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S o me thi n g P
Materialsu Burgundy C-Lon cord (not C-Lon thread) or
Tuff Cord #5, 54" length 1
u Large lobster claw clasps 2
u 7 4 mm sterling Thai Hill Tribes origami
beads 20
u Size-8 frosted pink seed beads, tubeu Clear nail polish
This little bracelet eatures delicate pink seed beads
meandering around a Thai Hill Tribes sterling silver origami
bead. These unique pieces o origami are thin strips o
silver olded into beads. I you cannot fnd them you can
use any type o 6 mm glass bead such as Swarovski bicones
or Czech or Austrian fre-polished glass beads.
This bracelet uses the double hal-hitch knots learned inthe previous section (see page TK). The double hal hitch is
the most commonly used knot in macram and other lace
orms such as tatting.
Something Pretty Bracelet
1 msu 18" 54" d
d d d w; ks
d k p bs
w sp. P sp
pddd pbd.
2 t vd k ud s
ks d k.
3 S sv bd
18" d, s
8 sd pk sd bds
36" b d. t k s
bds s us, ds
d d. i ds ps u,
w db F ck.
4 Us d su w
sd pk sd bds, dub
- k ud d w
sv bd.
yu v fsd s
b! nw u d d s
19 ss.
as u s pu bv,
d u usd s sd
pk sd bds s s u
.
5 S 8 sd pk bds
d s sv bd s s.
6 t dub ud
sv bd.
7 o u v
w s, s
bs w sp
d.
t w v
w us s
ud k wd
8 t v
db d w
u d v
us u s k
cu xss d w
ps s dd. yu ds u d w
dv sk
s u
bk); s w
B u s
t u w b
u sup dw
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16 u MA TE r I A LS A N D TE Ch N I qU E S K N OTS U S E D I N M
oVeRhAND KNoTAn oveand knot is omed by simply making a loop in te cod and passing
te end o te cod toug tat loop and dawing it tigt. You can use a
staigt pin to position te knot close to a bead.
hAL KNoTA al knot is only al o a suae knot; it will natually twist aound ate a couple
o tem ave been knotted in a line. I you stat a al knot om te igt- and
side, make all o te knots om te igt-and side in te wole piece.
Stat te al knot by placing te igt-and side cod ove te top o two
lle cods and teading te let-and cod ove te igt-and cod, beind
te two lle cods, and back ove te igt-and cod.
Ten epeat te teading seuence by placing te igt-and cod ove
te top o te lle cods and teading te let-and cod beind te lle
cods and ove te igt-and cod. Pull te oute cods tigt. Tie anote al
knot. By now youll see te ow te knot is spialing to te let.
Seven al knots will usually ceate one evolution o knots.
Its t intriat r m! I ld nvr t tr an ntir pi! I
ar tat a lt rm rinds v atd m knttin bralts. wll,
Im abt t lt y in n a littl srt: Maram is dptivly asy t
d and it s a lt astr tan knittin sks, sarvs, r satrs. Mst
maram rk is basd n a andl knts: t larks ad, vrand,
al, and dbl al it. Tr in t vr-pplar fat knt (als knn
as t sqar knt) and yv t a mplt rprtir.
LARKS heAD KNoTWell stat wit someting simple: te laks ead knot. Te laks ead is made
by olding a cod in al and teading te loose ends o te cod toug te
loop omed by te old.
Laks eads ae used a lot to mount cods onto anote cod to stat a
mico-macam piece.
You can tie laks ead knot s onto stating cods and ten fip te kno tted
pieces ove and wok te est o te knots om tee; te backs o laks ead
knots ave a cleane look and ae less obtusive.
Knots-Used-in--Micro-Macram
In the Clidweller
Brooch on p. xxx,
hal knots ank a
line o at knots.
