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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

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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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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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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

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