DIY Macrame: Spiral Tutorial!

DIY Macrame - Spiral tutorial! Please see below for materials and written instructions.

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*Please note: This tutorial focuses on the pattern not the double half hitch knot. If you’d like a slower, more in-depth tutorial on the double half hitch knot please see below:

Double Half Hitch Knot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2GapyAEVIk

If you'd like to learn how to attach a macrame spiral to your wall hanging please click here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7jJkRRMTmM&t=1s

Hey guys! Happy Wednesday! I’ve got a macrame spiral tutorial for you today - a great pattern to use for macrame coasters, for the middle of a juju hat (I’ll show you an example of this), or it could also be incorporated into a wall hanging! Let’s get started.

Materials:
- 2mm twisted cotton string (available in my Etsy Shop)
- Scissors
- Tapestry Needle

This tutorial creates a finished spiral that is 5cm in diameter (not including the strands of rope that hang off of the spiral). If you are looking to create a spiral that is bigger than this, you can either continue the pattern or use rope that is bigger than 2mm. I’ll give you tips on how to do this as we go along.

Cut one piece of rope that is 40 inches (102cm) long. This rope will be used as the filler cord.

Cut 12 pieces of rope that are 30 inches (76cm) long. These pieces will be used as our working cords.

Using a cow hitch knot, attach 4 pieces of rope to your filler cord. If you are using thicker rope I would only attach 3 pieces of rope to your filler cord.

There are sections of this video where I repeat a process several times and I speed up to 2x the speed. If you would like to view these sections in real time please click settings at the bottom right of the screen, click speed, 0.5.

Create a circle with your filler cord. Tie a double half hitch knot around your filler cord.

Continue tying double half hitch knots until you’ve completed one round of knots. I would recommend using something heavy (as I’ve done here) to hold your rope down so that you can tie your knots.

We have now completed one round. For the second round, we are going to add the rest of the working cords. Attach your new working cords in between each old working cord the using cow hitch knots.

You will use a cow hitch knot to attach a new cord, then tie a double half hitch knot with an old working cord, then a cow hitch knot, and another double half hitch knot, and so on.

We have completed the second round. We will now tie 3 more rounds of double half hitch knots (to create 5 rounds total).

Here’s the finished product. If you are interested in creating a bigger spiral you will need to add in a few extra pieces of rope (as we did for round 2). I would recommend adding the rope in evenly but less frequently - not even other strand but every 3-4 strands.

If you are satisfied with this size, all we have left to do is tuck in the ends.

Flip your work over and tuck the filler cord into a couple of double half hitch knots in the back.

Cut off the extra rope.

Flip your work back over and tuck in the other end of the filler cord. Tuck it in to one double half hitch knot (two loops) on the side and then a couple more loops in the back and cut the extra rope.

You can keep the working cords as is or you can cut them. I cut mine to be 6cm long and then attached the spiral to the centre of my juju hat. If you are creating a macrame coaster I would cut the ends even shorter and then brush them out to create a bit of fringe.

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2 mm and 3 mm twisted cotton string is available for purchase in my Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/LotsofKnotsCa

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