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| + | ==1. Give a brief history of the art of decorative knotting.== |
| − | '''Macramé''' or '''macramé''' is a form of [[textile]]-making using [[knot]]ting rather than [[weaving]] or [[knitting]]. Its primary knots are the [[square knot]] and forms of hitching ([[full hitch]] and double [[half hitch]]es). It has been used by sailors, especially in elaborate or ornamental knotting forms to decorate anything from knife handles to bottles to parts of ships.
| + | ==2. What is a good macramé cord? == |
| | + | ==3. Know three kinds of cords that are good and why they are good.== |
| | + | ==4. Know the basic knots used in macramé. Know two variations of each of these knots. == |
| | + | ==5. How is the overhand knot useful in macramé? == |
| | + | ==6. How much cord is needed to reach the desired length of the finished product? == |
| | + | ==7. Make a sampler wall hanging using the essential knots and using at least two variations, such as the horizontal half-hitch, vertical half-hitch, or the half knot.== |
| | + | ==8. Make two other items of your choice using the square knot, the double half-hitch, and two variations of either or both items. == |
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| − | '''Cavandoli macramé''' is a variety of macramé that is able to form geometric patterns and/or free-form patterns like weaving. The Cavandoli style is done mainly in a single knot, the double half hitch knot.Reverse half hitches are sometimes used to maintain balance when working left and right halves of a balanced piece.
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| − | Common materials used in macramé include [[cotton]] twine, [[hemp]], [[leather]] or [[yarn]]. Jewelry is often made in combination of both the knots and various [[beads]] (glass, wooden, etc.), pendants or shells. Sometimes 'found' focal points are used for necklaces, such as rings or [[gemstones]] either wire-wrapped to allow for securing or captured in a net-like array of intertwining [[overhand knot]]s. Leather or fabric belts are another accessory often created via macramé techniques. Most [[friendship bracelet]]s exchanged among schoolchildren and teens are created using this method as well.
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| − | For larger decorative pieces such as wall hangings or window coverings, a work of macramé might be started out on a wooden or metal dowel, allowing for a spread of dozens of cords that are easy to manipulate. For smaller projects, push-pin boards are available specifically for macramé, although a simple corkboard works adequately enough. Many craft stores offer beginners' kits, work boards, beads and materials ranging in price for the casual hobbyist or ambitious craftsperson. Vendors at theme parks, malls and other public places may sell such macramé jewelry or decoration as well.
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| − | == History ==
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| − | [[Image:Macrame.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Decorative macramé owls.]]
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| − | Macramé, the modern art of decorating with knots, is believed to have originated with 13th-century [[Arab]] weavers. These artisans knotted the excess thread and yarn along the edges of hand-loomed fabrics into decorative fringes on bath towels, shawls, and veils. The word ''macramé'' is derived from the Arabic ''migramah'' (مقرمة), believed to mean "striped towel", "ornamental fringe" or "embroidered veil." After the [[Moorish conquest]], the art was taken to [[Spain]], and then spread through [[Europe]]. It was first introduced into [[England]] by Kathleen Koons at the court of [[Mary II of England|Queen Mary]], the wife of [[William of Orange]], in the late 17th century.
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| − | Sailors made macramé objects at sea, and sold and bartered them when they landed, thus spreading the art to places like [[China]] and the [[New World]]. Macramé remained a popular pastime with 19th- century British and American seamen, who called it square knotting after the knot they most preferred in making [[hammock]]s, [[bell fringe]]s, and [[Belt (clothing)|belts]].
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| − | Macramé reached its zenith in the [[Victorian era]]. Sylvia's Book of Macramé Lace, a favorite at that time, urged its readers "to work rich trimmings for black and coloured costumes, both for home wear, garden parties, seaside ramblings, and balls- fairylike adornments for household and underlinens ..." Few Victorian homes went unadorned.
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| − | While the craze for macramé waned in later years, it is now popular again, for making wall hangings, articles of clothing, bedspreads, small jean shorts, [[tablecloth]]s, [[draperies]], plant hangers and other furnishings.
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| − | Most notably, macramé jewelry has become popular among the American neo-[[hippie]] and [[grunge music]] crowd starting in the early 90's. Using mainly square knots and granny knots, this jewelry often features handmade glass beads and natural elements like bone and shell. Necklaces, anklets and bracelets have become popular forms of macramé jewelry.
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| − | *[http://madebyhippies.com/hemp/howtotiehempjewelry.html How To Macramé using Hemp]
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