The design of an apartment, a private house, a work office, using knot weaving, will create extraordinary comfort in the room. In this technique, any room is made out, many household items are created, and even a child is able to make some variants of macramé in the interior.
Macrame is one of the most ancient crafts invented by people. There is an opinion that it appeared on the day when the historical ancestor of man decided to tie together two thin vines or veins of a dead animal.This was the very first knot, later many others appeared, the weaving technique was constantly improved, complicated. Some tribes had a "nodal writing", abacus. Initially, a complex system of knots had only a practical purpose: fishing nets were woven in such a way, individual elements of portable dwellings were made, and on ships sailing in the open sea, knots could not be dispensed with at all.
Over time, macrame became a decorative art - it began to be used as a decoration for clothes, home draperies, weaving amulets, hats, bags and more. Each nation did this in different ways - silk, woolen, cotton threads, hemp ropes, golden thread, etc. were used. Macrame was known in many countries of the world - Japan, China, Turkey, India, and then in Russia. Later circles appeared everywhere to teach this art, master classes in glossy magazines, the Internet.
What styles to use nodal decor
A variety of products using the macrame technique can decorate the interior of almost any style:
classic - a color or plain, wall or floor mat with brushes, fringe, combined with a wicker blanket, is suitable;
minimalism - openwork wicker elements on the windows diversify the modest design of the room;
country - long curtains of linen, cotton threads on the windows, doorways, will be a great addition;
loft - gross abstractions of thick twine on stone walls, "dream catchers" under the chandeliers look very original;
Art Deco - “in the subject” there will be chic lampshades with many voluminous details, beads, stones, on floor lamps, ceiling lamps;
ecological - hanging chairs woven from jute, numerous flowerpots with potted plants on the windows and walls will create a unique design.
Too much wicker decor in one room is not advisable to use - preferably two or three elements that combine with each other.
Preparatory work - what you need to know about technology
To get started, you will need:
thread, long cord;
tape measure;
pins, "invisible";
wide cushion or pad;
scissors.
In most macramé patterns, the threads are divided into main and working threads - the latter are made four to eight times longer than the intended product, and the former are slightly larger than its width. Working threads are attached to the main.
Threads - how, which ones to choose
Macramé can be woven from a wide variety of materials, both natural and synthetic:
hemp;
flax;
jute;
cotton
sisal;
soutache;
polypropylene twine;
cord fishing line, etc.
Many craftsmen use clothesline, wire, ribbons, shoe laces, waxed thread, Mouline thread, flat braid, paper twine.
Too fluffy materials are not recommended - a pattern of them will be poorly distinguishable.
Mounting Methods
The threads are bent in half, by throwing the loop, threading the ends into it, tied on a base that is attached with pins to the roller. The loop can be thrown both backward, behind the warp thread, and forward, pulling from under it - you get two different nodes.
In the third version, one of the previous knots is first tied, then each of the threads is thrown over the warp, goes around it, is threaded symmetrically into the loop obtained.
Fourth option: the thread is placed with the upper end under the base, stabbed, the second end is thrown on the base, forming a turn on the right. The second turn is done to the left of the top. The lower end of the thread goes around the base, threaded into the loop from the bottom, tightened.
As an option, the threads are fixed on a wooden base, which is fixed on the table, wall using two hooks with suction cups.
All about nodes
Throughout its history, mankind has created a huge number of nodes, but not all of them are used in modern macram. Conventionally, they are divided into main, decorative, auxiliary.
The main ones:
right and left simple nodes;
"eight";
tie (Slovak);
looped left and right;
Armenian (sliding);
rep;
hercules (direct);
single flat (helical);
double flat (square);
triple flat (gourmet);
Chinese;
"cross";
"flower";
“Button” (double, flat, sliding);
ceiling (well);
"Snake";
"mystical";
"lotus".
Decorative:
“Happiness”;
Turkish;
"Josephine";
"turban";
“Fist of a monkey”;
petal;
"Sea rug";
shamrock;
wreath.
Auxiliary (for the design of the ends of the threads):
"Capuchin";
"Earring".
Trying to tie different knots is better by looking at master classes or pictures.
Variety of weaving patterns
Experienced craftsmen recommend starting weaving with "square" knots consisting of left and right flat. To do this, take four threads - the first and fourth will become workers, the second and third - the main. The first is skipped under the main ones, the fourth is placed under the first, but on top of the main ones, its tip is passed into the loop of the first. From such nodes, both individual strips and entire meshes are woven.
Vertical and horizontal rep nodes are also often used. The auxiliary cord makes two turns from bottom to top around the base, is passed into the resulting loop, and is tightened. The totality of such nodes is called the brid, which can also be made diagonal. In the vast majority of weaving patterns, rep and square knots are present.
