Macrame Class Next Weekend

I am forced to take a break from painting because I am teaching at a bead retreat that is coming up this next weekend.

It's hard to switch mental gears!

My head is still up in my studio.

I need to write up the instructions and that means taking about 20 step by step photos, cropping and correcting them, then writing everything up into the correct format. 

I learn more from the photos or diagrams when trying out something new. But it's not that way for everyone, so I need to make sure that written instructions are clear and unambiguous. 

Here's what I am teaching:  

Victorian Lacy Macrame' Bracelet 

Ha! Macrame....it's not just for hanging planters anymore.

Remember the owl wall hanging? No, we will not be doing anything remotely close to that!

The most onerous thing I have to do is make kits. I hate making kits. Why can't everyone just bring their own supplies. Okay, now I'm whining. For some people, gathering up all the things needed is a deterrent to taking a class, so I will make kits as needed (rats!).

If you would like to brush up on your macrame skills visit my Macrame Tutorial Page.

All the major knots are there with "how to" photos. If you have ever knotted before you will get those skills back quickly. It's like riding the proverbial bicycle.

I started a new oil painting from a photo I took on a hike Delaware Water Gap area. But it will have to wait till next week for me to get back to it.  Here's the start:

             Later we'll see how it develops.

When the weather changes for the better I will head out and start to paint en plein air. Can't wait!

Macrame Day

I'll be teaching this macrame bracelet at a bead retreat next month and will have to remake it since the original has "walked off" and is nowhere to be found.

I must gather materials and tools, make the bracelet while photographing each step for the instructions I will hand out, and complete it. The photos must be cropped and adjusted. Then I have to write the instructions, insert the photos, and recheck everything.

Macrame tutorials are (I think) difficult to write since a sentence can be interpreted in so many different ways. That's where photos come in, lots of photos. I learn better from photos and diagrams (most of the time I don't even read the text) and so when I write instructions I hit both the written word and the visual picture.

Here are two more macrame projects that can be done with several basic knots. For a Macrame Tutorial on basic knots you can click  here.