Getting Your Knickers in a Twist

A while back Chain Creative blog featured a photo of some paper samurai underwear knotted with Solomon knots. She had visited the Antwerp Museum of Fashion which had an exhibition on paper clothing last year.
The Solomon knot is used in both macrame and crochet; we macramers usually refer to it as a square knot or flat knot.

Galit Mastai has Aritzia All Tied Up!

Galit Mastai was busy last year creating macrame installations for Aritzia stores across Canada and the US

From Making Macramé with Aritzia by Galit Mastai:

Here's a bit about one of the projects that kept me busy in 2009.... I was enlisted by the Store Design team at Artizia, to make 70 huge, 1970's-inspired Macramé wall hangings for 6 new Aritzia stores that opened across Canada and the USA, namely Victoria, Edmonton, London and Toronto in Canada and Portland, Oregon and Short Hills, New Jersey.

Macrame in Dressage

Fresh from the Dressage Pony blog comes an equine contribution to the wacky world of macrame.
It reminds me that I keep wanting to macrame one of those Tribal Belly Dance long fringe belts...gotta find the time to do that...

The Delectable Ed Bing Lee

Ed Bing Lee's Delectables are just that! Can I have seconds, please?

How to Make a Macrame Petal

Here's a nifty video on how to make a macrame flower petal. Check out all the other videos on macrame on youtube.

Silberknoten Site

Oh hey, take a look at this: Silberknoten a German site devoted to Viking posaments. Posaments, you say? Hmmm, sounds a bit like passementerie...In this case it's medieval knotwork appliqued onto textiles. Sweet!



Speaking of sweet, Karin sent me a Sami bracelet kit all the way from Sweden! Whoo Hoo! Thankfully, she translated the instructions from Swedish for me. Yes, I know, I have a Swedish name. People think I am Swedish, ergo they think I speak Swedish. I do not. (I wish I did.) I'm not Swedish. My ancestors were Danish. And Dutch. My parents thought Anneke would be easier for Americans to pronounce if it was spelled Annika. (It isn't.)

JewelryLessons.com

I've just posted my first tutorial to Jewelry Lessons.com...it's the Baroque Bracelet I've been teaching around town. I plan to add a few more tutes over the next week or so.