DIY Macrame Tutorial - Intermediate Butterfly Wall Hanging!

DIY Macrame Tutorial - Intermediate Butterfly Wall Hanging! - Please see below for materials and written instructions. Shop my book, Mixed Fiber Macrame, and Fiber Art Supplies (string, rope roving, ribbons, velvet and more) on my website or in my Etsy Shop: Website: Etsy Shop: Support me directly: Materials: - 20 Inch Dowel (Width, inches) - 368 ft of 5/ Super Soft Rope (Colour: Natural) - 5 m Roving ( in each colour: Natural and London Fog) Hey guys! I decided it was time to incorporate my butterfly tutorial into a full wall hanging! I’m quite happy with how this one turned out - I really hope you enjoy it too! If you do, a quick like, comment and subscribe really helps me out. Thanks so much. Let’s get started. For this project you will need a 20 inch dowel, approx. 368 ft of Super Soft Natural Rope and of roving in each colour: Natural and London Fog. You can find all these supplies and more on my website . Cut 2 pieces of rope, each piece is 4 ft in length. Set aside for now. Cut 30 pieces of rope, each piece is 12 ft in length. Fold each piece in half and attach to your dowel using Cow Hitch Knots (reverse Lark’s Head knots) or you can attach using Lark’s Head knots and then flip your work around. Row 1: Tie 15 square knots (SKs) across your work. Row 2: Skip the first two cords and tie 14 alternating SKs across your work. Row 3: Repeat row 1. Row 4: Repeat row 2. Row 5: Repeat row 1. Row 6: Grab a filler cord and tie one row of double half hitch knots/half hitches along your work. The sequence is 2 dhhks, 1 hh, 1 dhhk and repeat. Row 7: Repeat row 6 leaving a gap of about 2 inches in between row 6 and 7. Grab of natural wool roving and use soumak weave to add it to the gap between rows 6 and 7. Fold the roving in half and bring the fold behind 10 cords and around pulling the ends through the loop. Bring the top piece of roving in front of 10 cords and behind 5 as I do here. Put the top piece of roving over your dowel for now to get it out of the way so that you can thread the bottom piece through the cords using the same process. Repeat that process all the way across your work. Leave the ends for now, we will tuck them into the back of our work at the end of this tutorial. Underneath Row 7, split your work into 3 sections with 20 cords each. We will make 3 butterflies, one per section. Follow along as I show you how to create the butterfly design. Use the cord on the left as your filler cord and tie 9 dhhks to create the top of one of the butterfly’s wings. Again using the cord on the left as your filler cord tie 9 dhhks underneath the first row. Repeat that process on the right side of your work. Use the 2nd and 9th cords from the left to tie a square knot around the middle cords. Use the cord on the left as your filler cord and 8 dhhks underneath the SK. Repeat on the right side of your work. Tie a SK with the four middle cords. Use the inside left cord as your filler cord and tie 9 dhhks working down and to the left. Use the 2nd and 9th cords from the left to tie a square knot around the middle cords. Use the current inside left cord as your filler cord and tie 9 dhhks underneath the SK. Repeat on the right side of your work. Create one more butterfly on the left and one more on the right sides of your work using the same process. Once complete, tie 2 more rows of dhhks/hhs underneath the butterflies using the same process as you did to tie the the top two rows. Grab of London Fog roving and attach it in between the two rows using soumak weave (the same process as we used to add the natural roving). Here’s what it should look like once complete. Now we will finish off the ends. I find it easiest and most secure to use glue, preferably hot glue. For each piece of roving, add a bit of glue to the inner section of the roving to attach it to the roving at the back of your work. For the filler cords, I like to add a dab of glue at the back of my work in between the last two half hitches to secure the knots in place and then I cut off the filler cord just after the last knot. Trim the ends as you see fit - I trimmed mine about 12 inches down from the last row of dhhks. Thanks so much for watching!