To decorate the product, in the process of weaving, wooden, plastic beads, pearls, pebbles, coins with holes are put on the threads.
Modern macrame ideas in the interior
Using nets made using the macrame technique, the studio apartment space is zoned, separating the dining area from the kitchen, and the living room or workplace is distinguished. The mesh is stretched between the slats from floor to ceiling or from the back of the sofa to special eaves.In the arches, doorways, "crumbling" curtains are made, the head of the bed in the bedroom is also framed by a wicker pattern. Bright wickerwork for children's rooms is very popular - for example, sides in a crib, pendants above it. There you can weave colored beads of different sizes and shapes so that the baby develops fine motor skills, feeling them.
If there is enough space at home, you can weave, hang a hammock. To do this, a grid with cells no larger than four to seven centimeters is woven from double flat knots arranged in a “checkerboard”. It is fastened with strong carbines to special brackets in the wall, in the garden on a special stand, between two trees.
Wall panel
In Soviet times, many apartments were decorated with large or small panels in the form of an owl. She symbolized wisdom, wealth in the house. The basis here is a wooden varnished stick or a metal ring. A mandatory attribute of such a panel is two large eyes, usually made of wooden beads or colored buttons, symbolic wings on the sides, a wooden perch on which the owl is sitting. Eyes are distinguished by fringe in all directions, the beak is also made of beads or is braided in the form of a pea from flat knots, paws can also be made. Plumage on the abdomen of a bird is also woven from "peas", openwork, from diagonal breeders. At the bottom of the structure, a pocket is often made for all sorts of details, and even lower - a long brush, which is decorated with small beads.
For the average size of the owl you will need 50-60 meters of twine. You can also make three identical owls of different colors, planting them in a row on the same perch.
Curtains, Curtains
Depending on the stylistic design of the interior, the basis for the curtains is a metal cornice with shiny rings, slightly curved wooden driftwood. “Summer” curtains will decorate flowers and leaves, “winter” curtains will decorate snowmen and snowflakes. Window draperies with a gradient color transition and lush brushes will create a boho style design.You can also make a rather stiff curtain from horizontal brids, and sew decorative knots on top, such as the "tree of life" or "Turkish", decorating the bottom with a series of knots "monkey fist".
The bedroom is made of thin light threads and a canopy over the bed and vanity for the dressing table are woven. For the kitchen, curtains made of new, modern, easy-to-wash materials will be an excellent solution.
The main advantages of macrame curtains:
do not collect dust;
almost do not get dirty;
do not lose shape;
great idea for zoning space;
easy to make with your own hands;
Do not deprive the room of air.
Of the shortcomings, it is noted only that small children, pets are very interested in “pendants” on the curtains, and cats, decorative rats, parrots can get very entangled in them and cut them off.
Floor mats
Rugs are made round, rectangular, less often - asymmetric, complex shape. A small oval doormat is obtained using the “sea rug” knot. Using a rather thick, long cord is easy to create a rug of any size. If you take long colored ribbons or just cut old knitwear into strips five to ten centimeters wide, rep knots can weave a carpet of any size for the living room or bedroom. And cutting plastic bags into the same strips, weaving a waterproof interior item for the bathroom or hallway.
A round rug is woven on an ordinary gymnastic hoop - as a basis, ropes of the required thickness are pulled on it. Any knots are used - rep, flat, tatting, etc. After finishing work, the product is cut from the hoop, the warp threads are fixed, the edges are decorated with brushes, fringe.
Decor Items, Accessories
The interior looks original, in which some places are separated by an openwork screen. It does not provide complete privacy, but originally zones the room.To make a full-fledged screen, a wooden frame with holes in which ropes, threads, cords are threaded is bought or made independently. The "filling" of the screen is made dense or openwork. When the work is finished, the threads are carefully tied at the bottom with decorative knots.
Shelves made of macramé have a wooden or metal base, are hung on a wall, ceiling, rod. If desired, a swing, a hanging chair, a “hanging” table or a baby cradle are made of durable ropes. It is better to make them from durable natural materials with persistent coloring.
Wicker hot coasters for the kitchen or living room, whole tablecloths, are also easy to make. To do this, measure the width, length of the countertop, the product is woven at least 20-30 cm. More on each side. Edges are decorated with tassels or decorative knots. Original pillowcases and pillow covers look organically, especially in retro interiors - for example, in the style of a "grandmother" bedroom in a village house from the middle of the last century.
For weaving armchairs, chairs, frame benches, an old strong base is taken or "knocked together" on their own. Cords, ropes, strong are required - capable of supporting the weight of an adult. They should not be stretched, and the weaving is made as dense as possible - otherwise the structure will quickly deform, lose shape, and begin to “sag”.
