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Gift a handmade toy for your pet - Create a macrame rope toy.

teacher avatar Cloudia David, Co-Founder | Entrepreneur | Designer

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Lessons in This Class

    • 1.

      Introduction

      0:47

    • 2.

      Materials Required

      0:26

    • 3.

      Cardboard Template Making

      3:45

    • 4.

      Making The First Knot

      1:36

    • 5.

      Winding The Spherical Shape

      9:24

    • 6.

      Tightening The Spherical Ball

      7:44

    • 7.

      Finishing With The Final Loop Knot

      4:55

    • 8.

      Conclusion

      0:15

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About This Class

In her class, Gift a handmade toy for your pet - Create a macrame rope toy, Cloudia shows the best way to make a special hand made gift for pets with a simple cotton rope and macrame techniques. With her tips and unique technique, Students with no prior experience in rope craft will be able to make a toy for their pets, by their own hands. 

Safety note : Proper owner supervision is always recommended and advised when your pet is playing with toys.

What you will Learn -

  • Making a rope toy for your pet dog or cat
  • Macrame techniques
  • Approach pet toys with Macrame 
  • Appreciate the use of simple, non toxic and eco friendly materials.

Why should you take this class -

 The experience of gifting a handmade product to your pet can be very emotional. Rope toys can be used for a number of pet activities such as teething and playing catch which makes this toy versatile. The use of simple materials like cotton makes this toy non toxic and eco friendly. Macrame is relaxing and can be a great hobby. With Cloudia's technique, they are simple to make, and can be created by everyone.

 Who This Class is For -

  This class is for everyone who owns a pet dog/cat. Or if you are someone who has a friend with a pet. This class can be take by anyone who has an interest towards making hand made gifts.

Materials / Resources

  • 10 mm thick macrame rope of 3 meters in length.
  • 3 mm thick macrame rope of 50 cm in length. 
  • A piece of cardboard measuring 14X26 cm with a thickness of around 5mm.
  • Paper Cutter
  • Masking Tape
  • Cloth Clips
  • Scissors
  • Cutting Mat

Meet Your Teacher

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Cloudia David

Co-Founder | Entrepreneur | Designer

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Cloudia is a visionary product designer whose exceptional problem-solving skills and expertise in sewing and lifestyle crafts distinguish her in the design world. Her creations are not just aesthetically pleasing but also stand as testaments to sustainable living, reflecting her commitment to eco-friendly practices. As an entrepreneur, Cloudia co-founded Harsh and Cloudia Digital Imaging and Design LLP in 2020, a venture that has made significant strides in the visual media and design industry.

Her passion for design is matched by her love for adventure. A motorbike enthusiast, Cloudia often embarks on journeys across the diverse landscapes of southern India, from rolling hills and dense forests to ancient monuments, seeking inspiration in the tranquillity of nature. Her affinity... See full profile

