You may have seen my tutorial for how to make a round macramé basket (if not, you can check it out here). But how would you make one using a square shaped wooden base? In this tutorial I will show you how, using a plywood base and 4 mm natural cotton rope. The full video is at the bottom of this page.
You will need:
- A square or rectangular shaped wooden base with holes on the sides
- 4 mm natural 3-strand/ply rope
- Scissors
- Tape measure
- Masking tape
- Brush, e.g. a pet brush
The amount of cords you need, and lengths, depend on how many holes there are in your wooden base, and how tall you want your basket to be.
In the video tutorial, I use a 15 x 10 cm rectangular wooden base and my basket measures about 14 cm in height. The main cords are each about 160 cm/63 in long.
To make a taller basket, add length to each of your cords. Given that you use 4 mm rope, 2.5-3 cm extra height on the basket requires approximately 16 cm extra length per cord.
To make the basket, you will mainly be tying Square Knots. If you want more help with learning the Square knot you can check out my in depth video tutorials here.
Important! The way to attach your cords (using lark's head knots) depends on whether you have odd or even numbers of holes on each side. The video shows you the two different ways to attach.
Here is the full video tutorial:
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