Thinking about bobbin lace, where there are pins to stop and drive the threads to follow a pattern, I felt like doing this experiment with macrame.
I really like the result. I hope the stiffness of the waxed thread will hold over time.
Tag: Flowers
I’ve had this idea in my head ever since the daffodils appeared in my garden.
It took me a while, but I can finally enjoy them in their solar yellowness.
I love flowers. Every spring I feel reborn. Here in Holland where I live, the flowers start to appear at the end of February. Bulbs that have slept underground all winter suddenly shoot out purple crocuses, yellow daffodils, red and pink tulips: it’s like a joyful party.
So I try every now and then to grow flowers with my Macrame’.
The necklaces are made with the ‘Margaretespitze’ technique.
Margarete lace was invented and taught by Margarete Naumann, in Germany at the beginning of the twentieth century and it consists of gathering several threads in bundles, which are gradually separated and again merged to form leaves, folding fan shapes and beautiful patterns.