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1. Introduction: The experience of gifting a handmade product to your bed can be very personal and emotional. Hi, Claudia. In this class I will teach you how to make a simple macro meter group toy that will keep your pet engaged. Rope toys can be used for a number of pet activities such as steeping and playing catch, which makes the story was the day. I will teach you the tips and simple In techniques that will help you make the toy with ease. The use of simple materials like cotton mix the story, non-toxic and eco-friendly. With my technique, they are very simple to make and can be created by everyone. Join me in this class and let's make one. 2. Materials Required: The materials required for this class are macro amide group ten, minimum tick three meters. Macro made group three among take 50 centimeters. Scissors, clot clip, marker and pen ruler, paper cutter, masking tape, cutting mat and cardboard of 13th centimeter by 26 centimeters. 3. Cardboard Template Making: In this video, let's see how we can make the cardboard template for the toy. For that, I have taken 13 centimeter by 26 centimeter cardboard. What I'm going to do is the first step, I'm going to divide this into half. That is 13 centimeter from the bottom, 13th centimeter from the top. Now let's connect these two points. I holding this ruler, I'm just going to bend it like this. If you want, you can make a score, a score like this. We have bending this cardboard into two because template can be strong. In this way. We can bend this bending. Just going to mark from top five centimeter and from bottom five centimeter from this and two centimeter, two centimeters from here. Now, let's join all the points like this. Five centimeter by five centimeter. Simply join pliant, draw a line to centimeters. This can be very rare because we are just going to use this as a template. Once this is done, we can cut out this area like this. I will use my paper cutter. Hold it like this. Got it very slowly. This is a very simple cardboard template which will help us to make very easily. That's where we are making this. Without this, it will be written there because to make this, once you've got this, you can gently remove this piece. We don't want these two cardboard pieces anymore. Now the next step is we're going to use masking tape and hold these two pieces like this and tapered at the two ends. Let's use masking tape to hold these two ends like this. Gently. Put the tape I don't dig. Just write it like this. Yeah, so the similar way, we will hold these two ends at D SOP and put masking tape. I don't dig. This way. We will get something like a C, C-shape cardboard template. You will see in the next video how we can use this and start winding. 4. Making The First Knot: In this video, let's see how we can meet the basic knot and begin with it. For that, I have taken one end of the macro meter rope, Kenema macro mineral. Sam, going to start with this simple not going to form a loop like this. And insert this end from the top and inserted to the loo and titanate Blake's. In this way, we are going to repeat two more knots. At this point. I'm going to make one more. Simply, make a simple naught, then tighten it like this. We have to make three notes like this. You can see here, I have made one simple node first. Did that. I have repeated that two more times. At the end it will look like this. So this will act as a supporting form for now, we have created a supporting form for a toy. In the next video, we will see how we can use the C mode and start winding it. 5. Winding The Spherical Shape: In this video, we're going to see how we can use this cardboard template and this not a droop and wind it across. For that. The first step is, I'm going to place this not on the center of the template, cardboard template. And if you'll see here, it is exactly a dissenter of the C-shaped cardboard template. Now I'm going to use a masking tape to tape this, this cardboard like this. And I'm going to mark it as that is indicating and starting point. Now what I'm going to do is I'm going to gently wind this across the sea template. Make this four times. So this is 123. And finally four. If you see here, you can see 12341234, both the top and the bottom. Now, what I'm going to do is that is created after we find the group. So I'm going to push this not insane like this. Once I complete that. You can see how it looks from this view. There's exactly a descender and in-between the ropes. Now we are done with the vertical binding. Before I start to the horizontal winding, I'm just going to place a masking tape roughly. We can remove this later on. Like this, indicating that we have completed four times in this, if you see from top and bottom. Therefore, in this similarly, we are going to wind up the rope and on the horizontal direction, if you'll see here that is one slot here and that is one gap over here. And in-between ropes or winded and there is a nod. So decentered. Now I am going to take this row and slowly go winding and inserted to this slot. Now you can see how it is forming a loop like this. Now I'm going to repeat it one more time. You can see here how I'm stacking it. So this is the first time wine. And I'm going to place this rope second one over the first and take all the all around the vertical direction groups. The end. I'm inserting through this law. And slowly you can see how it is going here and there. But we have to do it very slowly. You have to hold it and pull it very slowly. Now you can see how we have made one more winding over here. If you see 12, we say, since the similar way as we discussed, we are going to do four times now we have completed two times. Let's do two more times. Hold the end, take this rope all around. The winded vertical ropes. Insert it from this end and slowly. Now you can see how I'm stacking it. This is the fourth time, last, final most very slowly did from this. And then later. Now if you see it is already nicely. Now we have completed four times from this data and 1234. And if you see here 1234, now this is the right time to change the direction. Now we will see how it can be done. Before that. This is saved in a little bit. So to avoid from removing it from the template, I'm going to place clips on it. Now let's see what is the next step. If you notice here, we have formed a cross shaped winding. This is first we did a vertical direction winding. Then we have the rope and winded out on D naught, placing it in the center. And it is like the horizontal direction, which is centered in two holds like this, this and this. Now the next step is going to insert this rope from this loop. Bottom, right? We have this whole, the other side also. You can see here 12. What we're going to do is we're going to take our group end from the top hold. Take it out like this. Can do it very slowly because we want a very clean and start the rule. Now, what I'm going to do is I'm going to insert this and to the bottom, hold this from here. And I'm going to pull it from the other end. So I am going to insert it like this. And then slowly this V, we can repeat it. 143 more time because as we already discussed, we need four times eight. So I'm going to insert