Here's a special beginner's project in micro macramé. Discover how to make the vertical baguette knot. If you'd like to know more about basic macramé knots, check out our video "Learn the different basic macramé knots".
We've chosen neutral colors for this bracelet, but we have many colors available on our site. Go to the Linhasita 1 mm thread category to choose your macramé thread colors. The shiny thread is Au Ver à Soie size 16. You won't be able to melt it by burning it, as it's not a synthetic material. We advise you to hide the thread ends inside the knots and not to finish or start with this thread.
Linhasita special micro-macramé yarn has a slightly waxed / "sticky" surface. This coating doesn't come off, and serves precisely to hold the knots in place easily and facilitate knotting. It also gives the bracelet a certain rigidity.
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Cut 4 x 80 cm Sand thread, 1 x 170 cm Sand thread, 1 x 150 cm Vanilla thread, 1 x 150 cm gold thread
Fold the 80 cm wires in 2, place the 170 cm wire against the loop and tie a loop knot with the 5 wires. With the longest thread, tie 18 lark's knots.
Untie the loop knot and form a loop with the part tied by the lark's knots. Connect the two ends with an overhand knot.
Next, separate the wires into 4 groups of 2. The longest wire should be on the right. Tie it around the rightmost group of 2 wires. To do this, pass the thread under the 2 wires, forming a loop on the right, pass the end of the thread through the loop, pass it under the two wires again and tighten by pulling at the top left, holding the 2 wires. For the second knot, pass over the 2 wires forming a loop on the left, pass under the 2 wires then through the loop and tighten at the top left.
Then move on to the next group of 2 wires, repeating the previous step and continuing until you reach the other side.
Make a second pass with the Sable color yarn, reversing the side of the loop for the 2 knots. So start with a loop on the left. The thread should always pass under the 2 wires at the beginning and over them for the second knot.
To add a new wire, make the following knot on one of the end wires. Pass the end of the new thread under the bracelet thread, form a loop on the right, pass the new thread over the other thread and then through the loop and tighten. Repeat the same step a second time, over the current knot. Tie the next group of 2 wires with this new wire, repeating the vertical rod knot technique explained above.
You can hide the new wires for reuse further down the bracelet by tying the knots around them. Your bracelet will be slightly thicker at these points. You can also hide wire ends using this method. Otherwise, cut them off and burn them to melt them. Be careful to use the first method with the shiny wire, as it won't melt. If you want to replace it because it's getting too short, first hide the thread ends under the knots, or apply vinyl glue to the knot.
Don't end the bracelet with a shiny thread, as you'll need to melt the wires. To shrink the bracelet slightly at the end, use the longest wire on each side and tie a horizontal baguette knot on both sides of the center. The two wires now meet in the center. Cross them into a button, then tie a horizontal baguette knot on the wires on either side. Cut and melt
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