The Complete Beginner’s Knotting Guide: 20 Modern Macramé Projects for Wall Art, Plant Hangers, and Home Accessories with Full Cord Specifications and Step-by-Step Instructions - Couverture souple

Hammes, Rickey

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798184018676

Editeur : Independently published, 2026

Synopsis

Your macramé project looks nothing like the photograph. The knots were right. The cord was wrong.

Two crafters can follow the same macramé pattern step for step and produce finished pieces that look nothing alike when hung on a wall. The cord is almost always why. Most beginner books leave diameter, construction type, and material entirely to guesswork, and none of those decisions can be fixed with better knotting once a project is done.

Twenty Projects, Zero Cord Guesswork

• Select cord by diameter, type, and material before buying a single metre for each project
• Understand what twisted, 3-ply, and braided cord each do to your knot texture and fringe
• Use a per-project table listing exact cord spec and total meterage for all 20 projects
• Tie twelve foundational knots until tension and consistent spacing become instinctive
• Complete 20 projects from a square knot wall panel on a 12-inch dowel to a macramé mirror frame
• Troubleshoot spiral knots, fringe that will not brush, tilting baskets, and uneven rows

The Cord Chapter Nobody Else Wrote

This book begins with a full chapter on cord science before the first knot is introduced, because cord is the decision that determines whether the other three hundred pages work correctly. It covers all three construction types, five working diameters from 3mm to 8mm, and the practical difference between natural cotton, recycled cotton, and bamboo-rayon cord, then closes with a per-project specification table giving the exact cord for every one of the twenty projects. The twelve project chapters that follow cover seven wall hangings, eight plant hangers, and five home accessories, sequenced by project type and then by difficulty within each type, with a knot library, finishing guide, troubleshooting table, cord substitution guide, and washing care chapter providing the supporting reference throughout.
Every piece in this book was designed to be worth hanging, displaying, or using daily. Working through it in order is the right way to approach it. By the time the twentieth project is done, the cord decisions at the start of this book will feel obvious in retrospect.

Open Chapter 1 before you buy anything. Then start on Project 1.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798184018676
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 113
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg