#macrame

[laugoscos]

In honor of pride month, I made another macrame pride flag bracelet inspired by everyone's current favourite astronaut

Happy Pride! :))

[small0321]

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[laugoscos]

Shoutout to these macrame bracelets I made for pride month last year and then forgot to post about

They close with buttons, so I don't have to fight for my life trying to tie a knot, and they make a really good stimming tool

I made a trans one too, but the colours were too pale and they faded really quickly so I'm gonna re-make it this year. I also made a lesbian one but gave it to my sister

I'm particularly proud of the sapphic flag bracelet, the pattern on that one was a pain to figure out

Happy Pride!! :))

[macrameschool]

DIY Macrame Flower Coasters 🌸👍⭐

[cherryredhood]

I think that the "Canterbury scene" is one of the best inventions of mankind.

"Soft machine" I like their old albums with prog psychedelic experiments, and I absolutely love their modern albums with jazz tunes ♡

I used a ball of multicolored yarn in blue-pink-orange shades and a acid light green ball. Bracelet is sooo vibrant! and in the colors of their album "Other Doors"

[diycraft-bufantl]

🐰Cute bunny ear headband! The ears are adjustable, fun and lovely. Perfect for daily wear and photos.

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[sierpinski-sunset]

well, my choir director's moving away. so i made him a keychain (i've been thinking about doing this for probably three and a half years and this is the motivation i needed). i think it came out pretty good and i like 2 color alphas SO much more than normal ones

[lobsterplush]

Day 31: Droopy lace

While not actually a lace technique, you can get a lacy kind of look by going between alternating squares and square knot sequences on a wide zigzag:

^Circles are alternating square, dashes are square sequences. Pink triangles are zigzag turns.

The square knot sequences are different lengths to force them to be non-parallel:

While the above is the basic concept, you can get really creative with variations:

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Calculating cord length:

Calculating cord was way more complicated than I thought. At each zigzag turn all the cords flip, so one cord can interact with a project like this:

^The blue cord is a base cord and moves straight through the square sequences and section B. But in section A the cord interacts like an alternating knot.

Cord that doesn't have zigzag bends in it's path does not flip. And because the square sequences are different lengths, the angles of the turns are not guaranteed to be at right angles and the project can have multiple cord path PLs to juggle.

Complicated enough: I ignored the switch method completely.

So to plan a project, first draw out a diagram and mark the spots where the cords flip:

^This is a simple design where all the turns line up, but a more complicated design may look like this:

You'll also want a diagram of the knots in an intersection, so you can see the paths of each cord. It doesn't have to be pretty! Here's my scratch notes for planning a project like the above:

Then:

-Give each color path a PL. A path you expect to have right angles follows the Pythagorean theorem, and steeper paths are longer. Here, a 'color path' is two strings folded over to make four cords, which form their own square knot sequence when those separate out.

-Give each PL standard square sequence cord lengths (3+1PL). Alternating square (2+2PL) may be used if the cord is alternating squares the whole way.

-Adjust the ratio of the cord lengths. This is where it gets really tricky. The string itself stays at 4PL total, and starting with 3:1 you shift the lengths towards 2:2 depending on the amount of time the cords spends as alternating square. Having your two diagrams helps a lot.

But remember how the cord flips at zigzag turns?

This color path has two base cords that take turns acting like alternating squares. So when adjusting the cord lengths, act like the cords are interacting with half the alternating squares they pass through.

The adjustment period can be more complicated than this (See: in my sample project, the middle path has alternating squares on both sides, but only half the time...) BUT! When in doubt just overcut the cord and have leftovers when you're done. You don't have to play cord length gymnastics like me.

Connecting points:

For my projects I tied off the start and finish, no clasp, and let the elasticity of the zigzag allow my hand to pass through.

I found it was easiest to start each color path separately and tie them together further down the project. The connection points don't have to line up with each other, but each color path has to complete their own pattern.

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Lark's head knot placeholder method:

If you want to start a square knot sequence without an overhand knot to hold the cord in place, try this technique:

Use a scrap of cord to make a temporary lark's head knot at the point where a string transitions from base to outer cord.

Rather than making a knot and then correcting the lengths on a ruler, measure the length of one side, put a tight lark's head knot on the spot, and then there's no adjusting after the first knot!

I discovered this method while building so many square knot sequences and tbh I wish I had thought of it sooner. Pro strats!!

(Macre-May Prompt list)

Pictures under the cut:

I built this sweet bracelet, and at this point, discovered it was too big and I decided to unravel the whole thing and adjust it:

This is good cord for testing out new styles because it unravels very easy and it didn't take too long. (My square design which required a lot of do-overs was also built with this cord brand.)

The adjusted zigzags were shorter on the sections where two colors connect:

Here's a closer look at a three-way intersection:

Starting the square sequences and connecting them:

^Yay placeholder method!

And the final product:

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I also tried another design:

The connection points were not lined up with each other at all, but they do complete their patterns:

Very nice!