Showing posts with label macrame towel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label macrame towel. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Teresa is ready for Christmas!


Teresa from Brazil, a fellow macramer, has been busy knotting a lovely green towel for the upcoming holidays. I so envy her ability to work at this level of detail. She has graciously shared a how-to here where she describes the history of macrame (being passed from Arab sources, to the Spaniards of the 14th century, to sailors and consequently to the ports visited by those sailors).

Saturday, May 30, 2009

Macraméd Hand Towel

I found a terrycloth hand towel with a macramé edging at a second-hand store the other day. This is the original purpose for macramé - to edge linens, but I'd never seen a modern terrycloth one. Perhaps they were all the rage in the 70's and I missed the trend. Oh, I must be so provincial...