Learn how to make this easy but beautiful detailed macrame plant hanger!

1. Intro: Hi, I'm Megan and I'm self-taught macrame artist. I'm also the owner and creator of my own little business Luna Crafts Online. And in today's class I'm going to show you how to make this really easy, but really pretty macrame plant hanger. It's the perfect plant hanger to fit large pot or smaller pots. And you will be learning how to make five different macrame. knots in this class. I created my small business Luna Crafts Online back in December 2018. Since then I've fallen more and more in love with macrame and fibre arts and the process of creating bespoke wall hangings. I find creating something with my hands very therapeutic and relaxing, but I'd love to now be able to teach other people about this craft and hopefully inspire others to be creative. My hope is that my lessons, we'll teach you some basic knots and patterns so that you'll be able to create your own wall hangings, plant hangers and even macrame bags. not only for yourself but for friends and family too as they make really amazing gifts. Some of my other hobbies include yoga, running, baking and houseplants I have probably about 60 houseplants I have a lot of different plant hanger tutorials to share with you. I really hope you learn some techniques from me so you're able to create your own unique, beautiful wall hangings. 2. Supplies & materials: So you're going to need some macrame. cord this is my favourite one to use. It's a three millimeter three 3ply macrame code. I'm just using a white colour, but you could use any colour of your choice. As you can see, if you split the fibres apart, it will split into groups of three or four. So you're going to need 8 lots of 200 cm lengths of cord. Need one lat of 50 cm length of cord for the wrapping knot at the end of the plant hanger. And then it one 5.5 cm wooden hoop. Or you could use slightly smaller or you can go larger than that if you wanted, some scissors. And lastly, a tape measure. So let's get started. 3. Larks head knot, basic knot & spiral knot: So I'm just going to grab my wooden hoop and put on some hooks like this, and then grab our eight lots of 200cm lengths of cord. We're going to split them in half like this. And then we're gonna take the halfway point and we're gonna go through the hoop. like this from front to back. And then we're going to pass all the cords through that loop there, just like this. And that is called a larks head knot which is a very basic knot in macrame so a really good knot to know And it's super easy. And then I like to just take my time and make sure everything's laying nice and flat and pull one each cord individually to make sure everything nice and tight and it all looks neat So this can take a while, but it's worth it in the end. Just like that, so that's perfect. So now we're going to split all the cords into four groups of four cords. So I like to try and pick cords that are laying next to each other from the bunch. So just like I'm doing here, just split it into four groups of 4 cords. And then we're just going to be working on one group of cords. So I've just put the other three out of the way to make it easier to see. So as you can see, all the 4 cords here are laying flat. And I'm just measuring about eight cm down. And then we're just going to tie it into a basic knot. Just like this. So grab your cord, flip it over like that and then just pull the cord through the loop. And then again, like the larks head knot at the start, we're just going to pull on each cord individually to make sure it's all nice and tight. And then we're going to take the cords and we're going to number them 1, 2, 3 & 4. So we're going to take the fourth cord. So the cord on the right, over the middle two. The first will go over that one. And then behind the middle two and through this loop here, just like that. And then you can pull that to the bottom of the knot. And that's all you're going to need to know to make this spiral knot. So again, taking the fourth over the middle two, the first will go in front of that one, and behind the middle two, and then through this loop here. So you can just repeat that. And as you're repeating it, you will notice it will start to spiral around. Make this really pretty knot. So we're going to complete 12 of these knots in total to complete this spiral knot. And then again, like the start of this, we're gonna just finish off with a basic, knot just to make it nice and symmetrical. And again, just pull on each cord just to make sure it's all nice and tight. Now we can grab another group and pull that down. I'm going to repeat the exact same steps on this group of cords. So I'm measuring eight cm down, doing the basic knot. And then we'll be doing 12 of the spiral knots and then finishing it off with another basic, knot just like that. So now we can go ahead and just repeat these steps on the other two groups of codes until all 4 groups of cords have the same pattern. So this is perfect. And now we can move on to the part that will hold your plant nice and secure. 