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You have a nice donut bead/stone and want to wear it as a pendant but do not know how to present it better? Today I will show how to make a Cat Claw Knot .

This tutorial shows how to make an adjustable necklace by using two whippings to tie the adjustable knot, rather than tieing a bulky knot. This tutorial shows how to do it with traditional whipping, but a similar effect could be done with wire wrapping.

DIY Macrame Celtic Knot Pendant Tutorial. A woven interlaced square/cross motif.

Macrame owl tutorial, in Russian, but since it is 95% visuals, the language doesn't matter. This design has the interesting features of: (a) tufty owl ears, (b) the wings are joined to the body with half-hitches over multiple cords, (c) the binding for the tail is done with whipping rather than square knots or half-hitches. This makes it a bit more uniform.

This tutorial shows how to wrap a stone or a cabochon with macrame. This is using the "looping technique", where a braid of square knots is made with loops on either side, and then the cord is threaded through the loops and tightened to hold the cabochon in place. This method is versatile, because one can change the size of the loops to capture larger or more irregular stones. This tutorial itself is rather long, probably longer than it needs to be. It covers not only the cabochon-wrapping, but three different methods of finishing off the pendant/necklace as well.

This tutorial shows how to wrap a stone or cabochon with macrame using the vertical larks head technique. This can be done with or without beads. The idea is that one has two vertical cords, and one ties alternating larks-head knots to these, optionally adding beads between each knot. I've seen this done without beads, but what I like about this method IS the beads, which give it some extra bling.

This tutorial shows how to add beads to a flat kumihimo braid, on the sides of it. While this is demonstrated on a square kumihimo disk with the beads being added as you go, it could also be done on a marudai with pre-strung beads. The beads would have to be strung on every cord, and brought down when that cord is moved to the side position.

This tutorial shows how to make channel set beaded flat kumihimo braid; that is, beads go down the centre like they're in a channel. This design isn't suited for a marudai, since the beads have to be strung on while the braid is being made. They can't be pre-strung, which means that the cord has to be not spooled, which means one can't use weighted spools, which means you can't do this on a marudai. But it's a nifty design; the beads are snug inside the braid.

This video shows how to make a kumihimo braid with a wire core, not just for making cuff bracelets, but for pendants (and earrings etc). Rather than tying a knot in the cords and trying to attach the wire, this method wraps the wire around the cords, leaving one end of the wire free for making a wire loop (or wire decoration) and the rest of the wire is the core around which the braid is braided. Then, when there's still wire left, the braid is finished with a couple of half-hitches around the wire, and then the remaining wire can be played with for more decoration at the other end. And the braided part can be bent in whichever way you want, with the wire core making it stiff.

This is a tutorial on how to make a Macrame flower lace bracelet.

To make this bracelet you will need: 0,5mm waxed polyester cord (or ~1mm nylon thread) 2 cords x 320cm / 126 inch 1 cord x 60cm / 24 inch (colors of your choice)

This tutorial shows you how to make an "infinity" kumihimo bracelet. (Me, I wouldn't call it Infinity, it's more like a square knot). The idea is to make a seamless loop by making a section of 8-strand braid, and then taking both ends of that together to make a 16-strand braid. Then one does that again, for the other half of the bracelet, then pull the loops together to make a square-knot-like centrepiece for the bracelet. Very cool!

Simple bracelet tutorial; leather and beads. What is notable is the sliding adjustable part of it.

The tutorial is in Russian, but the pictures make it clear enough.

This adjustable closure is basically a macrame flat-knot strip knotted around the main cords. I think it works because it's done with rattail or similar smooth cord, and synthetic so that it can be seared to seal it. Still worth noting.

Wrapping a rough stone in crochet to make a necklace

A simple-yet-elegant spiral.

This uses Crab Stitch, something I haven't mastered yet, but it looks good.

Pretty crocheted earrings, with extra dangles.