Macrame: The Art of Creative Knotting

by Virginia I. Harvey

The art of making macrame (a French word meaning knotted lace) is an ancient way of tying notes in string to create lacy-patterned decorative and useful articles. This gratifying, easily learned technique has become almost a lost art, says author Virginia Harvey, the well-known weaver and designer. Harvey's excellent up-to-sate instruction book brings the time-honored skill very much to life and gives it a rightful place among modern hand crafts. Written in clear, graphic terms, this book traces the rich heritage of macrame, discusses tools and materials, and shows, step-by-step, how to tie the basic knots and combine them. Detailed instructions for planning and executing designs are given, together with suggestions for projects. More than 270 photographs and diagrams illustrate the text.

Genres: Crafts

128 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1967

Reviews

[Rooks · Rating 4 out of 5]

Definitely more of a technique book than a project book, but it nonetheless got me excited to try some projects that would integrate macrame into various housewares. The directions for creating various effects from the knots seemed reasonably clear and, though picture clarity and quality suffers from the limitations of the era in which the book was authored, the pages were liberally peppered with various finished works and hand drawn diagrams.