Macraweave Wall Hanging& Clutch Pattern

Macrame + Weaving 

This project can be modified to make either a wall hanging on a dowel or a clutch purse/wallet.

Material List

• 125’ macramé rope. I suggest using 4mm 3 strand cotton rope or similar
• For clutch: Weaving needle
• For wall hanging: 12” dowel or piece of driftwood
• Scissors
• Ruler
• Masking tape to work on a table OR somewhere to hang project from to work standing
• Weaving comb or wide tooth comb
• 6-8’ (about ¼ lb.) wool roving and/or yarn

Pattern

 

Instructions

1. Cut 13 8 ½ -foot and 1 12-foot strands of rope

2. Decide if you are going to be making the clutch or wall hanging

3. Attach the rope
Wall Hanging:

• Tie each 8 1/2 ‘cord to the dowel or your piece of driftwood with the Lark’s Head Knot
• Attach the 15-foot cord using the Larks Head Knot to be the first position to the left with all the extra amount of rope on the left side. So, this rope will have 4 ¼ feet hanging on the right side and 7 ¾ feet hanging on the left side.
• You can loosely tape the wood to the table to make it easier to work from or of you are somewhere with hooks, you can make loops with extra string to attach the dowel to the hooks.
• Once all cords are attached, you may want to attach the dowel more firmly to the table.

Clutch:

• Loosely tape about a 12’ section of the 12’ rope to the table (taping roughly 8” from the center in each direction)
• Tie each of the 13 8 ½’ cords to the taped down piece of cord with the Lark’s Head Knot
• Slide the Lark’s Head Knots down to the right so that you have about 7 ¼’ of rope on the left side and 3 3/4’ of rope to the right of the knots

4. 1 Row of Square Knots immediately below the lark’s head knots

5. Lay the first cord (the long one) across all the rest of the cords to the right and tape or tie temporarily in place. This will be the knot-bearing cord. Do 1 Row of Double Half Hitch Knots (raised) immediately below the square knots.
WALL HANGING CUSTOMIZATION CHOICE : Instead of doing this straight across, make a wavy line or drop down at an angle.

6. Turn your work face down and re-tape. Working from the back will create flat line for your Double Half Hitch Knots. If you’d prefer to keep them raised, skip this step and step #10.

7. Define weaving space with 2nd row of Double Half Hitch Knots (flat)

• Drop down 3” to leave space for weaving
• Add 2nd Row of Double Half Hitch Knots using same options as step #3 (but remembering that final piece will be reversed from how you are now working) 

8. Section of Square knots

• Row 1: Make a square knot with the first 4 ropes, then work your way across (you should end up with 7 knots total)
• Row 2: Move the first 2 and last 2 ropes aside and do another row of square knots (you should have 7 total this time)
• Row 3: Repeat steps for Row 1
Note: If you are making a clutch, this will be the bottom of the bag.

9. Begin 2nd weaving space with a row of Double Half Hitch Knots (flat)

• Add a Row of Double Half Hitch Knots using same options as step #3 EXCEPT the longer knot-bearing cord will now be all the way on the right and you will pin it to the left, working right to left this time

10. Turn your work face up again and re-tape

11. Create end of 2nd weaving space with a row of Double Half Hitch Knots

• Drop down 3” to leave space for weaving
• Add a Row of Double Half Hitch Knots working again from right to left (using your longest rope s the knot-bearing cord)
WALL HANGING CUSTOMIZATION CHOICE : Instead of doing this straight across, make a wavy line or drop down at an angle.

12. Square Knots in a V Formation

• Row 1: Make a square knot with the first 4 rope, then work your way across (you should end up with 7 knots total)
• Row 2: Move the first 2 and last 2 ropes aside and do another row of square knots (you should have 6 total this time)
• Rows 3-7 : On each row, continue to remove an additional 2 ropes from each side until you have a row with only 1 square knot

13. Time to add weaving!

Weave yarn or wool roving into the 2 open sections. Start at bottom of a section, working your way up and use a weaving or thick tooth comb to push each row down as you go. Tuck the ends in behind the weaving at the end of the section.

Some good weaving techniques to use with Macrame are:

• Tabby: Over/Under. Go over the first string, under the second, and keep repeating across the row. On the 2nd row, reverse the order.
• Double Soumak (hack method): Take 2 pieces of thick yarn or roving and place it over the first 3* strings. Push the ends through to the back side of the weaving and push them back up moving 1* string back in between the 2 pieces on top. Continue on across the row.
*Note that you can change these numbers to lengthen or shorten the design.

14. Create the fringe.

Cut hanging ends of strands into desired length and shape and fray if you’d like.

15. Sew the Clutch

Fold the clutch inside out so the weaving ends are facing each other. Use macrame cord or yarn with a needle to sew or the sides together through the holes. Turn right side out.

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