Macrame Snowflake Christmas Ornament instruction

Step-by-step instruction and scheme

X - Square Knot
W - Wind Knot
R - Double Half Hitch
S - Spiral Braid
G - "Gourmand" pattern
C - Chain Braid
K - Capuchin Knot
F - Frivolite
L - Loop Knot
H - Chameleon Braid
B - "Berry" Pattern
P - Petals Pattern
J - Josephine Knot
A - Lark's head knot

It is very simple - you can easily do this even if you are amateur in Macrame or would like to try to make it with your child!! This is great as a stocking stuffer or as a last minute Christmas gift.

1. You will need 12 threads about 50 cm (20 inches) long. I used white, pretty thick thread with lurex, because it helps to keep the Snowflake's shape. If the thread is too thin, you can try to place the finished ornament in a starch solution - it will make it firmer. Also you will need 12 beads and a metal ring (diameter about 1,5 - 1,8 cm or 5/8 inch). You can make a ring yourself by wrapping a piece of wire around a pen. 2. Affix the ring to the cushion. Then attach all 12 threads to the ring with the Lark's head knot. Add extra loops on the left and right in order to cover the entire ring. (pic.1-3)	Pic.1
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3. Take two edge threads from two different knots and pull through a bead (pic.4). Then make a Square knot using these two threads as base and two threads from both sides of the bead as working threads. 4. Repeat the 3rd step 6 times until you have all first 6 beads attached (pic.5).	Pic.4
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5. Take two working threads - one from two neighbor Square Knots. Use them as base threads, go out about 1 inch from the Square knot and make another one Square knot (now working threads will be base threads from previous Square knot - kind of like in the Chess Pattern). Pull it a little closer to the center of Snowflake creating a curve (pic.6).
6. Pull two base threads through a bead and make a Square knot (pic.7). Drop clear glue on this knot to affix it, let it dry and cut extra threads (pic.8). 7. Repeat steps 5 - 6 six times attaching all six beads. Your Christmas Ornament Snowflake is ready!	Pic.7
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These are more a complicated versions of the Snowflake - try to make them too! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Thanks to Antonina Lovebiser (Canada) from LiveJournal for these patterns and images.

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