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Macramé for the Modern Home

16 stunning projects using simple knots and natural dyes

Author Isabella Strambio
Paperback
$19.95 US
Search Press
8.13"W x 10.25"H x 0.36"D   | 17 oz | 30 per carton
On sale Mar 18, 2020 | 128 Pages | 9781782218364
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This gorgeous macramé book shows you how to create macramé wall hangings, plant hangers, and other home décor—all with simple knots, natural dyes, 100% recycled materials.

Step-by-step instructions and photographs guide you through 16 full-size macramé projects!

Join interior designer Isabella Strambio for a crash course on creating macramé home décor! In this macramé book for beginners and more experienced makers, you’ll receive step-by-step guidance on 21 key macrame knots; how to use natural materials to dye your yarn; and how to store your dyed yarn until you are ready to use it. Then it’s time to put your skills to the test in 16 macramé projects, divided into 4 sections:

• Macramé on the Wall: Make wall hangings, curtains, bunting, a wreath.
• Macramé to Hang: Make plant hangers, mirror hangers, and even a bedside table!
• Macramé for Indoors & Outdoors: Make a table runner, tealight cover, and lampshade.
• Macramé to Decorate: Spice things up with pillows, a rug, tassels, and more.

Each project clearly explains which knots to use, how to cut your yarn, how long the project will take, and the difficulty level. Key safety advice is also provided, as well as helpful tips for working with large pieces of macramé, knotting from an irregular-shaped support and keeping an even tension.

With easy-to-follow instructions, anyone can make these stunning macramé projects!
Booklist 2020
First-time author and former interior designer Strambio transforms macramé—often associated with a seventies "hippie" look, though the knotting art dates back centuries— into 16 home designs, using the same knots in different combinations and colorations (e.g., natural dyes using herbs, vegetables, and even wine). Whether novice or knot enthusiast, readers are reminded of the foundations: More than a dozen knots (overhand, lark’s head, picot, among others) as well as patterns, a list of dyeing equipment, and several how-to’s. Tips, such as what to do if you run out of string in the middle of a project, are welcome. (There's more than one approach, by the way.) Instructions are more than adequate, including skill level, time required, knots used, materials, equipment, preparation, and photographs of the more difficult steps. Projects run the gamut of traditional and contemporary design, the latter showcased in a rug, mirror hanger, and curtain tieback. Once again, the adage is true: What’s old is new.
© Search Press
Isabella Strambio is a self-taught macramé and natural dye artist. She is half Italian and half Japanese and she grew up by the sea in Italy. At 18, she moved to the UK to learn English and study Interior Design. 

Isabella has always been attracted to design, hand-made products, natural materials and textures, and her passions are reflected in her work. She is also a big advocate of using recycled materials for her macramé work and food scraps for her natural dyeing. She started her blog www.twome.co.uk, to document her personal journey to learn 12 new crafts in 12 months. In 2017, she took the leap and quit her career as an Interior Designer to work full-time on her small creative business.

She has been featured in the Sunday Telegraph, the UK TV series Kirstie's Handmade Christmas and regularly writes macramé tutorials for magazines like Mollie Makes, In the Moment, Hobbycraft and Origin. In 2019, her Natural Dyed Japanese Apron was one of the finalists for the Etsy Design Award. She runs workshops, events and teambuilding classes in London and across the UK. She also teaches macramé and natural dyeing online for people that cannot attend her workshops. View titles by Isabella Strambio

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This gorgeous macramé book shows you how to create macramé wall hangings, plant hangers, and other home décor—all with simple knots, natural dyes, 100% recycled materials.

Step-by-step instructions and photographs guide you through 16 full-size macramé projects!

Join interior designer Isabella Strambio for a crash course on creating macramé home décor! In this macramé book for beginners and more experienced makers, you’ll receive step-by-step guidance on 21 key macrame knots; how to use natural materials to dye your yarn; and how to store your dyed yarn until you are ready to use it. Then it’s time to put your skills to the test in 16 macramé projects, divided into 4 sections:

• Macramé on the Wall: Make wall hangings, curtains, bunting, a wreath.
• Macramé to Hang: Make plant hangers, mirror hangers, and even a bedside table!
• Macramé for Indoors & Outdoors: Make a table runner, tealight cover, and lampshade.
• Macramé to Decorate: Spice things up with pillows, a rug, tassels, and more.

Each project clearly explains which knots to use, how to cut your yarn, how long the project will take, and the difficulty level. Key safety advice is also provided, as well as helpful tips for working with large pieces of macramé, knotting from an irregular-shaped support and keeping an even tension.

With easy-to-follow instructions, anyone can make these stunning macramé projects!

Praise

Booklist 2020
First-time author and former interior designer Strambio transforms macramé—often associated with a seventies "hippie" look, though the knotting art dates back centuries— into 16 home designs, using the same knots in different combinations and colorations (e.g., natural dyes using herbs, vegetables, and even wine). Whether novice or knot enthusiast, readers are reminded of the foundations: More than a dozen knots (overhand, lark’s head, picot, among others) as well as patterns, a list of dyeing equipment, and several how-to’s. Tips, such as what to do if you run out of string in the middle of a project, are welcome. (There's more than one approach, by the way.) Instructions are more than adequate, including skill level, time required, knots used, materials, equipment, preparation, and photographs of the more difficult steps. Projects run the gamut of traditional and contemporary design, the latter showcased in a rug, mirror hanger, and curtain tieback. Once again, the adage is true: What’s old is new.

Author

© Search Press
Isabella Strambio is a self-taught macramé and natural dye artist. She is half Italian and half Japanese and she grew up by the sea in Italy. At 18, she moved to the UK to learn English and study Interior Design. 

Isabella has always been attracted to design, hand-made products, natural materials and textures, and her passions are reflected in her work. She is also a big advocate of using recycled materials for her macramé work and food scraps for her natural dyeing. She started her blog www.twome.co.uk, to document her personal journey to learn 12 new crafts in 12 months. In 2017, she took the leap and quit her career as an Interior Designer to work full-time on her small creative business.

She has been featured in the Sunday Telegraph, the UK TV series Kirstie's Handmade Christmas and regularly writes macramé tutorials for magazines like Mollie Makes, In the Moment, Hobbycraft and Origin. In 2019, her Natural Dyed Japanese Apron was one of the finalists for the Etsy Design Award. She runs workshops, events and teambuilding classes in London and across the UK. She also teaches macramé and natural dyeing online for people that cannot attend her workshops. View titles by Isabella Strambio

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