Macrame lampshades are quite popular. They decorate floor lamps, sconces, ceiling lights, table lamps, children's night lights. The main thing here is fire safety. The threads should never touch the heated parts. The design is mounted on a wire frame or an old base. For the manufacture of this product will require 100-150 meters of rope, depending on the selected pattern.
But the most common macramé product is flower pots.It is suspended above a window or on a wall, a solid hook, a special holder, a metal or wooden ring become the basis. A cache-pot can become part of a wall panel, have a wooden base, where a flower pot is placed, or a flowerpot is braided directly by knots. Straight flat knots are most often used as a pattern, and the upper part can consist of only left or only right, forming a beautiful spiral. Instead of a flower pot, a beautiful glass jar, vase, decanter, etc. are sometimes braided.
So that numerous wires from household appliances are not too striking, they are also braided with colored threads or twine.
Conclusion
Hand-made in recent years has become very popular, and weaving from laces, ropes, threads is relatively easy - even a beginner can cope with most patterns. Original handmade products will make the house cozy, for a long time pleasing the eyes of the owners, their guests. Many great macrame ideas appear in the world every day, most of them are easy to find in the World Wide Web, special literature.
The design of an apartment, a private house, a work office, using knot weaving, will create extraordinary comfort in the room. In this technique, any room is made out, many household items are created, and even a child is able to make some variants of macramé in the interior.
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Appearance story
Macrame is one of the most ancient crafts invented by people. There is an opinion that it appeared on the day when the historical ancestor of man decided to tie together two thin vines or veins of a dead animal.This was the very first knot, later many others appeared, the weaving technique was constantly improved, complicated. Some tribes had a "nodal writing", abacus. Initially, a complex system of knots had only a practical purpose: fishing nets were woven in such a way, individual elements of portable dwellings were made, and on ships sailing in the open sea, knots could not be dispensed with at all.
Over time, macrame became a decorative art - it began to be used as a decoration for clothes, home draperies, weaving amulets, hats, bags and more. Each nation did this in different ways - silk, woolen, cotton threads, hemp ropes, golden thread, etc. were used. Macrame was known in many countries of the world - Japan, China, Turkey, India, and then in Russia. Later circles appeared everywhere to teach this art, master classes in glossy magazines, the Internet.
What styles to use nodal decor
A variety of products using the macrame technique can decorate the interior of almost any style:
Preparatory work - what you need to know about technology
To get started, you will need:
In most macramé patterns, the threads are divided into main and working threads - the latter are made four to eight times longer than the intended product, and the former are slightly larger than its width. Working threads are attached to the main.
Threads - how, which ones to choose
Macramé can be woven from a wide variety of materials, both natural and synthetic:
Many craftsmen use clothesline, wire, ribbons, shoe laces, waxed thread, Mouline thread, flat braid, paper twine.
Mounting Methods
The threads are bent in half, by throwing the loop, threading the ends into it, tied on a base that is attached with pins to the roller. The loop can be thrown both backward, behind the warp thread, and forward, pulling from under it - you get two different nodes.
In the third version, one of the previous knots is first tied, then each of the threads is thrown over the warp, goes around it, is threaded symmetrically into the loop obtained.
Fourth option: the thread is placed with the upper end under the base, stabbed, the second end is thrown on the base, forming a turn on the right. The second turn is done to the left of the top. The lower end of the thread goes around the base, threaded into the loop from the bottom, tightened.
All about nodes
Throughout its history, mankind has created a huge number of nodes, but not all of them are used in modern macram. Conventionally, they are divided into main, decorative, auxiliary.
The main ones:
Decorative:
Auxiliary (for the design of the ends of the threads):
Variety of weaving patterns
Experienced craftsmen recommend starting weaving with "square" knots consisting of left and right flat. To do this, take four threads - the first and fourth will become workers, the second and third - the main. The first is skipped under the main ones, the fourth is placed under the first, but on top of the main ones, its tip is passed into the loop of the first. From such nodes, both individual strips and entire meshes are woven.
Vertical and horizontal rep nodes are also often used. The auxiliary cord makes two turns from bottom to top around the base, is passed into the resulting loop, and is tightened. The totality of such nodes is called the brid, which can also be made diagonal. In the vast majority of weaving patterns, rep and square knots are present.
Modern macrame ideas in the interior
Using nets made using the macrame technique, the studio apartment space is zoned, separating the dining area from the kitchen, and the living room or workplace is distinguished. The mesh is stretched between the slats from floor to ceiling or from the back of the sofa to special eaves.In the arches, doorways, "crumbling" curtains are made, the head of the bed in the bedroom is also framed by a wicker pattern. Bright wickerwork for children's rooms is very popular - for example, sides in a crib, pendants above it. There you can weave colored beads of different sizes and shapes so that the baby develops fine motor skills, feeling them.
