Greetings community, today I want to tell you about a beautiful experience that I had yesterday, browsing the internet I found beautiful creations woven with macramé with the alpha pattern technique, it seemed amazing to me how they manage to make such defined figures with macramé, then I I was excited and decided to give it a try with the Hive logo based on the same pattern that I did a while to knit on two needles and crochet with the filet technique but with some modifications, I thought it would not be very difficult to make a bracelet but it ended up being a key chain.
Yesterday I started looking for my materials, I do not have waxed thread which is ideal for weaving many things in macramé, however, I realized that it can be done with acrylic thread for crochet, with the difference that this thread cannot be burned tips, as the threads would be left behind I did not see a problem, when I looked for a fastening board I realized it had been stored for so long that the fastener hook is a bit rusty, I began to remember and I think it was there for about 9 years, I remember that the He brought a friend home so that I could learn to make bracelets, but after making a couple of these I abandoned him and did not continue doing it among other things because of my student responsibilities, the only problem with the table I had was that because I used white thread this It got a little dirty but I washed it and it solved.
The pattern that I designed is based on 13 threads (represented by 13 squares and is read vertically), for this I cut 7 threads of 48 centimeters, I wove a small braid with these in the center, then doubled it and held it with the board, That is to say, this would give me 14 threads, 13 for the base threads and the one that was left over I used as the first wrapping thread, that is, the knotting thread, when the knotting threads are finished there is no problem in continuing to add knotting threads, in addition to being first time I could not say how long the knotting thread should be, as the work progresses it is not comfortable to use such long threads so it is preferable to add a new thread each time the previous one is finished, the same happens with the colored thread red that is added when the drawing begins and is crossed from behind.
At first my knots were not perfect, but as I progressed my hands began to become familiar with the movement, so you will notice that at first it looks wider since when I took practice I also began to tighten the knots a little more, That is why I gave up the idea of making a bracelet and ended up making a keychain, for another time I will make the bracelet with the same width due to the improvement in my learning.
Once I finished with the knots, I divided the base threads and wove two braids with them, to improve the later appearance where the crossed threads are seen I sewed a rectangle of non-woven POP fabric, which sometimes serves as an interlining, this will gave the keychain a nice finish, the last thing I did was add the metal pin.
Resultado / Result
Imágenes tomadas con cámara Casio QV-R100 y editadas en Adobe Photoshop Cs6
Images taken with Casio QV-R100 camera and edited in Adobe Photoshop Cs6
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