[Nfb-krafters-korner] Question about Macrame Belt Project.

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Hi eileen -- it is supposed to be flat, with running square knotts about an 
inch or 2 apart, depending how heavy your cord is, and depending on your 
preference for the outcome.
In between the knots there should be a kind of daisy chain effect -- kind of 
like hearts or teardrops in alternating colors, strung the full length of 
the belt.
Think of the point of the heart as being the 2 cords in the center after 
they have been tied.  You take them and pull them out and over the other 
cords to the outside and tie a knot with them, so it looks like the heart is 
upside-down from your point of view.  Another nice thing about this belt is 
that it looks identical on both sides. you don't have to worry about getting 
the right side out when you put it on.

There is one thing to watch, though -- if you put the belt down and come 
back to it later, be sure you are working on the same side you were on 
before.    The reason is that if you look at one side, the middle cords are 
coming out over the outer cords (like we did in class) so the heart looks 
upside-down.  But if you flip it over, you see that the center cords are 
being pulled out under the outer cords -- or in other words, the outer cords 
are being pulled together into the middle and so when you tie the knot it 
looks like you have a right-side-up heart.

You can tie it either way. You might not like doing it the way I did in 
class -- just be sure to work on the same side for the whole length of the 
belt so you don't get right-side-up and upside-down hearts mixed when you 
don't expect it.

Unless of course, you are being creative and creating your own pattern...
Then you can throw the patterns out the window...

Happy krafting.
--le


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eileen Scrivani" <etscrivani at verizon.net>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 6:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Question about Macrame Belt Project.


Well, I'm not sure.  I'm just trying to be consistant.  I am not certain
that after I work the under over, under over part that I am creating the
"knot" correctly.  I am not sure what this finished item should be feeling
like; a tube, a flat piece or something between a tube and flat??

Eileen


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From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 3:38 PM
To: <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Question about Macrame Belt Project.

> How is it coming out Eileen?
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