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Upcycle and Reuse DIY:
Macrame Plant Hanger
What You’ll Need
Cording
Metal or wood ring
Beads (optional)
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To Begin
1. To begin cut 8 strips of cording about 12 feet long.
Tip: You want your cording to be about four times the length of your finished product.
Hint: You can always cut down your cording, but you can’t always add.
2. Take your 8 strips, fold them in half to make 16 strips, and tie them to your ring.
3. You’re ready to begin.
The three most common macrame knots are: the square knot, the spiral knot, and the half-hitch
knot. Use these three knots to make any design you desire. Get creative.
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1. Take 4 pieces of cording, lying parallel to each other.
2. Start by making a half knot.
Hint: The two outer cords will be your knotting cords
and your inner cords will be what you tie your knot
around.
3. Bring the far left knotting cord over your two middle
cords and under your right knotting cord.
4. Take your far right knotting cord, place it under your
two middle cords and over your left knotting cord,
and pull tight.
5. Finish off the square knot by making another half knot
in the opposite direction.

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The Spiral Knot
1. Take 4 pieces of cording lying parallel to each other.
2. Start by making a half knot.
3. Bring the far left knotting cord over your two middle
cords and under your right knotting cord.
4. Then take your far right knotting cord, place it under
your two middle cords and over your left knotting
cord, and pull tight.
5. Continue this step, over and over to create a spiral.

The Square Knot
Half-Hitch Knot
1. Take your far right cord and place it over the
other cords.
2. Take your next cord, closest to your far right cord,
and take it up and over, then under the far right cord,
making a loop.
3. Pull the loop tight.
4. Repeat, making two half-hitch knots per cord.
To Finish
1. Once your design is made, tie a knot with four strings next to each other, about 6 inches down.
2. Repeat with other 12 cords.
3. Now, take 2 cords from 2 partnering knots, knot those 4 cords together about 2–3 inches below the other.
4. Keep repeating until you reach your desired length.
5. Place plant inside plant hanger, and tie a knot at end.
Tip: By cutting the top off a supplement bottle or Slim & Sassy ® TrimShake bottle and spray painting it, you can create your own style of planter.
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