Macrame Candle Tutorial
Macrame Candle Tutorial
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3. Cut many long cords (cord B). Knotting makes your project much shorter, so cut
cords long enough.
My jar is 13 cm high. I cut 56 single cords - each 45 cm long. I folded them in half, so I
end up with 112 cords.
Remember: you need to group your cords in 4 cords group. Every knot in this pattern is made
from 4 cords.
In my project I have 112 cords with 28 group of four cords.
4. Larks Head Knot.
To attach all cords B to cord A we will use Larks Head Knot. Fold cord B in half and
place it under cord A. Pull the ends of cord B through the loop (see photo). Pull tight.
Repeat with all other cords B.
5. To make my work easer, I tied ends of cord A to 2 keys in my desk drovers. You can
use for example chair.
6. Square knot.
We will begin our design with sennit of square knots.
Tie cord A around the jar and cut ends. Take four cords (1,2,3,4) to make square knot:
a) Bring the right cord (4) to the left under the two middle cords (2,3) and over the left
cord (1). Bring the left cord (1) to the right over the two middle cords (2,3) and under the
right cord. Pull right and left cords (1,4) to tie knot securely.
b) Bring the right (4) cord to the left over the two middle cords (2,3) and under the left
cord (1). Bring the left cord to the right under two middle cords (2,3) and over the right
cord (4). Pull left and right cords (1,2) to secure knot.
For my project to create triangle I made: Row 4 - 7 alternating square knots, Row 5 - 6
alternating square knots, Row 6 - 5 alternating square knots, Row 7 - 4 alternating
square knots, Row 8 - 3 alternating square knots, Row 9 - 2 alternating square knots,
Row 10 - 1 alternating square knot.
I made 3 more triangles using same pattern.
Note: You should do some maths if you have different number of cords. For example, if you
have 100 cords, you can group them into 25 4-cord group, and make 5 triangles (each triangle
will have 20 cords= 5 alternating square knots). If you have 120 cords, you can group them in
30 4-cord sets, and make 6 triangles (each triangle will have 20 cords = 5 alternating square
knots).
9. Diagonal double half hitch
a) left-to-right
Take the far left cord (holding cord) from first left alternating square knot and place it
diagonally over all other cords (working cords). Take far left working cord and make
loop counter-clockwise around holding cord (see photo). Pull working cord firmly.
Repeat with the same cord to complete the double half hitch. Continue double half hitch
with all other working cords. Last working cord is cord 2 of last alternating square knot
(on top of reversed triangle).
b) right-to-left
Take the far right cord (holding cord) from last right alternating square knot and place it
diagonally (to the left) over all other cords (working cords). Take far right working cord
and make loop clockwise around holding cord (see photo). Pull working cord firmly.
Repeat with the same cord to complete the double half hitch. Continue double half hitch
with all other working cords.
To finish design, take left working cord and right working cord and make double half
hitch clockwise.