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3 the series of pendant cords is attached to the

wire frame to begin the work.
2 now simply pull through the hanging cords and

tighten. Be sure that you always put the bight
behind the starting rod or cord and that the
bight is then wrapped over the top of the rod
to finish behind as here.

The start of a macramé cover to a
lampshade, made with Ring Hitches
and hanging down for square knotting,
Half Hitching, or Granny Knotting.

square Knot
This knot of Boy Scout fame has earned a reputation
as a knot of little strength. This is true, but strength
is immaterial in decorative knotting. Boy Scouts do
use the square knot as the emblem for their merit
badges and it is rightly used for holding the ends
of fibre bandages together if no tape or pins are
available. It comes to the fore in macramé work
because of its regularity and ease of joining to other
parts. It is also invaluable when making a Solomon’s
Bar (square knots over a pair of support cords)
for children’s bracelets. There is a superb example
of square knotting on display at the Los Angeles
Maritime Museum, made by one Captain Nicholas,
which measures approximately 72 inches in width
and over 144 inches in height. A rough estimate of
the number of knots puts this piece at somewhere
over 170,000 knots! The square knot is also used, in take the second pair as a core and the fifth from
a slipped form, for tying shoelaces – use the Granny 1 the left and the second from the left cords by
Knot and your laces will be up and down the shoe wrapping the second cord behind the pair; wrap
instead of side-to-side! the fifth cord behind the second, ready for stage 2.