Basic Bracelet Tutorial

Here's a nicely done tutorial on making a very basic macrame rhinestone bracelet from Honestly WTF:
Macrame Rhinestone Bracelet

Hey, come join us on the Micro-Macrame group on Facebook! If you're not a member of the group already, don't worry - I'll add you!

Margaretenspitze

Macrame Collective has a lovely post about Margaretenspitze a macrame technique created by Margarete Naumann in the early 1900s. Of late I've seen many examples of this intricate knot work on the Micro-macrame Facebook page and have become intrigued. Here's a lovely piece by Adriana Lazzari

She teaches this technique and has a book out called “Macramé il Pizzo Margarete”. It can be ordered from Tombolo Disegni and it is in Italian, so brush up on your language skills!

There's another book available on Margaretenspitze by Lotte Heinemann. This one is in German.

It can be ordered by contacting the Margaretenspitze website.

Facebook page

Okay okay okay, I have been neglecting this blog far too long (hangs head in shame). But I haven't been neglecting the micro-macrame Facebook page here:

Micro-Macrame page on Facebook

Youuuuuuu Tooooooooob!

Other crafty people are continually bugging me to post videos of my micro-macrame techniques, but I think there are already a plethora of micro-macrame tutorials on Youtube, so I have held off. Here's a search result for Youtube alone: Micro-Macrame Tutorials on Youtube.com

Macrame Collective

Here's a lovely video of Marion Hunziker-Larsen by the Macrame Collective. If you have half a chance, go over to the Macrame Collective website and have a good long look. It is a visual feast for your glutton-y eyes!

1749 Macrame Sampler

The archives of the Victoria and Albert Museum hold a collection of textiles unparalleled to anything I've yet to see elsewhere. Take a look at this splendid sampler from 1749. Yup, 1749.

The Beading Yogini

First of all, I love the title of her blog, the Beading Yogini. Second, isn't this beaded micro-macrame totem owl piece simply marvelous???

Click on the link to her blog to see more pix of this beautiful, beautiful piece!

Etsy Swag

A few weeks back the local branch of Etsy aficionados (etsyRAIN) decided to hold a sale. I couldn't be part of the sale because I was moving house and all my stuff was between hither and thither, but I wanted to contribute in some way so I made 50 micro-macrame owls for their swag bags. Swag bags are usually given out to the first 50 or so customers at an event and I am hoping my owlies went to good homes.

My Micro-Macrame Video Ad - First Try

This is a video for my book Micro-Macrame Video Ad
What do you think?
Anyway, Animoto is a cool free video slide creator - check it out for your own videos!
I am thinking of upgrading to a paid account so I can vary the amount of time each image plays instead of relying on their pre-formatted template.

Feeeeeedback, please!

Ed Bing Lee Video - Cavandoli Knotting

Take a looksie at this cool video about Ed Bing Lee, fiber artist extraordinaire... In the video he is working double half hitch knots in ribbon.

I cannot express how much I love his exquisite work...

Spiral Bound Macrame Bracelet Tutorial

Found this lovely tutorial on Beadshop.com on how to create a spiral knotted necklace with lots of pretty baubles knotted in:

Spiral Bound Macrame Bracelet

Here's a video on how to create a spiral knot:

Maxi-Macrame!

Andy Harman's 35 foot long macrame owl!

Monte Video Macrame Tutorials! Si! Si! Si!

Two wonderful video tutorials from montevideomacrame that show step-by-step progress of two lovely techniques!

Tejido Artesenal. This is a portion of a larger macrame piece.



A New Mariposa

A delightful butterfly design!

Another Macrame Bracelet Tutorial

I love this design.

Who is this mystery macrame maker??? Her name is Anne Cecilie and she has a website called Jewelry and Polymerclay Tutorial Heaven and a blog here.

Macrame Bracelet – Do Magic With Double Half Hitches And Beads - Part One


Macrame Bracelet – Do Magic With Double Half Hitches And Beads - Part Two

Lacy Macrame Bracelet tutorial

I found another lovely tutorial by Anne Cecilie of a lovely lacy micro-macrame bracelet - enjoy:

Lacy Macrame Bracelet

Ornamentea's Macrame Meanings Bracelet Tutorial

This is such a great tutorial for making a simple macrame or micro-macrame bracelet that encloses a few largish central beads.


Check out the entire Ornamentea website.

Owl Friendship Bracelet

Here's a cute pattern for an Owl Friendship Bracelet from the Friendship Bracelets website - I would, of course, change the colors so I could create a row of Harry Potter's Hedwigs, but that's just me.

Macrame + Rhinestones = Sweeeet!

Here's a link to a cool video on Youtube on how to make a macrame bracelet using a strand of linked rhinestones...sweeeeet!

Off to Grad School...

Okay, you say to yourself, what is with this woman? How come she is so lazy and never posts anything new anymore? Well, I do admit, I am lax with blogging upkeep these days, but I do have a good excuse: I am moving from the Seattle area to New York in a few weeks and have been busy packing, throwing things away, and generally sorting out my life as I get ready to go to graduate school.
Yup. I have decided to return to college to get an MFA in Dramaturgy. Cough! Drama - what??? Let's just say it involved theatre arts; I began working in the theatre when I was a teeny bopper and it has always been a part of my life. I am just taking a couple of years off from the corporate world to have a go at studying theatre. The older I get the shorter life gets, and life is simply too short not to have fun!
I have also begun working on jewelry pieces for a new micro-macrame book and posting some of them on my Facebook page now and then.
What would you like to see in a new book of micro-macrame projects? More earrings or necklaces? Collars for pet tigers? Let me know.

Chinese Button Animation

Here's an animation on how to create a Chinese button a.k.a. A Turk's Head knot
While they are sometimes available at places like Michael's or Shipwreck Beads, I've often resorted to making them myself by intertwining DMC embroidery floss around two strands of C Lon cording like these:


The "Rooster of Love" sits on a handmade Chinese knot made of DMC floss, the Dreamy Mermaid's resting place is a store bought knot found at a Michael's, and the Mouse is perched on a handmade Chinese knot.