Make an intricate macrame elephant keychain.
Use it for your bags, purses, or keys to avoid losing them!
Making them is as mediative as the elegant creatures.
Image credit: Macrame Tita on Youtube
Materials:
Directions:
Using a yellow cord, fold it and securely make a knot around the ring.
With another two cords, repeat the process besides the first knot.
Then, prepare another cord.
Pin the ring on the cloth.
Tie the fourth ring on each tail of the three knots tightly.
With the same process, use another cord for a second layer beneath the first line layer.
But this time, make the ends a little longer.
Continue making the third layer with another cord longer, forming a half triangle.
For the fourth cord, use a red waxed cord in the same process.
Then, repeat the process with the left red tail cord until you reach the center.
Notice how the keychain is moving; secure the center with a pin.
Slide and tuck the two red tail cords at the back of the chain upward.
Now, grab another yellow cord and do the same knots as the yellow cords.
Repeat the two knots on the left with another two yellow cords on the right side.
Find the center for the main tail cords and insert a yellow bead.
Knot some more with the tail, ends alternating with two tails in between.
Repeat the process until you make two layers of knotted braid curves around the bead.
Separate the tail ends into two sections from the middle.
With the two center tails, knot them twice for a clean look.
At each end of the main tail cords, tie one knot with new yellow cords.
Starting there, knot each end moving to the center.
Creating to clean V knots.
On each main end, tie five knots each.
Starting from the center tails, knot another curve enclosing the eyes on each eye.
Do the same process until it spirals and makes the cone-shaped trunk.
When you reach the end of the trunk, finish with a tight knot and cut the excess tails.
Burn the ends to make a neat finish.
For the enormous ears, make knots around two tails from the ends.
Do the same process until you reach the bottom ear.
Repeat the same process for the other huge elephant ear.
