Sunday, May 31, 2009

How to make a macramé doll?

I'm sure you had a go at macramé at least one time in your life. It used to be immensely popular and owls and plant hangers were made abundantly. Among kids, macramé is used to make little friendship bracelets and the use of different colors of yarn makes it a fun activity.
This tutorial shows you how to make a macramé doll which you can use as a promotional item, add it to your giftwrapping, make a key chain from it, add it to party favor bags,...
Here is what you need:
cotton twine, tape, scissors, a waterproof liner, wooden beads
Cut a piece of twine, fold it double and tape it onto the table with the folded side on the bottom.
Cut another piece of twine and put it underneath the folded twine.
Then take the end of the twine underneath and put it on top of the folded twine.
Now take the twine on the right hand, put it underneath the folded twine and make sure you put the end of the twine through the loop you created first.
Now pull on both sides. Your first macramé knot is ready.
Repeat the above process a few times. Always put the twine over the folded thread where you see the little bump (right in this picture)
Then you go with the twine through the loop on the other side.
Make about 5 knots.
Then you pull the wooden bead through the folded part of the twine.
You see a loop on top of the head now. This might be too long so pull the little doll's legs until you think it's long enough. Leave room to make a knot too.

Then make knots on all the ends of the doll for the arms and legs.
Cut off the twine that is too much.
Draw a little happy face on the wooden bead.
The little macramé doll is ready to conquer the world now...

42 comments:

  1. very cute! you always have such fun projects

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  2. Mitsy, such a lovely idea! I will try this with the girls, they will love it, I am sure :)

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  3. oh this brings back many memories because it was as a child I did macrame!! bookmarked .. a must to share with the kids :D

    thank you!

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  4. oh this is so fun Mitsy, I might try to do that with Nuriana!:)

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  5. Adorable! I think your fingers must be busy all day long making one wonderful thing after the other! You have no end of good ideas!

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  6. So very much fun! I remember it well from when I was a young girl :-D

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  7. Very nice! I will try with my daughter and her friends!
    Thank you for share!!

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  8. Cool, I will show this to the girl next door :-) She will like it :)

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  9. i love it. does this mean macrame is comingt back in? I hope so, I miss it.

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  10. Fantastic. the kids will love it!!

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  11. That is just the absolute cutest! Thanks for the wonderful tutorial.
    I made macrame wall hangings as a kid. Once I made a huge one with really thick rope that covered an entire wall in my bedroom!

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  12. Mitsy that is a happy little guy for sure! I love it! (Yet ANOTHER tutorial to add to the list of things I want to try) :)

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  13. Great tutorial and super cute doll! I think I found my next project to do with the munchkins! Thank you!

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  14. Cute dolly! Thank you so much for sharing!

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  15. What a well-put-together demo! So cute, too!

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  16. Pretty dool! Thank you for your post - I did macrame too when I was a child)

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  17. Very cute! My mum was soo into macrame in the 70's. We had macrame everything in our house. But nothing as cute as this...

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  18. very cute and simple!!Thnaks for sharing!

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  19. yey! this is so sweet! I would love to make these for my girls! THANK YOU! Monika

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  20. Mitsy you take the cake ...i love that ...!!!!!!!!

    thanks you so much for showing us how

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  21. This is probably one of the cutest things i have seen in a long time! Thanks for the tute!

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  22. very nice! i made one and put it around the neck of a gift wine bottle, instant "gift wrapping"!

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  23. oh, isn't she sweet? Bravissima!

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  24. I completely forgot how to make this, thank you :)

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  25. I am dreaming of these in all colors of the rainbow dancing up and down as zipper pulls on every jacket my kids own... maybe one or two for myself too. So adorable!

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  26. Oh my, I have 3 kids who would LOVE this, thanks for sharing.

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  27. turned out cute! thanks -Jojo

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  28. I just tried making one. It's so cute! I'm going to attach it to the zippers on my kids winterjackets hahaha

    Thanks for sharing!

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  29. soooo cute.. will make 1 for my daughter. thanks!

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  30. Very funny. Thanks!!

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  31. Those little macrame dolls are just darling and so simple. love it!

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  32. OMG (oh my goodness) my first macrame project..
    With a poorly little gal, your macrame dolly has cheered her up, and I'm grateful for this, and I am proud of myself as well..
    Thank you for inspiring me, and look forward to having a go at other projects you have create..

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