Macramé jewellery

Treat yourself to a break from everyday life and knot dreamy pieces of jewellery with the macramé technique. In this tutorial we show you how to make bracelets, earrings and a necklace.

You will find all common macramé knots with step photos in our macramé basic instructions.

Bracelets with wooden beads:

1. Cut 4 x 60 cm long ribbons from the embroidery twist in the colour of your choice.

2. Put them together so that all the ribbons are the same length. Knot one end of the ribbon strand to a VBS ring.

3. Now start tying the knot: we have chosen the spiral knot turned to the right. If desired, a wooden ball can be strung onto the knotted strand.

4. Once the desired length of the bracelet is reached, knot the remaining end to another ringlet. Attach a lobster clasp to it.

Chain pendant with beads:

1. For the macramé leaf, cut 20 x 50 cm long threads from the embroidery twist.

2. Take all the threads together, lay them double and close them with a winding knot. Make sure that a small loop is left for hanging later.

3. Now divide the ribbons into 4 strands. Start with a row of square knots. Then continue tying with the staggered square knot, making the knots as loose or as tight as you like. If you wish, you can add small wax beads to individual threads in between and work them in. Once the leaf has reached the desired size, cut off the remaining threads.

4. Shorten the chain to the desired length with a side cutter. Attach a lobster clasp to one end and a ringlet to the other.

5. Take another ringlet, bend it open with pliers and thread the knotted macramé pendant onto the ring. Also thread the leaf metal pendant onto the ringlet.

6. Then fasten the pendant in the middle of the chain.

Earrings with macramé pendant:

The macramé leaves can be designed in different sizes.

1. In our example we used 8 threads for the green leaf and 14 threads for the red leaf. The threads should have a length of approx. 40 cm.

2. Take all the threads together, lay them double and close them with a winding knot. Make sure that a small loop is left for later hanging.

3. Now divide the ribbons into 4 strands. Start with a row of square knots. Then continue tying with the staggered square knot, making the knots as loose or as tight as you like. Here too, small wax beads can be pulled onto individual threads and incorporated in between if you wish. As soon as the leaf has reached the desired size, cut off the remaining threads.

4. Now take a ringlet, bend it slightly with pliers and pull the macramé pendant onto it. Thread the metal leaf pendant onto the ring.

5. Then attach the ring to the ear hook.