Hey guys, I made a macramé heart coaster.
I used this 3/8” dowel
and 3mm macramé cord.
I cut 12 cords at 41”,
2 cords at 60”,
and 4 cords at 13”.
Take 1 of the 60” cords and fold it in half.
Place it over the dowel
and bring the ends through the loop created,
creating a lark’s head knot.
Repeat this with the other 60” cord
and the 41” cords.
The 60” cords should be in the middle.
Take the 4 middle cords and make a square knot.
To do this, make a number 4 with the left cord
over the 2 middle cords and under the right.
Bring the right cord through the loop created and pull it tight.
Then, make a backwards 4 with the right cord
over the 2 middle cords and under the left.
Bring the left cord through the loop created and pull it tight.
Leave a gap before creating the square knot.
The bigger the space, the longer the fringe around the heart can be.
For the second row, make 2 square knots in the middle.
The square knots should alternate from the previous row.
For the 3rd row, make 3 square knots.
For the 4rd row, make 4 square knots.
Continue doing this until you have a row with 7 square knots.
For the 8th row, use a 13” cord
to make a lark’s head knot around the 2 cords on the left end.
Then, place a 13” cord under the 2 cords on the right end.
Bring the ends through the loop created,
creating a reverse lark’s head knot,
also known as a cow hitch knot.
Fill in the rest of the row with square knots.
For the 9th row, make a row of square knots.
For the 10th row, using a 13” cord,
add another lark’s head around the 2 cords on the left end.
With the last 13” cord,
add a reverse lark’s head knot around the 2 cords on the right end.
Fill in the rest of the row with square knots.
For the 11th row, add 3 square knots on the left.
Then, add 3 square knots on the right.
For the last row,
skip 2 cords from the left
and make 2 square knots.
Then, skip 2 cords from the right and make 2 square knots.
This should form an upside down heart.
Cut the looped cords in half.
With the heart upside down, take the 2 middle cords.
Bring the left cord over the cord to the right of it.
Use this as your holding cord.
Take the now left cord
and make double half hitch knots going toward the right.
To do this, make a number 4 with the left cord over the holding cord.
Bring the end through the loop created and do this twice.
Repeat this for half the heart.
Next, take the middle cord and bring it over the cord to the left of it.
Use this as your holding cord.
Take the now right cord
and make double half hitch knots going toward the left.
To do this, make a backwards 4 with the right cord
over the holding cord.
Bring the end through the loop created and do this twice.
Repeat this for the other half of the heart.
With the 2 middle cords,
make a double half hitch knot going toward the left.
Then, trim the cords and comb the ends
and here’s how it turned out.