Marlinspike Sailor’s Arts and Crafts
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Marlinspike Sailor’s Arts and Crafts: A Step-by-Step Guide to Tying Classic Sailor’s Knots to Create, Adorn, and Show Off
Discover the dozens of nautically flavored craft projects you can make with rope!
You will be surprised by the fancy projects you can make with a square knot, a double-French hitching, or four-strand braids (a dog collar, a tool grip, and a decorated picture frame, respectively)! You can also tie the sailor’s Turk’s Head knot into a bracelet and morph a monkey’s fist knot into a doorstop or a fun toy for your dog.
Marine artisan Barbara Merry, an expert in artistic marlinspike seamanship skills, shows you how with Marlinspike Sailor’s Knots and Crafts. With the help of her expert guidance, you can create more than 30 ropework projects that will add a nautical touch to your boat, RV, camp, or home.
Here are just a few projects you can create withMarlinspike Sailor’s Knots and Crafts:
Companionway treads * Gear hammock for your bunk * Decorated carafe * Canvas ditty bag * Water bottle carrier * Manila doormat * Zipper pull * Swing hammock for your backyard * Key fob * Checkerboard * Reusable net shopping bag * Eyeglass case * Ring toss * and more
Don’t worry if you have never worked with rope in this way before–Barbara will take you step-by-step through theprocess, from choosing and measuring materials to putting the final touches on your nautical project. Projects are suitable for scout troops or afterschool activities as well! by Barbara Merry (Author)
Type PDF Size22 MB
Print length 112 pages
Language English
Publisher International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
Publication date November 12, 2013
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Macrame Tree of Life
Make your own Tree of Life Wall Hanging. Choose your favorite yarn to make a tree that suits one of the hoops (25, 20 or 15 cm). In this pattern, tension is important because the tree should fit the indicated hoop diameter.
This pattern is made and described with macramé yarn from Durable, which suits a 25 cm hoop. You can also use cotton yarn, you could possibly take several threads together to get a good tension.
All information and the table for the yarns used, tension, and the hoop diameter can be found in the pattern.
Materials: Yarn: Durable macrame 100 g 90 m Hook: 4 mm Other: hoop 25 cm, wooden beads, hook 2 mm, scissors, needle. other sizes: 20 cm made with Yarnart Macrame, 15 cm made with Scheepjes Catona.
Skill Level: intermediate till advanced
This pattern includes:
graph / chart, written instructions, very detailed step-by-step pictures, written instructions are given in the English language (American terminology), graph symbols using US crochet terminology Pattern notes:
The tree is crocheted in rows, you turn your work after each row and work on the right and wrong side. Start crocheting with single crochet stitches around the hoop, then you crochet the crown with branches. The trunk of the tree is fastened around the hoop. Your tree must be smaller than the hoop itself to fit a hoop. Used and Special stitches The used stitches: sc, hdc, dc, and some special stitches: hdc2tog, dc2tog, FPdc, BPdc, FPtr, BPtr, FPtr2tog, FPtr3tog. There is a Photo Tutorial for some of the special stitches in the pattern included.
Using beads The beads are added while crocheting. For this method, you need the beads with a slightly larger hole and an additional crochet hook in a smaller size. There is a Photo Tutorial for using beads in the pattern included.