Knot tying practise.
I don’t love the twine. The fuzzy fibres make the knots difficult to see.
I didn’t make my cords long enough. I experimented with attaching additional lengths, but I wasn’t satisfied with the result. So I started over. A few times. 😛
The end product doesn’t look much like what I designed. I feel like the weight of the cord I used wasn’t sufficient to create the draped look I was hoping for.
The final creation doesn’t have the focal points, but it does contrast a spiraling sinnet of heavier weight, with a lighter open mesh of Josephine knots and a thin drapery of loose ends. I cropped them a little shorter than I would if I made this a again. The knots I used include:
- Lark’s head knots
- Half knots
- Square knots
- Josephine knots
- And an experimental dragonfly
I learned a lot, and I feel like I could do some interesting things with macrame if I kept with it.