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DIY Dried pampas and macramé mirror

Made by :Tiffanie Perles&Co
Published on the :01/09/2021
Time :3h
Level :Easy
Prices :52,50€
DIY Dried pampas and macramé mirror

How to decorate the edge of a mirror?

How to make a dried pampa mirror?

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Today we look at the new star of dried flowers: Pampa herbs. We'll use them to decorate a mirror with a macramé frame. You can also create a wall hanging without a mirror, with just two wooden rings covered with natural rope and dried flowers. The other dried flowers added to this tutorial are: Lagurus or "hare's tail", oats and Japanese carder.

We stayed with neutral and light colors for this tutorial, but we also have colorful dried flowers and branches. Feel free to customize your creation to match your decor. For example, Lagurus are also available in blue, yellow and pink. There are also pink-tinted pampas grasses.

For this tutorial, you can use only one colour of pampas grass. For example, natural or bleached. And if you want more variety, use both.

The macramé knot used in this tutorial is the frivolity knot. These are half-key knots made in one direction and then in the other. These knots will allow you to decorate the wooden circle, but also to hide the edge of the mirror and to fix it to the wooden circle.

Do you like dried flowers? Here are some other DIY dried flower tutorials that may inspire you.

Tutorial steps

Step 1
DIY Dried pampas and macramé mirror : Step 1

Cut 5 m of rope. Tie one end of the string to the wooden circle with a lark's knot. With the longer piece of string, start tying frivolity knots.

To do this, form a loop on the outside of the circle, the string goes over the circle, then under and through the loop. Then form a loop inside the circle, the rope goes over the circle, then under and through the loop. The alternation of these two sides forms the frivolity knots. They are similar to lark's knots.

Note: The lark's knot and the frivolity knot should be at the same level outside the circle. They should all look the same. If they do not, undo and start over.

Step 2
DIY Dried pampas and macramé mirror : Step 2

Make a total of 1 lark's knot and 7 frivolity knots (so 14 alternating half-key knots). Pass the yarn to the other side of the circle, facing in, and form a frivolity knot, trying to get the extra thickness to the outside of the circle. Form 7 frivolity knots that are the exact mirror image of the first.

Step 3
DIY Dried pampas and macramé mirror : Step 3

Then go back to the other side, next to the first knots, and tie a frivolous knot. This should form a cross on the back of your circle. These threads that run from one side of the circle to the other are the supports for the mirror.

A third thread will finish securing the mirror later. Continue to form tight frivolity knots all around the circle. Stop right in the middle between the two wires that cross the circle to plan the third wire with the remaining knot.

Step 4
DIY Dried pampas and macramé mirror : Step 4

Take a new 5m thread and tie it next to it with a lark's knot to continue covering the circle with frivolity knots.

Step 5
DIY Dried pampas and macramé mirror : Step 5

To join the knots and make a nice junction, use a wool needle to pass the rope inside the previous knot.

Step 6
DIY Dried pampas and macramé mirror : Step 6

Cut the excess threads to 1 cm except the thread that must cross the circle at the end.

Step 7
DIY Dried pampas and macramé mirror : Step 7

Glue the wire ends to the back with a hot glue gun. Use a wooden spatula to position and flatten the threads on the glue without burning yourself.

Step 8
DIY Dried pampas and macramé mirror : Step 8

Place the mirror between the frame and the fixing wires. Cross the frame on the back of the mirror with the third thread. With a needle, thread it through a knot in the frame.

Step 9
DIY Dried pampas and macramé mirror : Step 9

Take the second wooden circle, and with the wire, form the knot on the picture. Tighten. This wire will allow you to hang the mirror on the wall.

Step 10
DIY Dried pampas and macramé mirror : Step 10

Attach the pampas and other dried flowers to the frame with clear fishing line.

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Schema  DIY Dried pampas and macramé mirror
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