This winter seems even longer then any other winter I have survived! To keep my mind of it, I have been having fun with my plants. Today, I’ll show you how to give your home a vintage look with a trendy macramé planter. This project incorporates two basic macramé techniques that can be applied to many other projects.

You will need:

• 1 ball of Bernat Handicrafter cotton yarn (the color of your choice)
• 16 beads
• Ring
• Plant (I used I spider plant, it’s really hard to kill even if you don’t have a green thumb)

Instructions:

1. Cut 8 cords of cotton yarn, each 4 m long. Fold in half.

2. Attach the cords to a ring by placing the looped cords under the ring then drawing the ends through the loop and around the ring (larks head knot).

3. Separate the cords into 4 groups of 4; each group will be worked on individually.

4. Grab one group of cords and create a half knot spiral 3.5 cm long, then thread a bead over the two centre cords and tie a knot around it. Repeat this process, adding beads every 3.5 cm until 4 beads have been added. Create one more 3.5 cm half knot spiral below the last bead.

5. Repeat step 4 until all 4 groups of cords have been knotted and beaded.

6. Taking 2 cords from one knotted section and 2 cords from an adjacent section, make  roughly 3.5 cm below the end of the half knot spirals. Do this until all sections have been knotted together into 4 Josephine knots.

7. Taking 2 cords from one side of a Josephine knot and 2 cords from one side of another knot, tie a Josephine knot 3.5 cm below the previous one. Repeat this process until you have a total of 8 Josephine knots (including the ones from step 6).

8. Gather the cords together and tie an overhand knot roughly 5 cm below the last set of Josephine knots. Trim ends leaving a 10 cm tail.

9. Carefully insert the plant into the centre of the hanger and hang it.