Even though I've been on a summer break from making anything from polymer clay, I haven't been on a break from beads. Taking a break from beads would just be too hard to do! Anyway,
Malin de Koning blogged about
her really cute macrame creations and her good life the other day. She used a bunch of different art beads in a bracelet that she put together. Lo and behold...I had been working on macrame too! I thought that I'd just post a picture of the two bracelets I had made recently. I haven't done any macrame for ages! I had forgotten how much I love it! One thing that's really great about macrame is that it is portable. I can take my project with me anywhere...something that I can't do with polymer clay. These little bangles are made with size 11 seed beads (yikes...maybe that's why they call it micro-macrame), size 6 seed beads, jasper (I think) rounds and some buttons (love these buttons) I have been hoarding. I used Mastex cord because I had some laying around. The pattern was
found on Etsy in
Knotgypsy's store. It is simple to make and turns out pretty cute!
Knotgypsy has some
free patterns on her blog. She also has a great resource section where you can find info on the basic knots, materials, and helpful hints.
Love the bracelets, you and Malin have inspired me to do a little macrame of my own. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteCheers!
Yay, Lori! I'm happy Malin and I have inspired you! I can't wait to see what you make!
ReplyDeleteThose are adorable!!! I want to try macrame. I've started braiding cord and stuff but nothing too complicated. I'm going to check out that shop. I absolutely love these bracelets.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteI've had great fun reading back posts on your blog today! Your up-spirited, info-sharing attitude is wonderful
ReplyDeleteAnd, AND, the funny thing is I spent 2 hours today on Flickr looking at beads with macrame, looking for an artist who might want to do a macrame project for my book. Do you have any interest? {robin[at]robinatkins[dot]com).
By the way, you know me from Words Paint... but my long time blog is Beadlust.
those are beautiful and yay on the book opportunity. I have a question where can I find a pattern/tutorial for the loop closure? thank you
ReplyDeleteShannon C
formysweetdaughter@hotmail.com
The pattern for the loop closure is included in the pattern from Knotgypsy on Etsy. See my blog post for the link :)
ReplyDeleteThose look gorgeous !! I do get tempted to try :)
ReplyDeleteHi Doreen! I just got your message and wanted you to know...I'm going to post sign-ups randomly that day! (Sneaky...I Know...so just keep checking!) Thanks so much for your interest. Oh, and by the way, I think that one of your beads (if you could make it flat) would be a GORGEOUS center for some bead embroidery!
ReplyDeleteHi Doreen! I am trying to follow your blog as well but I am not sure how to do it. I am so new to blogger lol. Can you point me in the right direction?
ReplyDeleteThank you for stopping by the virtual craft show! I love your blog and look forward to seeing more. I hope you take the time to check out my designs at designs by susan
ReplyDeletehttp://designsbysusan-dbs.blogspot.com/ and www.facebook.com/designsbysusan. Hope to see you!