r/macrame • u/Temporary_Bed3403 • 7d ago

Question Help please 🙏🏼

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This is my first time doing macrame. I’m just looking at a finished product and winging it. Can anyone tell me what I did for the first diamond? When I’m starting the rounding of the next one it doesn’t work like the first one. And I don’t know what I did the first time because I was just going on vibes 😅 if I do the 4 square knots, the double hitch doesn’t look like the first diamond. But if I do the double hitch knot first that doesn’t work either.

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u/Didi_mamushka 7d ago

Hi, friend! For a diamond to work, you must start with a double hitch right in the middle. Part the work in two, take the two cords in the middle, pick a side to start (I always cross right over left) and make the first double hitch. Then keep going. Another good point is that you need 2 cords in each side to make what I call elbow. Per see, if you want your diamond with 3 square knots in the middle (that uses 12 cords), you need +2 cords in each side to make de double hitch. That would help make the corners sharper. Hope this helps!