How to Weave Mary and Joseph for a Nativity Scene

For the past few days I have been showing you how to weave different characters for a Nativity Scene.  First, I showed you how to Weave the 3 Wise Men.  Next, I showed you how to Weave a Baby Jesus.  Today I’m going to continue showing you how to weave a Nativity Scene by showing you how to Weave Mary and Joseph.  So, let’s get started.

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Materials Needed

2 inch x 4 inch Piece of Cardboard

Ruler

Pencil

Scissors

Tape

String or Yarn (different color yarn, make sure to have some skin color yarn like Peach, Tan, Brown, etc.)

Needle

Fork

Stones, Coins, or Something Else Heavy

Cotton or other Filling

Black Thread

Old Piece of Fabric

4 Hand Shaped Beads

 

Step 1

Cut out 2″ x 4″ piece of cardboard.

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Step 2

Mark sides with lines about 1/8 inch apart… so every two lines on the inches side of the ruler.

 

Step 3

If you think your cardboard will fall apart by cutting slits… firstly, cover with clear tape.  Otherwise, just start cutting slits on lines that we drew in the previous step.

 

Step 4

Put string in the notch that is alone on one side.  Tape it down.  Then pull the string all the way up the back of the cardboard.

 

Step 5

In the last step you brought the yarn up to the top left side notch from behind the cardboard.  Now, pull the yarn through the first notch… now the yarn is in the front again.

 

Step 6

Now, bring yarn over the next notch and pull down back again.

 

Step 7

Bring the string all the way down to the bottom.

 

Step 8

Bring string over from back and up thru the first notch again.

 

Step 9

Now, pull the yarn behind and thru the 2nd tab so that there is now a loop in front and behind the first tab.

 

Step 10

Now, bring the yarn down behind cardboard and up thru the next slit.  Make loop in front of tab and bring down back of cardboard again.

 

Step 11

Now, bring yarn down back and up bottom and thru the slit and make a loop in back and down next slit and down front again… continue this pattern.

 

Step 12

When done… tape string down.

 

Step 13

Thread a needle with yarn or string.

 

Step 14

Make your yarn as long as you want it to be.  Pull the yarn over and under each piece of yarn and leave a short tail.

 

Step 15

Now, turn the cardboard over and you will weave on this side too.  On the other side you went UNDER the last thread… so here go OVER the first thread.  ***Don’t go under the taped string.

 

Step 16

Keep weaving on both sides of the cardboard.  Every few times or so, take a fork and push the threads down.

 

Step 17

When the thread is nearing an end, push the needle down thru loops in past rows.

To start a new piece of yarn… just put the string in where you left off… like you see in the above image.

 

Step 18

Weave back and forth with skin color (tan, brown, peach, etc.) only in the center strings.  So, you will NOT be turning cardboard over and weave along back.

Choose the color that will be around face.  You will be using this yarn to weave around the face for a hood.  We start by pushing the yarn through the same loop that the bottom left side of the face used.

Now, weave around back.

Now, come over on the right side of the face.  Loop thru the string on the right side of the face and then go over it and weave around back again.

Keep going.  At the top of the figure you can weave all around it again.

This is what your figure should look like now.

 

Step 19

Use your needle to pull loops off of cardboard.

 

Step 20

Now, loops are off… You can now pull the woven fabric off of the cardboard.

 

Step 21

Tie any loose threads into a knot.

 

Step 22

You should now stuff with stones, coins or something else heavy.  Only fill enough to look like she is kneeling.  Then fill the rest of the figure with cotton.

 

Step 23

Use black thread to sew on hair and eyes.

 

Step 24

For Joseph…. sew on a beard.

 

Step 25

Bend figures into an L shape like above.  Sew them in this position with same color yarn as shirt.

 

Step 26

Somehow I lost the pictures of the last few steps…. Basically, just cut a bit of fabric and wrap around (like in image) and sew to head (just a few stitches will do).  Then just glue two hand shaped beads to the bottom of their face to look like praying hands.

 

Step 27

Sit Joseph and Mary around Baby Jesus from our Baby Jesus craft tutorial.

Awesome job…. you just finished weaving Mary and Joseph for a Nativity Scene.  How did they turn out for you?  Let me know in the comments below.  And, if you haven’t already done so…. make sure to complete the entire Nativity Scene by weaving the 3 Wise Men, Baby Jesus, Clothespin Donkey and the Clothespin Sheep.

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