Macrame Heart

Step 1

Gather your supplies and materials.

Step 2

Make a bend at the one third point of your pipe cleaner to make a check mark shape. The point will be the heart's bottom.

Step 3

Shape the rest of the pipe cleaner into a heart shape, overlapping the two ends of the pipe cleaner.

Step 4

Twist the ends of the pipe cleaner around each other to secure them. Adjust the heart until you're happy with the shape.

Step 5

Cut 45 to 50 pieces of macrame cord, each of them 4 inches long.

Step 6

This macrame heart is made by attaching the cords to the pipe cleaner with a lark's head knot.To start, fold one of the cords in half.

Step 7

Place the center loop of the cord under the pipe cleaner. (You can start anywhere.)

Step 8

Bring the ends of the cord up and through the loop.

Step 9

Pull the ends tight to finish off the knot. Adjust the knot so that the cord is close together and the ends point out from the heart.

Step 10

Continue adding cords to the pipe cleaner heart with the same knot.Keep adjusting the knots as you work to make sure they're close together. This will ensure that as little of the pipe cleaner as possible will show through.

Step 11

Keep adding cord using the lark's head knot until the whole heart is full.

Step 12

Cut a 10 inch long piece of macrame cord and fold it in half.

Step 13

Attach the cord with a lark's head knot at the top point of the heart.

Step 14

Tie a regular knot at the end of the longer cords. This will be the hanger for your macrame heart.

Step 15

Flip the heart over and bring the hanger into the center of the heart. Comb out the cords to create a fringe.

Step 16

Hold the heart in the palm of your hand and flatten the cords so that they're nice and straight. Be sure to keep the hanger in the middle.Trim the cords to an even length. (Our fringe is about 1 inch long).

Step 17

Set the heart down again and comb out the fringe.

Step 18

Make any final adjustments to the shape of the fringe.

Step 19

Your macrame heart is complete!