Easy Macrame Christmas Tree Ornament

Supplies: two lengths of chord (mine is 3mm thick) that are each 10ft long, eight pieces of the same rope that are 8 inches long, wool needle, and scissors.

Fold your two long pieces of rope so that approx. 1/3 of the rope is on one side, and 2/3 on the other. Tape the two pieces to a board with the shorter ends in the middle.

Take the left hand piece, and bring it over top of the other three (making a 4 shape)

Take the right most piece (not the one you just brought over) and bring it on top of the piece you just brought across

Take that same right hand piece and put it behind all the other pieces of rope

Now bring the tail of that piece in through the loop/hole on the left hand side. It should be coming from the back and so will come out the front

Pull the two side pieces to move the knot up to the tape

Now we are going to do the same in reverse! Bright the right hand piece over top of the other three (making a backwards 4 shape)

Take the left hand piece and put it in front of the piece you just brought over

Take that same piece and bring it across but behind the others

Bring the tail of that piece through the right hand loop (from back to front)

Pull the two side pieces tight so the knot moves up the middle rope to the top

Temp take the tape off and pull the two middle pieces so there isn't two loops at the top any more

And there you have it! You made a square knot! Repeat this until you have used up all your two side pieces of rope (the middle two will stay the same length the same time)

Keep going!

Should be looking something like this now!

Once you reach the end of your two side pieces, pull the knot tight and cut off all four lengths (no it won't come undone!)

Take one of your scraps from the middle pieces you just cut, and loop it around 7 of your smaller pieces

Take the eight smaller piece, wrap it around the other small pieces, and tie a knot

Flip over and tie another knot

Cut those two tails off

Take your long length of square knots, and fold it back and forth to make a tree shape

Thread the long piece that the trunk is attached to onto your wool needle

Thread it through the layers of the tree all the way to the top

Once you reach the top, tie a knot, cut off the excess, and you are done!