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One of the new hobbies I discovered during my blogging hiatus is doing macrame. Now, I'm certainly no expert at macrame, but this DIY is easy enough for beginners to follow.
Plus, it's slightly addictive, lol. Last year, I ended up making a total of 6 macrame rainbows over the span of two weeks. Admittedly, the reason for that being that various friends of mine had
either just had babies or were pregnant, so I wanted to create a little "welcome" gift for their newborns. But let's be honest - I also made a
couple of rainbows for myself, for no other reason than that I find them so cute and pretty
:')
The making of one such macrame rainbow takes about 2 hours, not counting the drying time for the glue. It's a nice opportunity to listen to an audiobook or a podcast while your hands are busy knotting. I find this to be quite meditative. You could also turn it into a fun social activity with your family or friends.
The making of one such macrame rainbow takes about 2 hours, not counting the drying time for the glue. It's a nice opportunity to listen to an audiobook or a podcast while your hands are busy knotting. I find this to be quite meditative. You could also turn it into a fun social activity with your family or friends.
Most macrame rainbows that I see online don't actually use a macrame technique, but instead wrap colourful strings around a piece of macrame cord. I personally don't really like the "sausage-y" look of the individual rainbow layers, so I was thrilled to finally find a German youtube tutorial for a macrame rainbow that uses a basic square knot to achieve beautifully textured rainbow layers. So all the credit for this technique goes to Emma from whom I adopted this!
