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:
Showing posts with label a treasury of macrame owls. Show all posts
Showing posts with label a treasury of macrame owls. Show all posts
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Sunday, July 11, 2010
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.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Urban Owls
The owls are back! You can now purchase a macrame owl wall hanging from Urban Outfitters!
Seriously folks, just make your own...
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Marion's Jewels in Fibers
It wasn’t until the other day that I realized the name of my book “Micro-Macramé: 30 Beaded Designs for Jewelry Using Crystals and Cords” was probably derivative of the Jewels in Fiber website and blog created by Marion Hunziker-Larsen. Subconsciously I must have translated Jewels in Fiber into Crystals and Cords, and it’s no wonder I did so; if you have never perused her website, blog and store, you’ve missed out on a real treat.
I have long been a fan of her exquisite artwork and love that she has put together a storefront on the internet specializing in all of those hard-to-find items for creating micro-macramé and kumihimo.
She has the most comprehensive selection of cording used for knotting on a miniature scale; no more hunting the web and having to order from a myriad of places. She features Nylon #18 C- Lon, D&E Nylon (Mastex), Conso and my favorite Tuff Cord, all in several choices of colors. Additionally, you can find 12 colors of rattail – also known as satin cord - for doing Chinese knotting or larger scale macramé jewelry and belts. She’s got findings for kumihimo, and hard to find tools like reamers, awls, macramé boards and Beadsmart’s Thread Burner as well as adhesives like G-S hypo cement. Take a look at the jewelry kits she offers, too. And for artists outside North America – Marion regularly ships overseas.
But Marion’s store is only one aspect of this very talented lady’s online contribution. Her website’s gallery displays delicate examples of her own jewels in fiber, from the intricacies of multi-colored Japanese kumihimo cording she has created to suspend pendants to neckpieces where stone cabochons sit framed by rows and rows of tiny macramé knots.
Marion also offers several of her pieces for sale, from rings to earrings to bracelets. A word of advice to jewelry lovers – snap up at least a couple of pieces of Marion’s artwork; they’re beautifully wrought collectors’ items.
I have long been a fan of her exquisite artwork and love that she has put together a storefront on the internet specializing in all of those hard-to-find items for creating micro-macramé and kumihimo.She has the most comprehensive selection of cording used for knotting on a miniature scale; no more hunting the web and having to order from a myriad of places. She features Nylon #18 C- Lon, D&E Nylon (Mastex), Conso and my favorite Tuff Cord, all in several choices of colors. Additionally, you can find 12 colors of rattail – also known as satin cord - for doing Chinese knotting or larger scale macramé jewelry and belts. She’s got findings for kumihimo, and hard to find tools like reamers, awls, macramé boards and Beadsmart’s Thread Burner as well as adhesives like G-S hypo cement. Take a look at the jewelry kits she offers, too. And for artists outside North America – Marion regularly ships overseas.
But Marion’s store is only one aspect of this very talented lady’s online contribution. Her website’s gallery displays delicate examples of her own jewels in fiber, from the intricacies of multi-colored Japanese kumihimo cording she has created to suspend pendants to neckpieces where stone cabochons sit framed by rows and rows of tiny macramé knots.
Marion also offers several of her pieces for sale, from rings to earrings to bracelets. A word of advice to jewelry lovers – snap up at least a couple of pieces of Marion’s artwork; they’re beautifully wrought collectors’ items.
Monday, July 27, 2009
A Treasury of Macrame Owls
Every so often I go back to this site, A Treasury of Macrame Owls to have a good chuckle at Bill's vast collection. He features a veritable cornucopia of those winged darlings that flocked to our back porches, hallways and powder rooms in the 1970's and took roost to watch over us with their wonky googly eyes.
Which one is your favorite?
Over the weekend I taught a workshop on creating micro-macrame owl earrings. Here are some of my students' first endeavors:
Which one is your favorite?
Over the weekend I taught a workshop on creating micro-macrame owl earrings. Here are some of my students' first endeavors:
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