it from this whole like this, and then exit from this other whole. Then pull it very slowly. Because we need a very neat and clean stat to rope. I just checked bullet. And then again insert it from this, hold, an exit like this. Then wind it all around D. Now I'm going to insert it like this exit. Then again, we are going to insert it from the bottom. Now if you see we have, we are doing for the third time. Inserted From this end. Slowly. Exit. Be a little difficult to hear, can maintain the stacking very neatly like the other. Now this is the fourth and final most. I'm going to just insert it here, the loop. Let's remove it ready carefully. Release it from the mold. When you remove this slowly lifting this masking tape. Then along with that tape we have to remove. Now this is the end. Now if you see we have four winding completed, so this is the last and exit thing. Now to hold this, we can place two clips like this. We have completed binding. If you see here, there are four groups and four here, four over here, and all the directions, we have four ropes. So now we have very neatly. Now let's see how we can tighten this entire rope. Then complete the next video. 6. Tightening The Spherical Ball: In this video, let's see how we can tighten this rule and form a spherical shape. For that. Before starting it, we have to remove this masking tape. This is just for the reference we have used. So we just tape to make the process easier. Now if you see we have marked a masking tape saying this is the starting, starting point. I'm going to keep this for reference. And then I will tighten it starting. I will push it from here. And we have made a naughty boy here rate. So that's the starting point. So this is done. What I'm going to do is I'm going to slowly follow this rope. This loop is going here. This is a rope. This you'll understand once you tighten it. So now you'll notice I pulled this is getting tightened this week when you're doing it for the first time. In it like this. I'm going to follow this rope now from here, if you can notice here how it is getting tightened. Now I'll follow this rope like this. This is the this group. Then you start doing it. You will understand how, what is touching and how to hold the next row. So when you do this process to it very slowly and concentrate as much as you can and follow the rule. Because this is little tricky. This is a very readily tricky part in this entire project. Now I'm following this venule, miss this follow-up again. You can refer to the start point and do it from the beginning. So I'm just going to follow this again. Now you can see how neatly this forming our old loose ropes are now gone. Now, in this way, we can tighten all the rope and then we can extend this point. Now you can see how this, now I'm going to follow this. This is going from here to here. Now I'm following this rule. Then. From this, when you start doing it, you will only understand which one to pull and which ones do not. And it will, it is a very easy trick. Menu must be starting point, you will never get missed. This is the rope. So the one EC triggers a few, few, pull this loop. This will get reduced rate. So if you hold a wrong rope like this, you can't actually pull it. You have to follow this rope and where it is ending and starting. So I'm pulling this from this end. It is a very continuous process. You will never get mixed up. If you're doing it first-time, give it a try 12 times, you will only understand. It is a very simple process. Meditating also slowly like this, you have to tighten the entire winding. We have done. Now, we have completed the second side also. This is the final say we're going to start with. It's very simple and it does read easy. I'm going to make this. Then this slope is from here. We're going to follow the snake. And this is the starting point, then this will be the end. Now, It's make this. Then. From here one more trick you can do is you can just insert this, push it like this, so that you will understand their recent motion here. And you can understand all that's the rope to pull tighten it. This is the final rule most, I guess. Finally, we have used clips to hold this rate. So I think that's the most one. Now we can remove this stack point, a masking tape as well. You'll see we have everything. This shape is very nice. Complicit from all the directions. If you want, just to give a good shape. We have not used any ball or a marble inside this ball, a spherical ball to give the supporting form we have just used the same group noted to make this. It looks very pretty and it's very nice. We have come to this end of this project. Now. In the next video, let's see how we can make a loop over here to hold and play with your pets. 7. Finishing With The Final Loop Knot: In this video, let's see how we can complete this and making a loop over here and finish it using this 31 macro me. So for that, what I'm going to do is I'm going to fold this, take this forming a loop like this, and then I'm going to do this rope around this times one to the next. I'm going to insert this, this form, the Lupo here. You can see here that I'm going to slowly insert this end. This. Now you can see forming a nice clean not in this. Now we have two patent for that. We have to hold this and this end and then stretch it nicely. If you hold it this, we can adjust the loop. This I'm going to hold this end and the same. Then I denote as much soup can and as much as you want. Once this is done. We can slowly finish this end by using this code. For that. You don't need this end. You can cut it a little bit. So I'm going to cut it from this. We can cut it. We're going to use this DMM macro mid quarter. This process. What we are going to do is we're going to wind this across and then finish it. For that, you have to hold this like this, the top with one end and form a loop like this. Hold it like this. This is the point where we are going to start winding till here. I'm going to hold this, then slowly winded this rope. It will be difficult for one or two. Then it will be very easy because you will have a grip over. Slowly. Hold it. And why this. See how simple and easy it is. Once you reach this end, you'll complete that. Trim the ropes. They exist this end. You have to insert it. This loop which we formed in the earlier stage. I'm going to insert it like this. The next step is we have to hold this end, which we left the top bullet inside. You can notice how the loop is catching this end and going inside. So before doing that and I look at a little bit, we'll let inside. When you pull, you can notice how the loop is catching the end. Now it is municipal. Now you can see how neatly the end maintenance site, the next step is we have duplicate this end like this and the exit. So you can just using the scissor and you can just get inserted links slightly, we can adjust it. Now. You can see how a very clean loop is safe for us to hold. And then let is a nice pedicle board that a clean finished loop end. 8. Conclusion: Thank you for joining me in this class. I hope you have learned something new, kindly shared. What do you have greeted in the project section? And let me know what you thought about the class in the reviews. Good, bad, and cheers.