Make the look... MACRAMÉ HANGING

Bring boho vibes to your living space, like Emily has, with this colour-dipped tasselled garland

You will need

4 80cm-long jute rope 4 Tape 4 Mustard macramé yarn

4 Scissors 4 Neon pink fabric paint

1

First, stick each end of the rope to your work surface with tape and cut 35 strands of 2m-long yarn. Fold each strand in half and loop around the rope.

2

Separate the yarn into groups of 10 strands – you’re going to be working with each group of 10 strands at a time. In your rst group, start with the strand on the furthest right. Knot it onto the strand to the left. Keep working with the same strand working right to left knotting on four strands, then stop when you get to the middle.

3

Next, take the strand on the furthest left and knot it onto the strand to its right. Work left to right using the same strand to make a knot onto four pieces of yarn. When you reach the middle, make two knots with the middle strand.

4

Repeat to create four rows of knots, then do the same on all the other groups of 10 strands of yarn all the way across the rope.

5

Starting on the left, take the rst two knotted sections and separate the 20 strands into groups of ve. Tape the rst ve to the left and the last ve to the right, so that you’re left with 10 strands in the middle. Using the same technique as steps three to ve, start with the strand furthest on the right and knot your rst row of knots. Repeat until you’ve knotted four rows. Continue across the rope.

6

Place newspaper under the hanging and brush the ends of the yarn with pink fabric paint. Leave it to dry before hanging it up on a wall.

Jute rope, from a selection, eBay. Mustard macramé yarn, £6 for 200g, Hobbycraft. Neon Pink fabric paint, £3 for 40ml, Little Crafty Bugs. Wall in Marine Blue intelligent matt emulsion, £26 per L, The Little Greene Paint Company. You can use any yarn or string for macramé, but the thinner the yarn, the smaller and less visible the knots will be. Therefore thicker yarns are better for wall hangings.