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18 u MA TE r I A LS A N D TE Ch N I qU E S K N OTS U S E D I N M
LAT KNoTTe fat knot is just anote name o a suae knot. Usually it is tied wit ou
cods; two on te outside enclosing two inne cods. But tees no limit to
using only two inne cods; some pojects in te book euie ou o moe
inne cods. Coss te igt-and cod ove te inne cods and te let-and
cod unde te two inne cods. Tead te igt-and cod ont to back
toug te loop ceated at te let-and side o te knot. Likewise, tead
te let-and cod om te back to te ont toug te loop omed at te
igt-and side o te knot.
Ten coss te let-and cod ove te inne cods and te igt- and cod
unde te inne cods. Tead te let-and cod om te ont to te back
toug te loop on te igt-and side, and te igt-and cod om teback to te ont toug te loop on te let side o te knot.
Pull te cods tigt to om a fat knot tat encases te two lle cods.
A line o fat knots tied one ate te ote will look like tis:
ALTeRNATINg LAT KNoTSAltenating fat knots ae euently used in mico-macam pojects because
tey ceate a lacy-looking abic base o watcbands and bacelets. A bed o
altenating fat knots can be woked on any numbe o cods so long as te
total numbe o cods used is divisible by ou. Fo a bed o t welve cods, in te
st ow o knots, leave te oute two cods on bot sides unknotted. Tie two
fat knots, using two lle cods o eac fat knot.
On te next ow, use all twelve cods to tie tee fat knots.
Fo te out ow, youll epeat wat you did o te second ow tie two
fat knots leaving te oute two cods on eac side unknotted.
You can epeat tis seuence again and again to ceate a aily study
backgound o a button to be sewn onto.
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20 u MA TE r I A LS A N D TE Ch N I qU E S K N OTS U S E D I N M
To ceate a line o diagonal double al- itc knots taveling om uppe igt
to lowe let, wap te second-to-last cod on te igt up and aound te lle
cod (igtmost cod), pulling te wapping cod tigt aound te lle cod.
Wap te same cod aound te lle cod again and tead te end toug
te loop you ceated; youve now completed a igt-sided diagonal double
al itc. Pick up te cod to te let o it and ceate anote double al- itc
knot. Continue until you ave ceated a line o tem.
To tie a line o let-side diagonal double al itces and a line o igt-
side diagonal double al itces to eac ote, coss te lle cod om te
igt-and side ove te let and use te lle cod om te let side to wap a
double al-itc knot ove it.
Anote good ting to do is use a staigt pin to stabilize eac section as
you nis it. Tis eally does make it easie to contol ow well te next double
al-itc knot alls into place.
DouBLe hAL-hITch KNoTNow we come to te double al itc (sometimes known as te clove knot),
wic is as essential to mico-macam as te fat knot. Seuences o double
al-itc knots can be vetical, oizontal, o diagonal. A vetical double al
itc knot is acieved by wapping a cod twice aound a vetical lle cod.
In tis book well use te diagonal double al itc uite a lot. It is not
an easy knot to lean o some people mysel includedbut once you ave
masteed it, you can conue te wold! hee is ow to stat a seuence o
diagonal double al-itc knots tat pogess om uppe let to lowe igt.
In te pictue tee is a line o six laks ead knots; eac laks ead knot as
two cods anging down om it. Lay te atest-let cod ove all te ote
cods. Tis cod will become te lle o olding cod; tat is, all o teote cods will be omed into knots tat suound tis cod.
Fom undeneat te lle cod wap te adjacent cod up and aound it
and pull tat wapping cod tigt.
Now wap te same cod aound te lle cod again and tead te end
toug te loop you ceated; tese two waps eual one double al- itc knot.
Te key is to keep tension taut on te lle cod wen wapping cods
aound tat lle cod. Dont lose ope i tis knot isnt easy to make. It takes a
lot o pactice to get evenly placed diagonal double al itces. Tis can be
daunting at st, so pactice, pactice, pactice.
hee is a line o ve diagonal double al itc knots t at ave been knotted
om uppe let to lowe igt.
Note how the wrapped
cord is knotted around
the fller cord