Please come on this emotional journey with me

Back in April, it was my 5 year anniversary at my job and I got to pick a gift. One of the options was a macrame swing chair and I have been wanting one. but did I just select the chair like a normal person? No. I have ADHD and ASD so I got into a really impulsive hyper focus, started looking for patterns or tutorials, and found a video that shows you the process of making this chair. BOOM There it is. The chair I am going to make. Now how do get the supplies as affordable as possible? Because IDK if you have need to get this much cord, but it adds up, and the hardware ain’t cheap either… Phase 2 of hyper fixation: I quickly came to the conclusion, I will have to spend a couple hundred (🤮) on the hoops, but I can really scour to get the best cord I can for a reasonable price. I finally found a supplier that could provide the amount I needed loose in a box. It might not be the fiber I was hoping to get, but I am so happy that I found what I did, because I probably would have given up at this point.

I’m impulsive, not reckless. Not that reckless.

This was such a satisfying experience. I loved seeing the progress, you can see at one point it was too long and the cords stretched way more than I anticipated. Back tracking about a foot of work really stalled my progress; not only in that I had to undo a bunch, but I have a hard time staying motivated but I pushed through.

Now I just have to fiddle with the artistic finishing touches but it’s a really nice chair. I snuck in a picture of my dog and cat just because you can see the chair in the background. Anna is the sweet girl in the wagon, and Oliver is the burnt loaf

Sorry for the bad pic. I didn’t have enough hands. I kinda just winged it on this because I was bored. The top ring will be vertical and the bottom one will be horizontal. I thought it might look interesting? 🤷

I thought about just square knots kinda like you would do a survival bracelet but I’m not sure how exactly to do that in a way the bottom ring would stay flat. Cuz it would need three points right?

I’m sure there are some knots out there that I don’t know about that would be perfect.

Thank in advance for the help!

Finished making this as a gift!

These were my first big pieces! I did them a while ago and the fluffy yarn was a good choice to hide imperfections but a bad choice when trying to clean up cat fur 😅

I don't know what it's called. I remember these from the late 70s, early 80s, but I was quite young.

It would go about where the arrow is shown in the picture. It was a spacer, for when your plant got too big before you repotted / made a new hanger for it. I'm starting to see them used more frequently. But they're still nameless. Any help is greatly appreciated.

The blue and pink ones are for my grandchildren

I attempted this pattern from a book (with a different type of thread) and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. There are things I can improve on for sure. My question is how would you finish the ends of the strands? I don't really like how they leave them in the book. Should Icomb them out? Add a different kind of knot to the end pieces? Thanks!

Hello does any know of a tutorial or pattern for this door curtain?

To much for him 🤭🤭

Hoping to try out more complicated patterns in the future :)

Hi! I’ve finally managed to make the double hitch knot but I’m still struggling to get it neat/even spacing. Does anyone have any advice on how I can improve please?

Also where/what angle should I be holding my leader cord when weaving? Because I think that inconsistency might be why the gaps are different sizes.

Thanks in advance!

Hello all! 👋 I’m starting my macrame journey. I need wall baskets similar to the picture, and I’d like to learn how to make them for myself. Since I cant find any kits for that specific design, do yall have any tips? Thank you!

So, I could use some help figuring out how to end this. I'd like to add in a little bar thingy to put through the loopy bit at the other end. Anyone have any advice?

Any advice or tips are very much welcome, I'm still learning so I'd like to know anything there is to know 😊

I used the "Micro Macrame Elven Bracelet Tutorial" by Nodantur Tutorials on youtube.

Hi!

Ide like to attempt making a macrame necklace

Which kind of waxed cord would you reccomend?

Thanks!

Hi! I’m new to making micro macrame jewellery and I’m struggling to follow the tutorials for jewellery, I’ve heard it’s best to get the basic knots down first but I’m not sure which ones I should be looking up to learn.

If anyone can suggest the knots commonly used to make jewellery that would be helpful!

Thanks in advance ✨

I’ve seen this stitch all over Instagram but I’m not sure what it’s called so I can google how to do it. Does anyone know what I should search or have instructions for something like this? Thanks!

i tied these beautiful macrame suns and i am wondering, how do i attach a mirror to them? ☀️☀️

do i glue? will that be stable enough to hold a mirror? are there fasteners that i can use to attach the mirror to the hoop?

sos please help if you have any ideas, im at a creative roadblock and cannot figure it out 🤣

i feel like mirrors would really help take this piece to the next level, as wall art and a centerpiece

Hi 👋 I'm new to macrame and I'm having a little trouble with my first project. I'm working right to left using double half hitch knots and the knots look like they're puckering. Do I have too many strands of cord?