If there is enough space at home, you can weave, hang a hammock. To do this, a grid with cells no larger than four to seven centimeters is woven from double flat knots arranged in a “checkerboard”. It is fastened with strong carbines to special brackets in the wall, in the garden on a special stand, between two trees.
Wall panel
In Soviet times, many apartments were decorated with large or small panels in the form of an owl. She symbolized wisdom, wealth in the house. The basis here is a wooden varnished stick or a metal ring. A mandatory attribute of such a panel is two large eyes, usually made of wooden beads or colored buttons, symbolic wings on the sides, a wooden perch on which the owl is sitting. Eyes are distinguished by fringe in all directions, the beak is also made of beads or is braided in the form of a pea from flat knots, paws can also be made. Plumage on the abdomen of a bird is also woven from "peas", openwork, from diagonal breeders. At the bottom of the structure, a pocket is often made for all sorts of details, and even lower - a long brush, which is decorated with small beads.
Curtains, Curtains
Depending on the stylistic design of the interior, the basis for the curtains is a metal cornice with shiny rings, slightly curved wooden driftwood. “Summer” curtains will decorate flowers and leaves, “winter” curtains will decorate snowmen and snowflakes. Window draperies with a gradient color transition and lush brushes will create a boho style design.You can also make a rather stiff curtain from horizontal brids, and sew decorative knots on top, such as the "tree of life" or "Turkish", decorating the bottom with a series of knots "monkey fist".
The bedroom is made of thin light threads and a canopy over the bed and vanity for the dressing table are woven. For the kitchen, curtains made of new, modern, easy-to-wash materials will be an excellent solution.
The main advantages of macrame curtains:
Of the shortcomings, it is noted only that small children, pets are very interested in “pendants” on the curtains, and cats, decorative rats, parrots can get very entangled in them and cut them off.
Floor mats
Rugs are made round, rectangular, less often - asymmetric, complex shape. A small oval doormat is obtained using the “sea rug” knot. Using a rather thick, long cord is easy to create a rug of any size. If you take long colored ribbons or just cut old knitwear into strips five to ten centimeters wide, rep knots can weave a carpet of any size for the living room or bedroom. And cutting plastic bags into the same strips, weaving a waterproof interior item for the bathroom or hallway.
A round rug is woven on an ordinary gymnastic hoop - as a basis, ropes of the required thickness are pulled on it. Any knots are used - rep, flat, tatting, etc. After finishing work, the product is cut from the hoop, the warp threads are fixed, the edges are decorated with brushes, fringe.
Decor Items, Accessories
The interior looks original, in which some places are separated by an openwork screen. It does not provide complete privacy, but originally zones the room.To make a full-fledged screen, a wooden frame with holes in which ropes, threads, cords are threaded is bought or made independently. The "filling" of the screen is made dense or openwork. When the work is finished, the threads are carefully tied at the bottom with decorative knots.
Shelves made of macramé have a wooden or metal base, are hung on a wall, ceiling, rod. If desired, a swing, a hanging chair, a “hanging” table or a baby cradle are made of durable ropes. It is better to make them from durable natural materials with persistent coloring.
Wicker hot coasters for the kitchen or living room, whole tablecloths, are also easy to make. To do this, measure the width, length of the countertop, the product is woven at least 20-30 cm. More on each side. Edges are decorated with tassels or decorative knots. Original pillowcases and pillow covers look organically, especially in retro interiors - for example, in the style of a "grandmother" bedroom in a village house from the middle of the last century.
For weaving armchairs, chairs, frame benches, an old strong base is taken or "knocked together" on their own. Cords, ropes, strong are required - capable of supporting the weight of an adult. They should not be stretched, and the weaving is made as dense as possible - otherwise the structure will quickly deform, lose shape, and begin to “sag”.
Macrame lampshades are quite popular. They decorate floor lamps, sconces, ceiling lights, table lamps, children's night lights. The main thing here is fire safety. The threads should never touch the heated parts. The design is mounted on a wire frame or an old base. For the manufacture of this product will require 100-150 meters of rope, depending on the selected pattern.
But the most common macramé product is flower pots.It is suspended above a window or on a wall, a solid hook, a special holder, a metal or wooden ring become the basis. A cache-pot can become part of a wall panel, have a wooden base, where a flower pot is placed, or a flowerpot is braided directly by knots. Straight flat knots are most often used as a pattern, and the upper part can consist of only left or only right, forming a beautiful spiral. Instead of a flower pot, a beautiful glass jar, vase, decanter, etc. are sometimes braided.
Conclusion
Hand-made in recent years has become very popular, and weaving from laces, ropes, threads is relatively easy - even a beginner can cope with most patterns. Original handmade products will make the house cozy, for a long time pleasing the eyes of the owners, their guests. Many great macrame ideas appear in the world every day, most of them are easy to find in the World Wide Web, special literature.