Macrame

facilitated by Alice hume

5 week on demand course

Mindful Creativity : forget your troubles while learning a new skill

Learn how to create your own Macrame Wall Hanging for your home

Using different knots to form patterns and texture. You will learn half hitches, half knots, flat knots, cording and embellishments.

5 Week Course

free Sample

What to expect

Week 1) learn your first knots

Learn how to start your Macrame Wall Hanging by cutting the cord and attaching to your driftwood or stick. You will learn your first knots of half hitches and create texture.

Week 2) create spirals

You will learn how to create half knots which create spirals and flat knots.

Week 3) create shapes

Learn how to develop your flat knots and create shapes.

Week 4) create zig zags

Create knotted lines called cording that make zig zags, arrow heads and crosses.

Week 5) the finishing touches

How to finish your Macrame Wall Hanging with embellishments, beads and learn how to create textile feathers.

Alice Hume

Alice Hume is a Weaver and Textile Artist based at Hotwalls Studios in Old Portsmouth. Alice studied Textile Design for her degree at Winchester School of Art and attended weaving schools internationally in Sweden and Japan. Inspired by her travels and different cultures her work combines embroidery, wrapping, knotting and hand weaving on her Harris floor Loom. She experiments with unusual materials of recycled copper, raffia and 1970’s vintage silk yarns to create wall decor, hanging copper moons, clutch bags and Textile earrings. Vanderhume is about collaboration, creating contemporary Textiles and is named after her ancestors who were Flemish weavers. She also teaches Frame Loom Weaving and Macrame Workshops online, in-person and at festivals around the country.

Learn - Practice - Have Fun

The course is suitable for all ages and abilities

No experience needed

The course is suitable for all ages and abilities, you will need no previous experience of textiles or knotting and it is for anyone interested in learning a new mindful skill. Macrame is really therapeutic as you learn to repeat the knots to create different patterns. You will be using your hands to knot, therefore using both sides of the brain making you completely absorbed in the process.

Purchase the course £33