Cool Beans: Macrame

This is what I used when first learning how alphas worked:

I think she tends to not cut the strings she’s weaving with though, I personally find it easier to not work with the whole thing of thread at once. I tend to cut it using my own wingspan to measure, which is around 60”. Just do whatever works best for you though!

I started using triangle knots to start and finish as well, makes it look a bit neater:

For the triangle at the bottom end she advises to start grouping them in the middle, but I have an easier time making it look neat by starting from the outer ends. Again, just a preference, it takes some trial and error and just looking at how it comes out to get it how you want.

Lastly, I started using this method for loops:

There are a LOT of loop methods you can find, I just like this one. If you do use this one, I’ve found it works to go into two triangle knots and then join them together.