Macrame Plant Hangers

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

• Macrame Cord
• Scissors
• Tie Dying Kit
• Several Large Bowls
• 2" Metal Ring

DIRECTIONS:

Macrame Pattern #1:

1. Use scissors to cut six 12' pieces, one 6' piece, and one 24" pieces of macramé cord.
2. Keep the 6' piece of cord aside, this will be used for the drying process after dying the cord.
3. Soak the other pieces of macramé cord in water and squeeze out excess water.
4. Follow directions on tie dying kit and add water to the dye bottles.
5. Place cord in a large bowl and spread the colored dye on the cord, making sure to drench the entire cord in the dye. Dye each of the cords a different color if desired. Soak the cords in the dye for several hours, then rinse in cold water and squeeze excess water out.
6. Tie the extra non-dyed 6' piece of cord up outside or over top of a drop cloth and hang the dyed cords up to dry. Allow several hours to dry.
7. Gather the 6 pieces of 12' cord and loop the metal ring to the center of the cords and fold them in half so there are 12 total cords to work with.
8. Using one of the 24" pieces of cord, tie a loop knot right below the metal ring to secure the cords together.
9. Gather 4 cords and tie 10-15 half square knots to create a spiral. Repeat for the other 2 groups of 4 cords.
10. Leave a 3" gap and tie a square knot, repeat for each of the cord groups.
11. Create a crossover square knot using the 2 right cords from the first group and the 2 left cords from the adjacent group, repeat for the other cord groups.
12. Leave a 3" gap and repeat previous step to create another row of square knots.
13. Leave a 3" gap and use the remaining 24" cord to tie a loop knot at the bottom to secure the ends together. Trim the excess cord so the cords are even in length and fray the ends if desired.

Macrame Pattern #2:

1. Use scissors to cut eight 12' pieces, one 6' piece, and two 24" pieces of macramé cord.
2. Keep the 6' pieces of cord aside, this will be used for the drying process after dying the cord.
3. Soak the other pieces of macramé cord in water and squeeze out excess water.
4. Follow directions on tie dying kit and add water to the dye bottles.
5. Place cord in a large bowl and spread the colored dye on the cord, making sure to drench the entire cord in the dye. Dye each of the cords a different color if desired. Soak the cords in the dye for several hours, then rinse in cold water and squeeze excess water out.
6. Tie the extra non-dyed 6' piece of cord up outside or over top of a drop cloth and hang the dyed cords up to dry. Allow several hours to dry.
7. Gather the 8 pieces of 12' cord and loop the metal ring to the center of the cords and fold them in half so there are 16 total cords to work with.
8. Using one of the 24" pieces of cord, tie a loop knot right below the metal ring to secure the cords together.
9. Leaving a 2" gap, gather 4 cords and tie 12 square knots. Repeat for the other 3 groups of 4 cords.
10. Leave a 6" gap and tie half square knots to create a spiral about 4" long. Repeat for each of the cord groups.
11. Leave a 4" gap and create a crossover square knot using the 2 right cords from the first group and the 2 left cords from the adjacent group, repeat for the other cord groups.
12. Leave a 4" gap and repeat previous step to create another row of square knots.
13. Leave a 2" gap and use the remaining 24" cord to tie a loop knot at the bottom to secure the ends together. Trim the excess cord so the cords are even in length and fray the ends if desired.