Macrame - When A Knot's Not Just A Knot

Oh my, when I saw the macrame icons constructed by Russian artist Vladimir Denshchikov I drooled. Go do a google search for more of his work. 

Well darlings 'macrame' has certainly come a long way from the pot plant holders and owl hangings of the 70s hasn't it! I did a search on etsy.com and was amazed to have thousands of items come up. Lots of jewellery of course but many other items I didn't expect. Aren't they lovely? They've inspired me to, well, go get knotted!
 

Macrame top from Atelier Kliko  Barefoot Sandals from Art of Goddess 

 

Wallhanging from Slow Down Productions 

   

Pattern book from Grammys Yarn Garden  

Cat Mask from Ma Machavaya 

Make your own curtain with instructions from here.

ps. I'll spare you all the reasons why I haven't posted for so long. Life as a human being just gets in the way. But for right here, right now, everything is perfect.

It's a wrap!

Hah! There’s no way I’d be able to do this! Maybe it’s the undergarments that help, or Mr Drapo's huge hands! I can’t even master a sari - purchased one recently and there was no way I could 1. get it to look right, and 2. feel confident that it wasn’t going to fall off at an inopportune time! Stapling could help...or maybe sewing myself into it. The closest garment I can find that seems like it would work, is the 'infinity' dress. This is a simple dress that can worn a multitude of ways. Etsy has a number of sellers selling this type of garment - see a few below. And the red, black and white dress was found on the Instructables website with really clear instructions to make your own. Safer than a sari I'd say.

Top: animated gif from photographer Jamie Beck and visual designer Kevin Burg. Red Dress by Orchidea, Peach Dress from mMiNiArt, Red Black and White Dress Instructions here, Blue Dress from Minetik,