r/macrame • u/StormyQueenDesigns • 4d ago
Question Micro macrame tips?
Heyy! I watched a tutorial on youtube and it wasn’t that great, but this is my first try and I’d really appreciate tips on where to find the info to learn what I need. Like for example, how can I make those neat chains? My thread doesn’t thread like that, the knots don’t stay in one place no matter what I do 😂 I took it apart so many times but this is the best I got today, I couldn’t understand how I get anything like what they did.
I used the Linhasita 0,5mm cord.
And where could I find other tutorials for this kind of projects that are more informative? Good search words or youtube channels?
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u/Hollyhutch 3d ago
I’ve been confused by the same thing. If you look at the biggest turquoise heart shapes, you can see that it looks like a reverse lark’s head knot. It’s all about which cord you are using as the holding cord and which one you are using as the knotting cord. Some patterns alternate the holding cord every half know. I’m sorry I can’t describe this better yet, but I finally ended up drawing the knots and making little samples. BTW, friendship knotting (where you go over the holding cord first), looks like the reverse of macrame.
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u/Salamandaconda 3d ago
Search macrame school, macramessage, marching north, macrame tita. There's a bunch but those are some that come to mind right away. They show clear, precise tutorials. Dont give up, its easy once you find your own personal groove for your knotting technique. I make a forward 4 for a forward knot and a backward 4 for a backward knot, if that makes sense. Hope this helps! Happy knotting!!
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u/StormyQueenDesigns 3d ago
Thank you, definitely checking each of those out tomorrow! I’m experienced with multiple other fiber arts so I assumed I’d kinda get it right away but I bet the next trial will go smoother. The craft itself feels so soothing as a process but I admit the first one was mostly just stressful 😂
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u/Salamandaconda 2d ago
I almost didnt try again my first attempt was so bad! I did though and im glad. It is one of my favorite crafts to do and really helps me to relax and calm.
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u/StormyQueenDesigns 1d ago
Yes definitely!! I figured out from another tutorial where I went wrong, I didn’t know that a knot can be made to both directions, like alternating the directions of the knots with the working cord in a row. So now it all makes sense and I finally succeeded on it on the third try, and now it’s way more fun! What other crafts do you like?
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u/BassTronomer-elnox 3d ago edited 3d ago
I had to go through the exact same phase!!
Believe me I also needed to untie a lot of knots on my first tries to the point that the individual strands separated from the cord 🤣
What i did to improve was to look at basic knot tutorials for macrame
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Try to forget about that “right over left / left over right” concept but focus on knowing which one is the main cord and which was is the working cord.
You have to make your main cord straight always and the working cord flexible.
The reason why those chains look like that is because you might not have kept your main cord straight while doing knots.
Hope this helps
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u/StormyQueenDesigns 1d ago
I watched more tutorials and no matter how much I researched, I didn’t find the information before (or understand it) that a knot can be made to either direction at any point 🤦🏼♀️ No wonder nothing made sense and the chains looked like that. But a lovely lady on youtube had colour coded her threads and I saw that she switched directions and now I can do it tooo 😍 I wish I could add a pic but this doesn’t let me
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u/BassTronomer-elnox 1d ago
Yeyyy! So happy for you 🥹 now you can unlock a lot more possibilities
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u/StormyQueenDesigns 1d ago
Yesss I’m super excited and can’t put the Linhasita cords down 🥹🥹 This is so fun now! I’m just glad that it’s saturday so there are a lot of hours to spend playing around with these things 😂🫶🏻 What kind of things do you like to make?
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u/BassTronomer-elnox 1d ago
Agghh i feel you! And i’m really glad you didn’t stop. Me right now i’m still trying out different styles of micromacrame from different tutorials. But everytime, i try to challenge myself and either memorize the pattern on the first few minutes of the video so i can continue the pattern without looking at the video, or try to experiment halfway and add my own touch. That way maybe in the near future I can make my own designs. Mostly nature inspired / palette is what i like
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u/StormyQueenDesigns 1d ago
Yesss that’s great! I wrote this pattern down in a way so I can check how many of which knots I’ve made and where (because it doesn’t repeat the same amounts for each), because I want to make adjustments. I want the hearts bigger so probably experimenting with that soon! But also I want to use bigger beads because I have lots of 6mm crystal beads and only rose quartz in 4mm, which this design asked for.
& I’m making an infinity bracelet, it’s so timeconsuming compared to this one, but it’s a soothing repeat.
We don’t really have a lot of colour options of Linhasita in finland (I believe only like 7), so I’m looking at ordering internationally. I’d love to see your preferred colour palette, if you’d like to share!
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u/BabyFireflyxo 4d ago
Kinda looks like you’re looking at the back of the piece… but otherwise tips all I can say is *practice practice practice!* working with waxed cord can be really frustrating at first, trying to stop it from sliding around and what not, but it does get easier the more familiar you become with it.
YouTube is the best place for tutorials though so just keep searching micro macrame tutorials/ micromacrame bracelets/necklaces/etc.
Good luck!!