MACRAME part 2

When I left the craft hall that day my bag looked like this. With long strands of cords dangling. Mostly the dark colours showed, since I have used most of the lighter one to make the bag body. That was supposed to be the length of our little hand bag.

Being me, against wastage, I continued to add more knots down and extended the handle length to suits. It turns out another design that could hold more goodies than the previous ..... sorry Fariza, our tutor.

Apart from that, the base was done personally by me, with the help of the few pics taken during the class. And laid inside a lining and a pocket...I just can't wait to carry it around and farther more we have to display them at our WI booth during the Hari Penyayang 2010 .

Now I have few to complete from other participants by whom they too would like to complete theirs...... And I am just helping them though......!

MACRAME

What is Macramé? ("MAC ruh may")
Macramé is an art of decorative knotting without using needles or hooks. By using a series of knots, many ornamental patterns are created. Macramé can be created using any kind of material. You can use fine thread to make macramé lace or even use leather strips. By a special technique, the macramé craft keeps the knots in place while the work is being done. Macramé can be tried by anyone with a passion to create with little or no experience. Even a small child can try macramé.

At the same time, macramé can pose a challenge and make it a most demanding craft for many senior artisans and craftsman. Creation of a decorative piece using the macramé craft requires artistic skill coupled with patience. It may even take many a month to finish a complex piece using high quality macramé work with intricate design.



I laid my blistered fingers on this, exactly a week after weaving basket....... the same organiser and at the same venue. This was conducted for two days.

Really hard for me to concentrate on my project because I had sore fingers. But still I love this macrame things and will do more if times permit.

We used a soft Polypropylene (Nylon) cord. There are so many beautiful design, but our assignments was to complete this beautiful handbag. Unfortunately no one could complete on time. Need an expertise to do such neat and fast work..... we will refer to our tutor once we reach certain level of our bag design and be completed fully...especially the base design..... it was quite complicated.

Some of the pics taken during the courses. Will add in mine after completion.