How to make this must-have macrame wall hanging for your home
Published on 8 February 2021 1 min read
Add a pop of colour to your home with a boho macrame wall hanging. Pick your favourite colour combo and with just two knots you can make a gorgeous macrame piece to revamp your interiors.
This free tutorial is ideal for beginners and macrame lovers.
Check out my free macrame guide here for even more gorgeous macrame projects and knots tutorial.
Materials
- Natural 4 or 5mm single twist string
- Two coloured string 4mm single twist string
- Wooden dowel or stick 30cm long
- Tape measure
- Masking tape
- Comb
- Tapestry Needle
- Scissors
Prepping your macrame rope
1
Cut the natural string:
4 x 50cm
4 x 60cm
4 x 70cm
4 x 80cm
4 x 90cm
2 x 100cm
2
Cut in colour 1 (Orange)
2 x 130cm
2 x 180cm
2 x 240cm
3
Cut in colour 2 (Grey)
2 x 150cm
2 x 200cm
1 x 250cm
How to make your macrame wall hanging
1
Tie 2 x 100cm in the middle of the wooden dowel with a Lark's Head Knot
2
Next tie 4 x 90cm, 2 on each side of the previews strings with a Lark's Head Knot
3
Repeat step #2 with 4 x 80cm, 4 x 70cm, 4 x 60cm and 4 x 50cm
4
Fix the wooden dowel on a flat surface with masking tape
5
Take 1 x 130cm orange string, tie a Square Knot.
6
Tie 5 more Square Knots to make a sinnet of 6 Square Knots in total.
7
Take 1 x 150cm grey string, tie a sinnet of 10 Square Knots
8
Take 1 x 180cm orange string, tie a sinnet of 14 Square Knots
9
Take 1 x 200cm grey string, tie a sinnet of 18 Square Knots
10
Take 1 x 240cm orange string, tie a sinnet of 22 Square Knots
11
Mirror STEPS 4-9 on the other side
12
Take 1 x 280cm grey string, tie a sinnet of 26 Square Knots
13
Turn the macrame and with the help of a weaving needle, tuck the coloured strings end at the back of two square knots.
14
Brush the natural string fringes with a comb
15
Trim the fringes all at the same length of approx. 10cm
Pro Tip
You can use more than 2 colours for this macrame wall hanging and play with the numbers and length of the sinnets.
