Macramé was something my co-workers and I learned on our lunch breaks at Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, back in the seventies when I was an accounting clerk at the 105 E. 2nd office in Wichita, Kansas.
We accomplished many crafty tasks during our lunch hours, making friends with many of the 200 accounting-types who joined us in our creative endeavors, which included oil painting, crochet, paper mâche, and plant propagation. We had a marvelous boss, Dolores, who put up with our antics and even enjoyed our silly chatter and fun. She never crafted though. Looking back, I doubt she took lunch "hours."
I'll never forget my hands-on macramé friends and the projects we completed, mostly bead and picot decorated plant hangers that held our cherished strawberry begonias and green and white striped airplane plants (otherwise known as a spider plant). So, when my mom and I tried, to no avail, to find plant hangers last summer, to show off our growing potted plants around the house and yard, I offered to make some. Well, here we are almost one year later, and just now getting the first one completed. Finally, I set today aside to re-learn the knots and find patterns from long ago.
Perusing the web today, I came across a variety of sites that offer free macrame patterns and knot-tying instructions, you will find them listed below.
It's always fun to remember the fun you shared being crafty. Take time today to create a memory, and ask someone to join you!
Thank you for perusing my blog today. Come back again soon and bring a friend with you!
Okay, cord on ring, ring on toe, square knot with a pretty picot!
Oh, my! This takes us back to the seventies: re-learning macrame today!
Relaxing and fun,
and u'll have a plant hanger when ur done! :)
Links:
http://www.macramelovers.com/blog/
http://www.free-macrame-patterns.com/basic-plant-han
First attempt at macrame since the seventies. If I had known mom would want it hung in her bedroom, i would have made it longer and added beads! Well, that's for another day. This was a practice one! :)
Cheers, friends!
