As you continue working anti clockwise keep turning your weaving over to check how the structure is developing, this will help inform you if you need to bring the structure in by placing the paper on top of the next tube or expand the shape by placing the paper tube alongside the next.

It can be a little tricky to master expanding and retracting shapes and you may need a few attempts.

To weave and expand out the shape place the weaving paper tube on the outside of the next tube.
To weave and bring in the shape place the weaving paper tube on top of the next tube.

Start with five strands and weave each strand one once around the neck as shown in the earlier lesson.
Pass the paper tube over and under the next paper tube so that it lays parallel with the next paper strand.
Pick up the paper tube that has just been wrapped and move it to the next paper tube and pass over and under.
Continue weaving one strand at a time passing it over and under the next strand in an anti clockwise rotation.

How to weave corn dolly style, part 2

In my earlier post you will have learnt the basics of corn dolly weaving around a neck or internal structure.
This next step will show you how to create free form structures.

Step 3. Continue weaving around the neck trying to keep each weave of the paper equally spaced.

Step 2. Splay the tubes out, select a single tube and pass it over two strands.

Turn the neck a quarter turn, pick up the tube that you passed over last and lay that over two strands.

Continue turning the neck a quarter turn  clockwise and then weave over two strands anti-clockwise.

Step 1. Begin by filling each of the five paper tubes with a pipe cleaner, this gives the tube a memory and better flexibility.

Select five tubes and secure the end with an elastic band

Add a further elastic band 5cm further down the bundle