DYI Small macrame shoulder bag tutorial. Absolute beginner friendly.

Hello there beautiful people! I am Sasha, the artist behind Fibers of Mine. I am also a teacher for the Macrame for Beginners group on Facebook. If you are not a member of the group, check it out here: Or find it on Instagram @macrameforbeginners here Also check out Macrame for Beginners blog with a wealth of information If you enjoy my tutorials and would like to say Thanks for all the work and time spend on them, you are welcome to buy me a virtual coffee here I’d be very grateful! This tutorial is meant for beginners who want to venture beyond super simple projects. I will go over each knot used in this project in details. If you are an absolute beginner and would like to create this purse without buying a whole lot of macrame cord. Reach out to me and I will be happy to create a kit for you with pre-measured, pre-cut cord. ______________________________________________________ MATERIALS 4mm single strand cord. 1 holding cord - 60 inches (153 cm) 2 strap cords - 200 inches (508 cm) 14 working cords - 160 inches (407 cm) RESOURCES You can check Ganxxet for materials here Here is a great article on where to buy macrame cord locally 0:00 - Intro 1:57 - Materials 2:15 - Attaching the cords, Larks head knot. 5:34 - Square knots (SK). 9:09 - Edge “UFO“ knots. 12:12 - Tip on creating evenly spaced SK. 14:28 - IMPORTANT: tip on fixing an issue. Do this after reaching 20th row of your SK pattern. 16:16 - Beginning of the flap pattern. Working on middle section. 19:44 - Double Half Hitch Knots (DHHK). Working on middle section. 23:20 - DHHKs side pattern. 27:02 - Side pattern lower portion DHHKs in reversed order. 31:55 - Middle pattern continued. SK and DHHKs. 34:05 - Sides of middle pattern. SKs and DHHKs. - Bottom of the flap pattern. SKs and DHHKs. 42:26 - Cutting the fringe. 43:17 - Sawing the edges. 48:56 - Attaching the shoulder strap. 51:52 - Finishing the shoulder strap with a Gathering Knot (GK). 55:30 - Finishing the fringe. 57:07 - Outro