In the last post, I showed you two ways to make a macrame feather. This post is about this macrame feather, which is a real eye-catcher, but also involves a few more steps than the “normal” feathers.
This feather is a small wall hanging in itself, but you can also use it to decorate other wall hangings and give free rein to your creativity. You can also easily replace the square knots in the centre (steps 14 to 16, 24 and 29) with wooden beads by threading the middle two strands through the bead.
But enough preamble – now it’s time to knot!
Macrame Feather
Materials
- cord 3mm
- branch/stick
- scissors
- comb/fork
Instruction
The macrame feather will end up being approximatly 20cm long and 15cm wide. You will need 4x 150cm cords and 22x 15cm cords. You don’t need to cut the small ones to size yet, but can use the excess cords from the 150cm long cords once the basic structure is in place.
Only three knots are used for this feather: the Double Half Hitch knot, the square knot and the Lark’s Head Knot at the beginning and end. I would recommend that you open the knotting techniques page at the same time so that you can look up how the knot works if you need to. There I explain the individual knots step by step.
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Now the second cord from the left. Repeat steps 3 to 5 with this one.
Now you can see the diagonal line better. It should look like this for you too. If not, undo the last knot and try again.
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When this is done, you can place the fifth cord from the left over the three behind.
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Tighten this knot too. If this was too quick for you, you will find detailed step-by-step instructions for the square knot in the knotting techniques.
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The diagonal line is also important here.
If you click on the pictures, you can also enlarge them.
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You already know everything that comes next, because the pattern is only repeated.
Place the fifth cord from the left over the last three cords. This corresponds to step 8.
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Place the first cord over the next three. Use each of these to tie the Double Half Hitch knot around the diagonal one as in steps 18 and 19.
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When this is done, place the rightmost cord over the four neighboring cords (from the left, these are cords 4 to 7).
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Congratulations, the basic framework is complete!
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Now you need the short cords. You can shorten the cords of the basic framework to approx. 6 cm and then cut the remnants to size.
Take a short cord, double it and make a Lark’s Head Knot around the outer cord (see picture).
I hope you were able to follow the instructions well and had fun tying them. If you tie several feathers like this, you will find it easier each time. The Double Half Hitch knot in particular requires a bit of practice. If you have any questions or comments, please write in the comments, I look forward to hearing from you!
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