[NFB-Blind-Crafters] Macrame anything pocket instructions

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Below are the instructions Annie sent for the macrame Anything Pocket.

Tracy

 

THE ANYTHING POCKET

 

MATERIALS:  80-1/4 yards 3mm macrame cord;  2 12-inch dowels with beads on
each end.  Macrame board with t-pins for holding work in place.

 

     INSTRUCTIONS

1.	Cut 52 cords 1-1/2 yards long, 1 cord 2-1/4 yards long to be used
later.
2.	Mount 26 cords onto each dowel with larksheads.  Each dowel is
worked separately until later.
3.	Tie a row of square knots with each group of 4 cords beneath
larksheads beginning on the left.
4.	Tie 2 rows of alternating square knots on each piece.
5.	Now join the two sections together with an alternating square knot
on each edge with 2 cords from each side.  Continue tying alternating square
knots around the pocket. 
6.	Tie 8 rows of alternating square knots around pocket, working as a
tube.  (I always cut a piece of cardboard to fit inside the tube to keep the
sides separated).
7.	Tie 3 rows of decreasing square knots working back and front
separately.  This gives a slight curve to corners.  
8.	Turn pocket inside out to close bottom.  Beginning on one end, tie a
square knot  with no fillers, using 1 cord front and 1 from back.  
9.	Continue working across bottom tying square knots using 2 cords from
both sides, 2 as tying cords and 2 as fillers.  Proceed working until there
are 2 cords left at the other end, tying a square knot with no fillers.
10.	Cut cord ends and fuse together.  
11.	Turn right side out.
12.	Attach beads to end of dowels, glue if necessary.
13.	Mount the 2-1/4 yard cord with a larkshead onto back dowel of pocket
on left end and tie a chain of approximately 44 half hitches.  Close hitch
end onto right end of back dowel.  Fuse ends and cut.    

 

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