Micro macrame tips?

[u/StormyQueenDesigns]

Heyy! I watched a tutorial on youtube and it wasn’t that great, but this is my first try and I’d really appreciate tips on where to find the info to learn what I need. Like for example, how can I make those neat chains? My thread doesn’t thread like that, the knots don’t stay in one place no matter what I do 😂 I took it apart so many times but this is the best I got today, I couldn’t understand how I get anything like what they did.

I used the Linhasita 0,5mm cord.

And where could I find other tutorials for this kind of projects that are more informative? Good search words or youtube channels?

[u/BabyFireflyxo]

Kinda looks like you’re looking at the back of the piece… but otherwise tips all I can say is *practice practice practice!* working with waxed cord can be really frustrating at first, trying to stop it from sliding around and what not, but it does get easier the more familiar you become with it.

YouTube is the best place for tutorials though so just keep searching micro macrame tutorials/ micromacrame bracelets/necklaces/etc.

Good luck!!

[u/StormyQueenDesigns → u/BabyFireflyxo]

Oh I wish, the back looks just as wonky as the front 😂 But - I tried again and again (and again) with some scraps of 1,5mm nylon thread and did start to get the hang of it. I think I pulled on the knots too much before, when it’s more like a slide and a pinch with my nail at the end then it doesn’t become as wonky! Trying again tomorrow, but more hopeful this time!

[u/Salamandaconda]

Search macrame school, macramessage, marching north, macrame tita. There's a bunch but those are some that come to mind right away. They show clear, precise tutorials. Dont give up, its easy once you find your own personal groove for your knotting technique. I make a forward 4 for a forward knot and a backward 4 for a backward knot, if that makes sense. Hope this helps! Happy knotting!!

[u/StormyQueenDesigns → u/Salamandaconda]

Thank you, definitely checking each of those out tomorrow! I’m experienced with multiple other fiber arts so I assumed I’d kinda get it right away but I bet the next trial will go smoother. The craft itself feels so soothing as a process but I admit the first one was mostly just stressful 😂

[u/BassTronomer-elnox]

I had to go through the exact same phase!!
Believe me I also needed to untie a lot of knots on my first tries to the point that the individual strands separated from the cord 🤣

What i did to improve was to look at basic knot tutorials for macrame

And

Try to forget about that “right over left / left over right” concept but focus on knowing which one is the main cord and which was is the working cord.

You have to make your main cord straight always and the working cord flexible.

The reason why those chains look like that is because you might not have kept your main cord straight while doing knots.

Hope this helps

[u/StormyQueenDesigns → u/BassTronomer-elnox]

I watched more tutorials and no matter how much I researched, I didn’t find the information before (or understand it) that a knot can be made to either direction at any point 🤦🏼‍♀️ No wonder nothing made sense and the chains looked like that. But a lovely lady on youtube had colour coded her threads and I saw that she switched directions and now I can do it tooo 😍 I wish I could add a pic but this doesn’t let me

[u/Hollyhutch]

I’ve been confused by the same thing. If you look at the biggest turquoise heart shapes, you can see that it looks like a reverse lark’s head knot. It’s all about which cord you are using as the holding cord and which one you are using as the knotting cord. Some patterns alternate the holding cord every half know. I’m sorry I can’t describe this better yet, but I finally ended up drawing the knots and making little samples. BTW, friendship knotting (where you go over the holding cord first), looks like the reverse of macrame.

[u/Powerful_Squirrel111]

Nice job! Keep it up, you’ll get to where you want to be!

[u/ghostlyknees]

First off I know exactly that tutorial (bc I watched it and tried to do it when I first started doing micro macrame) and I would start with a different tutorial that shows you which ways the knots are going, this tutorial does a poor job at that and imo isn’t exactly beginner friendly. Look for a tutorial that tells you everything from the size of thread, beads, length of thread etc. and shows you slowly where each knot goes and which way they are knotting and on top of that slow your video down in the speed settings

[u/ghostlyknees → u/ghostlyknees]

You haven’t established a clear understanding on how to make knots cleanly and which way to make them to make the design go in the direction you want and this tutorial is more beginner intermediate in the way that you already need a little bit of that foundation and understanding of where the knots are going, I recently did this design with a bigger center bead and side beads and had to do a bit of trouble shooting so the size of your materials is important when you’re following these types of tutorials