Macrame Knots – Lark’s Head Knot
One of the macrame knots is the so-called Lark’s Head Knot – also known as the Cow Hitch Knot. You usually start a macrame project with the horizontal Lark’s Head Knot. However, there is also a vertical version, which you can use to tie beautiful strands.
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Lark’s Head Knot – Horizontal
Lark’s Head Knot – Vertical
Lark’s Head Knot – Horizontal
This is usually the starting knot. You can use it to attach to rods or rings made of wood or similar. There are two different variants: The forward-facing and the reverse-facing variant. Which one you use depends on your personal preference. There is no right or wrong.
Forward-Facing
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Take a strand and double it to create a loop. Place this over a stick or other support.
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Then pass the loop around behind the rod.
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Now all you have to pull the two ends of the thread through the loop and you have a forward-facing Lark’s Head Knot.
Reverse-Facing
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Take another strand and double it to create a loop. However, do not lay this in front of the rod as in the forward-facing version, but behind it.
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In the second step, place the loop around the rod so that it is now at the front.
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Then pass the two ends of the cord through the loop from behind and you have a reverse-facing Lark’s Head Knot.
Lark’s Head Knot – Vertical
You can also knot the Lark’s Head Knot vertically to create a beautiful strand. You need two cords for this. In the pictures, the light-coloured strand is the working cord and the dark-coloured strand is the filler cord.
This is for clarity, you can of course use whatever colours you like.
Right-Facing
In this variation, you knot the strand facing to the right from top to bottom.
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In this variant, the right cord is the working cord. In this step, you simply place it over the filler cord.
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In the second step, bring the working cord up and pass it under the filler cord to create a loop.
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Then take the working cord and pass it under the filler cord again.
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Then bring the working cord back up and place it over the filler cord.
Then pass it under itself to create another loop.
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In the end, it should look like this. You can also tighten the strands while tying the knot. I only knotted it so loosely to make the pictures clearer.
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If you tie this knot a few more times, you will create a strand. Always continue tying with the lower strand so that the strand is created from top to bottom.
Left-Facing
You can of course also knot this strand left-facing.
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In this variant, the left strand is the working cord. In this step, you simply place it over the filler cord.
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In the second step, bring the working cord up and pass it under the filler cord to create a loop.
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Then take the working cord and place it under the filler cord again.
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Then bring the working cord back up and place it over the filler cord.
Then pass it under itself to create another loop.
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In the end, it should look like this. You can also tighten the strands while tying the knot. I only knotted it so loosely to make the pictures clearer.
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If you tie this knot a few more times, you will create a strand. Always continue tying with the lower strand so that the strand is created from top to bottom.
Alternating
The alternating Lark’s Head Knot is a mixture of the right-facing and the left-facing Lark’s Head Knot. Here you knot both variants alternately.
The filler cord in this example is also the brown strand. You can decide for yourself whether you want one or two filler cords. You work with the white strands, which are your alternating working cords.
It is not important which direction you start with. In this example, we start again with the Lark’s Head Knot facing to the right.
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The first step is to make the first loop for the knot pointing to the right. To do this, take the right working cord, place it over the filler cord and pass it upwards under the filler cord.
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The second step is to make the second loop for the knot pointing to the right. To do this, take the working cord, pass it under the filler cord and then back over the filler cord to the top.
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Then simply pull both loops tight and you have your right-facing Lark’s Head Knot.
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Now take the left working cord, place it over the filler cord and then upwards under the filler cord to create the first loop.
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Then pass the working cord under the filler cord and then up and over the filler cord.
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Tighten the two loops again. You now have the left-facing Lark’s Head Knot.
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You can now simply repeat these steps again and again until you have a strand.
Alternating with Picots
Just as with the square knot, you can also use picots for the Lark’s Head Knot. Once again, you can decide for yourself whether you want to use one or two filler cords and whether you want to start with the right-facing or left-facing version.
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As described above, you knot the right-facing Lark’s Head Knot.
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The second step is also nothing new. This time, you tie the left-facing Lark’s Head Knot.
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The third step is the crucial part. For the next knot, leave some space between it and the previous knots. The distance should be approximately twice as large as the desired size of the picots.
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Then hold the filler cord(s) and simply push the knot up. Now it’s the left side’s turn again. Again, leave about twice as much space between the knots as you want the picots to be.
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Hold the filler cord and push the knot upwards.
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You can simply repeat steps 3 to 5 as often as you like so that you end up with a beautiful strand.
That’s it! Now you know the common variations of the Lark’s Head Knot. If you don’t understand a step or have any further questions, feel free to write in the comments.
Have fun knotting!
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