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Macramé lantern instructions

A glass with a macrame cover on a table with a fringed tablecloth.

Create a charming macramé lantern with this DIY project, bringing coziness into your home. Through skillfully knotting cords, a beautiful pattern emerges, creating a warm ambiance in candlelight. Follow these instructions to craft your own individual macramé lantern and create a unique decoration.

Material

Cutting 13 cords × 60 cm

Step 1

Attach a piece of yarn (guide string) to the glass using a simple double knot. Attention: string and knot should remain loose.

A glass is tied with a rope to a hanging container.

Step 2

Attach the remaining cords to the guide cord using the anchor knot. To do this, form a piece of cord into a loop and pass it around the guide cord from the front to the back.

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Step 3

Then thread the cord ends through the loop. Pull tight!

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Step 4

Form a total of six anchor knot pairs, leaving approx. 3 cm of guiding cord free between each pair. Now open the guiding cord again and knot it tightly around the glass.

A glass is held by macramé cords spread out on a wooden table.

Step 5

For the square knot, pass the right cord under the two middle cords to the left, and the left cord over the middle cords to the right. Tighten well!

A glass decorated with macrame cords on a wooden table.

Step 6

Then guide the left cord under the two middle cords to the right and the right cord over the middle cords to the left. Tighten firmly!

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Step 7

Repeat step 5.

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Step 8

Repeat step 5.

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Step 9

Repeat steps 5 to 8 with all anchor node pairs.

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Step 10

Create another square knot approximately 2 cm below. Repeat step 5 for this.

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Step 11

Repeat step 6.

A hand ties macramé cords around a jar on a wooden table.

Step 12

Tighten firmly! Form five additional offset square knots at the same height with the remaining cords.

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Step 13

Tie below it a second row of single square knots.

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Step 14

And subsequently a third row.

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Step 15

Shorten the yarn ends slightly. Caution: Do not cut too short here yet.

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Step 16

Unravel the cord ends, carefully comb them out and make the final cut.

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Macramé Lantern Instructions

A guide to creating a macrame lantern with Nolte Kitchens.
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