Macramé candle holder - hurricane macramé - macramé jar

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Here is photo tutorial HOW TO MAKE MACRAME CANDLE HOLDER

1. You need: cotton yarn, empty jar, scissors

2. Cut long cord which you will tie around the jar (cord A). For my project I cut cord 40 cm long.

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.

I knotted 56 larks head knot. That makes 112 cords.

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.

Check this video – how to make square knot.

7. Make sennit of 3 square knots on each 4-cord group. (Sennit - chains of knots, tied

one after another)

8. Row 4. Triangles - alternating square knots.

Divide your cords into equal sets to make triangles. I divided my 112 cords by 28 to

create 4 reversed triangles. To make triangle use alternating square knots - select two

right cords (3,4) from one sennit and two left cords (1,2) from next sennit and make

square 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.

Check this video - how to make diagonal double half hitch.

10. Cut the ends of all cords. Voila!

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