Macrame Art
I'm sure you have come across with a beautiful macrame
wall hanging or a cozy plant hanger. The bohemian effect
combined with the minimalism
of macrame art creates a warm but chic look. If
you are curious about how it works, just keep on reading! Macramé is actually a
French word means
knot, and it is simply the art of connecting decorative knots.
Assyrians and Persians started practicing macrame knots and brought it to fine
arts level.
Then it is introduced to Europeans by Arabs and Eropeans took it to
Americas.
Macrame Cords
Macrame is done by hand, you don’t need to use any
knitting needles or crochet hooks and macrame patterns are a
lot easier than they look to
follow. The yarn you use for macrame is called
macrame cord. You can use various materials such as cotton twine, hemp, leather
or yarn, you can even
add various beads for a different feel. The most
important point when choosing which material to use for a project is, to think
about what the finished
item is and how it will be used. For some projects,
thick and sturdy macrame rope will be better and for some other, using thin and
soft macrame yarn
will be more usable. In example; our XXLace Yarn is
perfect to create a sturdy plant hanger or a shopping bag, while our Macrame Cake is
perfect to
make a softer feel stylish runner with its smooth colour
transitions!
MACRAME KNOTS
To bring a macrame design to life, only thing you need
to learn is just a couple of basic macrame knots. Do you fancy a bohemian
macrame curtain?
How about a boho and chic macrame table runner? It’s easy
peasy lemon squeezy!
First two terms you need to learn is knotting cord (the cord or set of cords
that is used to make the knot for any given stitch) and knot bearing cord
(the
cord or set of cords that the knotting cords are wrapped around). The most
common and basic macrame knots are “half knot, square knot, vertical
half-hitch
and diagonal half-hitch”.You can complete many different macrame projects with
only these four knots.
What are you waiting for? Let’s ReTwisst!