TEMPLATES

EMBROIDERED WOOD WALL ART

BY BETH JORDAN

PAGE 76

PHOTOCOPY AT 125%

CROSS STITCH HANGING

BY EMILY PEACOCK

PAGE 14

PHOTOCOPY AT 125%

MACRAMÉ KNOT GUIDE

USE OUR HANDY GUIDE FOR THE MACRAMÉ WAISTCOAT ON PAGE 30

SQUARE KNOT

01 Identify two hanging larks head knots, i.e 2 pairs of cord or 4 individual vertically hanging cords in total. Using the most left hand of your four individual cords, create a ‘backwards D’ shaped loop. Next, take the furthest right-hand cord of your 4 and lift it over the tail of the ‘backwards D’.

02 Take the end of the right-hand cord and pass it under the crossover or all your cords in the middle, before pulling it through the ‘backwards D’ loop shape.

03 To finish your square knot you must repeat the process of 1 and 2 but instead mirroring your actions and working with the opposite side cords. Create a ‘D’ shape with the furthest right-hand cord.

04 Take the furthest left-hand cord and lift it over the tail of the ‘D’. Take the end of the left-hand cord and pull it under the middle of the crossover of cords, then out through the ‘D’.

ALTERNATING A SQUARE KNOT

Working below one or many square knots to create a new