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

This video Macrame owl tutorial, inspired by Harry Potter's Hedgwig. You can customize the color by changing the threads, the bigger size, the bigger product. One interesting feature of this design is that most of the square knots are three-strand rather than four-strand. Another interesting feature is the way half-hitches are tied over multiple cords to tie the wings and the body together.

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 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.

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