Wall planters
As you already know, we love macramé projects, both for the ease of working with them and for the brilliant creations we make that give so much personality to our spaces.
Who better to learn from and inspire us than Drawing Knots? The wall planter they bring us, woven with our three-strand twisted rope Rubí Nudos Cuerda, is what we were looking for to add originality to our spaces. And for the perfect setting, the guys at Defloresalnatural helped us create such a great report for this project.
Let's get started!
MATERIALS
101.1 mt Rubí Nudos Cuerda natural 4mm
A natural wooden stick, approximately 3 cm in diameter and 80 cm long
Adhesive tape, scissors
MEASUREMENTS
Cut 30 cords of 4mm rope, each 3.30 mt long, and secure the ends with adhesive tape.
Also cut 3 cords, each 70 cm long. Final tapestry measurements: 44 cm x 88 cm
ABBREVIATIONS
Square knot: SK
Clove hitch: CH
HOW TO WEAVE THE PATTERN?
Fold our 30 4mm cords in half and tie them to our wooden stick with a lark's head knot. Make sure all halves are even and none are shorter than the others.
Take the leftmost cord, use it as a guide by placing it diagonally, and tie a clove hitch (CH) with the next 9 cords, following the diagonal towards the center.
Continue counting 9 more cords, and take the tenth cord as a guide, place it diagonally towards the center and repeat the same CH process with the others, this time specularly.
Continue until you reach the center.
Take the left guide and tie a CH with the other guide on the right, to close the triangle.
Repeat the same towards the right, using groups of 20 cords each time. We should reach a total of 3 equal and symmetrical triangles.
Now we take the 4 central cords between the first and second triangle, two from the left triangle and two from the right triangle (central triangle).
Tie an SK with these 4 cords.
Continue diagonally to the left, taking 4 cords: two from the square knot we just made and two adjacent ones. With these 4, tie a second SK right below.
Continue in this way, making a diagonal of SKs right below our diagonal, always working in pairs, i.e., two cords from the previous SK and two free cords.
Repeat the same on the right side, reaching a total of 4 SKs on each side.
Repeat the same process at the intersection of the other two triangles, and also on both the left and right sides. Once our diagonals are made, it's time to place the central SK at each peak.
In our central left triangle, we take the two outer cords of the third SK from the left and the two outer cords of the third SK from the right: these 4 cords will serve us to tie a central and larger square knot, encompassing the other 8 cords in the middle, as shown in the photo.
Repeat the same by making an identical large SK on the other central part. Then leave a free space of 1.5cm below the peak between the two, and tie another SK with the same 4 cords.
Using this last SK as our central peak, we create two diagonals of SKs downwards on both sides, symmetrical to those above. Always use two cords from the knot above and two adjacent cords. In this case, we will have to encompass the cords of our large central SK.
Once the two side diagonals are made, we close them with a final central SK at the peaks. We also add the left diagonal and the right diagonal, on both sides.
Now we return to our central peak. We take the two central cords and cross them: these will be our guides to create diagonal CHs specular to the ones above.
We finish all our diagonals with CHs, first the lateral ones and finally the two adjacent ones.
We finish all our diagonals with CHs, first the lateral ones and finally the two adjacent ones.
We continue tying a third line of 3 SKs below.
Then we start to reduce the number, 2 SKs in the fourth line and a final central SK in the fifth, so that we create a diamond shape.
Repeat the same on the other two side peaks, thus creating 3 diamond figures of SKs, equal and symmetrical.
In the diamond on the right, take the first and last two cords of the CH diagonals and measure 26cm. Tie a central SK with these 4 cords, and two SKs in the second line, directly below, taking the two cords from above, as shown in the photo.
Continue by taking the upper cords and creating a third line of 3 central SKs, then a line of 2 SKs, until finishing with a last central SK, creating another diamond shape like the one above.
Now take the two outer cords of the leftmost SK in the third line, and the two upper cords adjacent to the last ones we used to create the diamond. Measure a space of 8cm and tie an SK with these 4 cords.
It's time to insert our pot to check measurements. Once we are happy, we close the bottom with a wrapped knot. Measure approximately 6 cm from the last lateral SK we just made. Take one of the 70cm cords and close with the wrapped knot by giving 10 turns.
Now repeat the same process on the leftmost side, creating an identical planter, always measuring 26 cm to tie our first SK of the diamond.
For the central planter, we will make it a little longer, so to tie the first SK we will measure 33 cm of distance. We continue creating the diamond of SKs like the other two.
Once the third planter is closed with the wrapped knot, cut the fringes to a length of 22 cm (or shorter if some cords are shorter).
Untwist the cords to create soft fringes. Start from the top and open the strands with your fingers, working downwards. Then level with scissors, so that the ends are even.
Add your favorite plants and enjoy!
FINAL RESULT