4. Square knots & wrapping knot: Okay, so now that all four groups of cords have this design on, we're just going to take two groups of cords like this that are next to each other. You can just put the other two cords out of the way for now. And then we're going to take two cords from each section just like this. You can try and get them so they would lay flat. And then I'm going to grab my tape measure and I'm going to measure about 20 cm down from the bottom of the last knot. And that's where we're going to add our first row of square knots. And then I've got my two cords from each group here. And we're gonna do a square knot. So we're gonna take the fourth over the middle two, and then that first one will go in front of that one behind the middle two and then through this loop here. So it's the exact same as making a spiral knot apart from we Just finish this off by doing it the opposite way. So the first will go in front of the middle two and behind the, for the fourth, the fourth will go behind the middle two and then through this loop here. Just like that. And then you can pull that to tighten it. And that is one square knot complete, just as easy as that. So now we can pull down the rest of the groups. And again, we're gonna take two cords from each group laying next to each other. And we're going to create one square, knot at the exact same height as that first one. So you can just use the first one as a guide reference. You don't need to measure it every time now. So just creating it in the exact same way. And then again, we'll just flip the plant hanging around and complete two more square knots using two cords from each group. Until you have four square knots like this. So we're going to grab two square knots now that are laying next to each other. And we're going to use the four middle cords this time to create one more square knot. So this is called an alternating row of square knots. So this time I'm going to measure about six cm down from the first row of square knots and we're going to add one square knot. And then again, we can go ahead and use these two cords from this group and take the other two from the next group. Just like that and add one more square knot at the, exact same height as the second row. And then just repeat this until you have four square knots all the way around. And then if you hold the bottom together just for a brief moment, you can see where your plant will sit. So now it's time to add the wrapping knots. We're just going to grab our 50 cm length of cord. And I'm going to do about the same distance from the two rows of square knots from the bottom. So about six cm. So I'm taking my 50 cm length of cord and I'm going to leave a small tail like this at the top. Then I'm going to create this long u-shape like this. and then with the long tail I'm just going to wrap it around all the cords. So as you can see, I'm sort of pulling the plant hanger down to keep all The cords tight as I do this to until I've got a few wraps to secure it. So I can see I've still got that small tail at the top of this loop here. I'm still going to wrap the long tail around till we've done about five or six wraps to make sure it's nice and secure. And then you can take the long tail. And we're gonna go through the loop that we left Just like this And then you can gently hold that in place. And if you pull on the small tail at the top like this, you'll see they'll start to close and it will pull that cord up into the knot. So you want to pull it until it's about halfway through the knot try not to pull it all the way through as it might undo your knot. They can just go ahead and grab your scissors and snip off the excess cords from the wrapping knot. And last but not least, it's just time to trim the plant hanger. So this is completely optional. You could just leave it as is. But I like to trim mine just to create a neater finish. So again, I'm just measuring about 15 cm down from the bottom of that wrapping knot. And then I'm just going to cut it, just like that. So now we can move on to adding in our plant and going over the class project. 5. Final touches and class project: So now all that's left to do is to grab a plant and just add it into your macrame plant hanger and hang up and enjoy it. I really hope you enjoyed this macrame, plant hanger class. Feel free to check out some of my other Skillshare classes. My most popular one being my macrame cross body bag. So for the class project I'd just like you to create your own macrame plant hanger. So you can take some of the knots and techniques that you've learnt in this class and create your own design. Or you could just follow this design entirely. It's completely up to you, but I would really love to see your progress pictures and of course, your final finished picture in the class project section. Feel free to make this your own. You could use different colours. You could use a slightly bigger wooden hoop or slightly smaller one. Probably wouldn't go any smaller than maybe 4.5 centimeters. though I think it needs to be quite thick to support the plant and hold the weight. And if you wanted to house a smaller plant in there, all you'd need to do is to shorten the length in-between the square knot rows and the wrapping knot maybe to about four cm. And that will hold a smaller plant much more securely. Thank you for joining me on this class and I hope to see you in my next one. Bye.