Straw and Leather Macrame Earrings – Tutorial

Learn how easy it is to macrame 3mm deerskin lace on a Woven Straw Ring for a cool and hip pair of earrings!

 

Macrame is making waves along side the fiber trend. Our Designer, Tory did a tutorial on how to make a single half hitch knot with 3mm deerskin lace around a woven straw ring. It revises our favorite woven straw component into fall fashion and even back to school wear!

 

 

What you’ll need:

• Handmade Woven Straw Ring – Z001659
• 3mm LeatherCord USA Deerskin Lace
  OR
• 3mm or 5mm LeatherCord USA Deertan Lace
• Super New Glue
• Earring Finding and 5-6mm jump ring
• Optional tool: Bead Reamer

 

Tutorial

1. Cut two pieces of 1 meter of lace each.
2. Fold lace in half and make a lark’s head knot on the straw ring. (Make sure to keep the smooth side sitting outwards.)
3. With each strand of lace, make a single half hitch knot working outward around the ring to both sides of the lark’s head knot you made in step 2.
4. Make 6-8 half hitch knots on both sides of the lark’s knot on the straw ring.
5. Take the lace end and tuck it behind your third loop on the backside of your knotted straw ring. Do the same to other end.
6. Add a small dab of glue to keep ends in place.
7. Cut excess lace.
8. Complete your earrings with making a hole in your woven opposite of lace/leather knots, with a bead reamer or awl. Add your earring finding to woven straw with a jump ring and through the hole you made.
9. Repeat all steps for other earrings.

 

Video Tutorial

Tutorial starts at 4:20 minutes.

 

Examples

Items used in examples using Deertan lace: Z001659, Z015550, Z015610

In this example, Deertan lace was used. The one the left is 3mm and the left is 5mm.

 

Items used in earrings: Z001659, A010962, Z008989, A001529