I took inspiration for this from one of our macrame books, a love of architecture and Ptolemy Dean our favourite architect.

It measures 30cm across and 50cm in length and I used natural and black jute. It may only be a small piece, but it took a surprisingly long time to complete, there is more to macrame than simply tying a knot!

More experiments using cotton thread…I was starting to get friction burns from the rough string! And of course being 3D, I had to take 3 pictures.

I’ve been experimenting with a few knot variations, even though this is done in plain rough string, it’s still impressive.

This was a design that evolved as I worked on it. Once I’d set the ring with the bead inside at the top, I knew the piece would be called Mind’s Eye. I wasn’t anticipating it to take on a the shape it has, depending on your perspective, a Goddess or a Hula Hula dancer!

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Made using cotton thread and wooden beads, I think it’s obvious why I called it an Abacus Bracelet!