Thursday, July 14, 2011

Micro Macrame

Ok so I confess that I can spend hours playing Bejeweled Blitz and Mahjong on Facebook.  I decided that I needed to find something else to do in the evenings when I am too tired to do anything but watch TV. So I thought I would try a macrame project.  I can sit in my chair with my puppies next to me and work with something little.  Micro macrame sounded like it might be a project to start with.
Under over... over under....  under over...ok so I was kind of a hippie back in the day and it all came back to me when I started on my micro macrame project.  In the 70's we were very cool and thought macrame jewelry was "far out".  Sounds funny now!  Things in life do cycle around. So here I am doing macrame again 30 years later.
 I worked with number 3 thread which is pretty thin but it came together.  I used a pattern purchased from http://www.free-macrame-patterns.com/    I also used what I had on hand and didn't plan too much in advance for this.  It took me a couple of hours but I was able to work on it while watching TV in the evenings. So all in all I am happy with the project.






I will plan ahead and make this bracelet again.  I will make some flat polymer beads and color coordinate a little more.  I enjoyed doing macrame way back when and still found it fun to do!

5 comments:

  1. That is a very pretty bracelet, love the colors.
    Therese

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  2. Marian, that is one pretty bracelet, and I like all the color in it. You've given me another great idea to play with!

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  3. You must have excellent hand-eye coordination! Beautiful as always!

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  4. Hey Marian, I love this! gorgeous colors ... you are a brilliant hippie girl!

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  5. Nice work. My wife has been creating her own patterns and I helped her create a site to show them off. If you'd like to see them, you can find them here Demure Designs

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