Happy December 1st! I've been looking forward to and planning for today (and 11 more days after today) for weeks!
Know why? Because I'm participating in a fun Christmas themed blog hop!
What's a blog hop? Well, it's like having a bunch of friends and going to each of their houses to see what they've made and how they've decorated for Christmas... only it's online! You can go in your pajamas! That's my kind of party! 😀
Welcome to the third annual 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop!
Stop by every day from December first through the twelfth for new ideas you can use to make your season brighter!
Meet Your Hosts
They have all been busy as Elves creating, decorating, cooking and crafting tons of new ideas for you to try this holiday season!
Shirley~Intelligent Domestications I Alli~An Alli Event I Michelle~Our Crafty Mom I Marie~DIY Adulation
Erlene~My Pinterventures I Beverly~Across The Blvd. I Debra~Shoppe No. 5 I Victoria~Dazzle While Frazzled
Megan~C'mon Get Crafty I Michelle~Michelle James Designs I Amanda~Domestically Creative
Deborah~Salvage Sister & Mister I Jeanie~Create & Babble I Sherry~Olives & Okra
Jenny~Cookies Coffee & Crafts I Emily~Domestic Deadline I Bonbon~Farmhouse 40 I
Leanna~Of Faeries & Fauna I Pam Larmore~P.S. I Love You Crafts I Kelly~North Country Nest I Marie~The Inspiration Vault
Gail~Purple Hues and Me I Lynne~My Family Thyme I Karen~Dragonfly and Lily Pads I Trisha~Blowing Away Out West
Tomika~Life In Pumps I Rachee~Say it, "Rah-Shay" I Lorrin~Embrace The Perfect Mess
Jaime~Love Jaime I Serena~The Weekend Jaunts I Terri~Christmas Tree Lane I Jessica~A Southern Mother
Sam~Raggedy Bits I Cyn~Creative Cynchronicity
Sam~Raggedy Bits I Cyn~Creative Cynchronicity
Valeria~Val Event Gal I Yami~The Latina Next Door I Jeannee~Centsably Creative I Tania~Little Vintage Cottage
Lauren~Wonderfully Made I Vanessa~DIY 180 I Kimberly~A Wonderful Thought I Kim~Everyday Parties I Erica~Erica Ever After I Dru~Polka Dot Poplars
Today's theme is DIY Ornaments!
I wanted to create some ornaments that would go with my eclectic bohemian style. And nothing screams bohemian more that macrame!!
Supplies Needed:
- Key Rings
- Cotton Twine or you could use Hemp Twine
- Small Wooden Beads
- Large needle (optional)
There are some quick and easy tutorials for making a lark's head knot and a square knot at the Macrame Lovers blog. These are the two knots you'll use to make these ornaments (or necklaces!)
You'll need 6 strands of twine cut to 34" long each. Pair two of them together and tie them to the key ring with a lark's head knot. Repeat with the remaining lengths of twine. They'll look like this.
Then you'll tie two square knots with each set of strings.
Next, separate your strands, push the two on the left out of the way, you won't be using those for this knot, count out four strands and then push the remainder on the right out of the way.
Tie two more square knots and then repeat on the other side.
Next, you'll repeat the same steps that you used to make the first row of square knots.
And repeat until you have 5 completed levels of knots, each level will be double square knots.
Row 1 = 3 knots
Row 2 = 2 knots
Row 3 = 3 knots
Row 4 = 2 knots
Row 5 = 1 knot
You'll need 12 little beads.
Tie these on the ends of the strings at varying levels so they cascade down (You can use the large needle to help thread the beads onto the twine).
TIP: I found that the beads aren't heavy enough to straighten out the twine on their own so I got the entire ornament wet then laid it out flat on a towel and allowed it to dry to get any wrinkles in the twine out.
Be sure to visit our fellow 12 Days of Christmas Bloggers below for even more creative ideas this holiday season!
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Thank you! I have some of your macrame ornaments too still!
ReplyDeleteTania
Total flashback!! I still have macrame snowflakes i made YEARS ago!! Love these!
ReplyDeleteI'm with everyone else, Tania! These really bring back fond memories of making macramé projects! Your ornaments are absolutely adorable! I never made macramé ornaments so I'm putting these on my must do list! Great instructions, too!
ReplyDeleteOH this made me SO remember doing this when I was much younger haha! These are SO cool and I will definitely be trying these!
ReplyDeleteI know, they do take you back don't they! lol!
ReplyDeleteTania
Thanks Gail!
ReplyDeleteTania
These are SO cool! This would be the perfect craft for testing out macrame without have to deal with yards of rope. I also think they'd make cute earrings!
ReplyDeleteThanks Marie, they would be great for testing out to see if you like macrame!
ReplyDeleteTania
How cute! Thanks for sharing at Vintage Charm!
ReplyDeleteThanks Cecilia!
ReplyDeleteHow fun are these! I've seen the macrame wall hangings, but this are so cute. This is a must try.
ReplyDeleteI hope you do try it! They were fun!
ReplyDeleteTania
How fun! I've always wanted to try a macrame project and this is the perfect starter project. PInned.
ReplyDeleteThanks Erlene, I hope you get a chance to try them soon!
ReplyDeleteTania
This is so cool! I've never experimented with macrame, so thanks for the awesome tutorial!
ReplyDeleteOh I hope you give it a try!!
ReplyDeleteTania
I love the look, Back in the day I use to macrame so many things. Your ornaments bring back some nice memories.
ReplyDeleteThanks Debra! I remember my mom making macrame ornaments... little Santas and angels, I still have some of them!
ReplyDeleteTania