, I quickly finger weaved a handle for my pouch and attached it. This was one of my proudest moments as I had toiled for six hours to finally see it finished😌😎 Later that ...

 In this blog, I am going to be writing about my tryst with weaving.  Weaving is a method in which strands of yarn are interlaced in an up-down pattern to form a piece of cloth. In order to weave, we make looms (which can be made from any object, we just have to use our creativity) and in some cases, warp thread around them and then start weaving. According to the desired end product, we can make the loom accordingly and use different colours.  On Day 2, we started weaving with yarn. My first project was Finger weaving , a very simple method where our fingers are the loom!! I made a few necklaces as well as bracelets using this technique. Then I learnt how to do  CD Weaving .   This uses a CD as it's loom. We warp the thread from the centre to the edges and start weaving through them. This was a bit time consuming and though I could make only one, it was a beautiful decorative piece. On Day 3, I learnt how to make a Keethu , which is a roof made out ...

Yesterday was the annual exhibition for grades 1 to 12 in my s chool, which is HLC International . Our exhibition was named Strands Of Transformation , which was the continuation of the exhibition that took place two years back, named Shaashvatam . Shaashvatam means sustainability and addressed two of the three main needs for a person:  food and shelter . We grew crops of different varieties in our own school farm overcoming the grave challenges posed by the Vardha cyclone!! We built a farmhouse as well which covers the need for shelter. This year, we looked at the third main need which is clothing  and kept it as our main theme. Strands Of Transformation means that every strand of fibre, not matter where it is obtained from, joined together, brings a huge transformation in every one's lives. This year's exhibition topic was divided into six subtopics : 1. Paper and Felt Making 2. Braiding and Knitting 3. Dyeing 4. Printing 5. Weaving and Basketry 6. ...