Macrame necklace with golden triangle spacers

How to make a macramé necklace?

Macramé is a technique based on the use of different types of knots. In this tutorial, we'll teach youstep-by-step how tomake amacramé necklace.

The combination of cream color and golden beads and spacers creates an ethnic-chic necklace, ideal for the summer season. If you'd like to create this necklace in another color, we recommend you choose from our DMC n°5 pearl cotton range (1mm thread).

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Step 1

Cut 80 pieces of 30cm DMC bead cotton. Gather them four by four. Fold one set of four strands in half and tie a lark's knot around the neck. Do the same for the other strands. You should end up with 20 lark's knots on the neckband.

To learn how to make a lark's knot, see our data sheet.

Step 2

Make a single knot below each lark's knot. Use a stick or your finger to place the knot just below the lark's knot: place the stick in the knot hole, sticking part of the knot over where you want to place it.

Step 3

Separate the wires in half again and thread 4 wires through each bead. Once again, tie a simple knot with all eight wires.

Step 4

Split the eight wires in half so that you have four in each hand. Tie the two sets of wires at the right end of the necklace with a half straight festoon knot. Use the right-hand thread for the knot and don't overtighten. Then take the left-hand set of wires from the right-hand set of wires you used for the half festoon knot. Tie another half right festoon knot with this set, using the 4 wires on the left as a base. Continue doing the same until you reach the end of the collar. Make sure you always pass the wires in the same direction.

Step 5

Start again from the right to make a second series of straight festoon half-knots.

Step 6

Flatten the knots and position them correctly. Generously apply glue to the base of the knots and glue the cord in place. Then trim the cord so that it doesn't protrude from the weave, and apply glue to the ends so that it doesn't unravel.

Step 7

Once the glue is completely dry, add the triangles with open rings.

NB: Please note that the list of products below does not fully correspond to the presentation photo. For stock reasons, some products in this tutorial have been replaced by equivalents.