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Monday, 27 May 2013

Not tonight Josephine...

Not last weekend, but the weekend before, I went to a jewellery class.  I bet you can't guess where?  Yep, that's right the Bead Shop Nottingham.  Their classes are fab though, so you can't blame me.

It was another macrame class, this time learning the Josephine knot, which has several other names that I've forgotten! 

We used a lovely silky cord for this one.  I spent ages getting all my knots nice and straight and butting up together nicely.  Then I put it on and it stretched slightly and suddenly there were gaps between the knots!! 

I think if you want the knots to all butt up nicely, you have to do the knots really, really tightly to begin with.  Or glue them.


 I really do like it though, even with the gaps.
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11 comments:

  1. Anna27 May 2013 at 10:22

    Lovely !
    Have a nice week !
    Anna

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  2. Sarah27 May 2013 at 10:41

    That's one very attractive knot! I think the Bead Shop need to start paying you to mention their name. I'm not a jewelery crafter and I live on the other side of the world, but I still want to take their classes ;-)

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  3. SuperMomNoCape27 May 2013 at 14:11

    Oh my goodness, it's been so many years since I did any macrame that I'd have to learn the knots all over again. (It was all the rage when I was a teen in the 70s.) Love your bracelet and I adore that little star you used for the closure. And when I saw the first photo, I thought you'd put the gaps in there on purpose so that it would look like chains linking.

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  4. Sandra :)27 May 2013 at 14:33

    That's cute, Wendy - that type of design would make a great belt as well!

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  5. Melody27 May 2013 at 14:39

    Brilliant. These will make fabulous presents.

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  6. JoJo27 May 2013 at 14:48

    Wow you did a great job!!! Macrame' and knotting eludes me. It's like a dyslexia thing. That's why I don't knit or crochet.

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  7. Unknown27 May 2013 at 18:45

    Very cute :) and amaizing blog! :)
    Karolina

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  8. pennydog27 May 2013 at 19:48

    That's a really nice knot! I only walked past the Bead Shop today as it happnes, and I will do again tomorrow after my skate lesson on my way to get Frappuccino happy hour...

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  9. Allie28 May 2013 at 03:03

    That is ADORABLE.

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  10. Jane28 May 2013 at 07:15

    They're very pretty knots, and I agree, a belt would be lovely

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  11. Samantha2 June 2013 at 22:36

    I'd give it a ten out of ten for knot too bad :)

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