A hanging macramé Christmas tree

1   Cut a 50 cm piece of cotton twine, double it over and cut another piece of cotton twine measuring 210 cm.

2   Print the template which is available as a separate PDF file on this page. Place the template upside down onto an underlay which you can push pins into. Secure the doubled-over piece of cotton twine with the loop at the bottom, pointing towards yourself. Place the long piece of cotton twine across at the top and make 5-6 macramé knots as shown in the photo. This will be the tree trunk.

3   Push pins into the first two dots opposite each other on the template. Wind the cotton twine around the pins.

4   Make two macramé knots.

5   You have now made the first ”branch”.

6   Continue with this technique until there are no more dots left on the template.

7   Make two macramé knots at the top of the tree when all the branches are made.

8   Secure the excess cotton twine with a needle.

9   Thread two wooden beads onto the loop.

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