Macramé Garland

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[Image ID] A macramé Christmas garland hanging in front of some grey cupboard doors. There are four macramé trees, two green and two cream, and two cream stars. [description end]

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Several weeks ago I participated in an online workshop run by Hobbycraft about learning to make a macramé Christmas garland, and today I thought I’d share a few photos of my completed project. Except for the grey and white twine on the star, and ribbon on the white tree, the entire garland is made with the macramé string from the workshop kit.

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[Image ID] A grey-green tree with loops for the branches. [description end]

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I had never attempted macramé before, so creating this garland was an entirely new experience. I was pleasantly surprised by how simple it was once I got started, as all the designs in the garland rely on the same basic knot.

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[Image ID] A cream five pointed star. The point of each arm of the star is tied with a small grey and white bow. [description end]

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The star is constructed on a small metal ring to create the centre circle. There were various ways to finish the star, but I decided to tie the ends of the strings together for a more star-like shape as I was concerned it would look too much like a snowflake otherwise. 

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[Image ID] A cream tree with straight pieces, for branches, that get longer as you go down the tree. [description end]

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This tree uses a very similar principal to the first one but instead of leaving loops between the knots and using a single piece of string, individual pieces of string were tied below one another.

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White ribbon: Tonic Studios Crafter’s ribbon ‘Ivory White’ 3mm

Grey and white twine: Tonic Studios striped bakers twine ‘Pewter Grey’

Macrame string: Hobbycraft Knitcraft Return of the Mac in ‘Sage’ and ‘Ecru’

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