DIY Project: Make Your Own Macrame Plant Hanger
Follow our step-by-step guide to creating a macrame plant hanger with a twist
Don’t be scared! It’s just macrame. Our easy guide will show you just how to create a modern macrame plant hanger in time for Christmas gift giving. The beauty of this DIY is that you can choose any colour you like to match interiors of all styles and schemes.
Knot again! Macrame is back
Knot again! Macrame is back
1. Using the orange paint and paintbrush, paint an irregular curved shape around the bottom half of the pot. With the same orange paint, paint two coats on all four wooden beads. Allow everything to dry.
2. Fold the eight 3.9-m-long strands evenly in half and thread them through the O-ring to the halfway point of the cord.
3. Using one of the 60-cm pieces of black cord, secure the bunch of cords with a wrapped knot.
4. Gather a group of four strands (you will have four groups of four strands) and tie a square knot, with one strand on either side of two middle strands.
5. Continue tying square knots for 15 cm.
6. Repeat with all four groups.
7. Thread one of the beads through the inner two strands of each group of four cords.
8. Leave a 40-cm length of cord between the square knot and the wooden bead, and secure with a square knot. Continue tying square knots under the bead for 15 cm.
9. Repeat steps 7 and 8 with the remaining three groups.
10. To begin making the basket that will hold the terra-cotta pot, divide a group of four strands in half and join them with two strands from the group closest to them. Leave 6 cm from the section of square knots and tie the four strands with a square knot. The basket will be made using alternating square knots. It’s up to you which direction you start from.
11. Continue around until you have four square knots completed and all the strands have been used.
12. Leave another 6-cm gap and repeat step 10 once more, again halving each group and working adjoining strands into square knots. You should now have two rows of four square knots.
13. Leave a 7-cm gap from the bottom of the last square knot. Close the piece with a wrapped knot using the other 60-cm piece of cord.
14. Trim the ends of the cords, leaving 15 cm of tassel ends.
14. Trim the ends of the cords, leaving 15 cm of tassel ends.
The one shown here was themed for Halloween, but you could just as easily create one in neutral or festive colours for Christmas or other special occasions.
Pop the vessel with a plant into the net, hang your creation and enjoy.
This basic pattern can be adjusted to hold larger vessels and to hang at different lengths. Once you get the hang of it, you can add more planters throughout the year. The options are endless!
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Pop the vessel with a plant into the net, hang your creation and enjoy.
This basic pattern can be adjusted to hold larger vessels and to hang at different lengths. Once you get the hang of it, you can add more planters throughout the year. The options are endless!
MORE
Our 10 Hottest Indoor Plants
Why DIY Is Good for Your Soul, Not Just Your Home
8 Ways House Plants Can Improve Your Health
Estimated cost: $30 (not including plant)
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