Macramé at Home: Add Boho-Chic Charm to Every Room with 20 Projects for Stunning Plant Hangers, Wall Art, Pillows and More

Let me start off by saying there are some very nice pieces in this book; however, the pictures, the cord, and the background of the book are all in WHITE! If one actually needs to see how something is done from pictures, it is very, very difficult to get directions from the cord(s) within the pictures. There are written step by step instructions for each, but here is what happened with me. I haven't macramed for decades and I forgot the names of the knots, so I went to the front of the book to look at how to tie said named knot, of which I spent 5 min trying to view the picture's detail. This is why I gave the book a 2. Also, I had to use a different size cord then was said to use in the book (availability issues) and it would have been nice to have information of lengths to use with different size cords. FYI-the cords I found at Micheal's, which were very limited and have no sizing on the packaging (buy the cord elsewhere; mine from amazon didn't arrive in a timely fashion), and I thought it funny too that the clerk at Michael's didn't know what macrame' was. Just sayin.

Loved the modern projects in this book, and as a first time knotter, it was a great help in creating my own pattern for a lampshade.

I'm a creative artist: photographer, fiber artist, and painter. I created macrame pieces in the '70s and '80s so the craft is not new to me. I revisited macrame to expand my fiber work into home decor a few years ago and have been studying and researching many current macrame artists. I follow this author on Instagram and I'm a fan of her designs and her work overall. However, I am disappointed in this publication of some of her designs. I agree with several other reviewers: Why in the WORLD did the author and her team not see that photographing white cord on a white background was a bad idea, especially for a book that relies on visual imagery? Maybe a better photographer with experience with commercial photography and/or book design would have been able to make this work, but it fails. This really takes an otherwise outstanding book down to almost an amateur level. In addition, the poor quality of the photographic images you CAN see is very disappointing.On the plus side, the layout, organization of projects by skill level, and the breakdown of each project by materials and knots used are most helpful. The variety of projects is also a plus, in my opinion.

I really want to like this book, I do. However, I really struggle with the fact that in the photos the rope is an off-white, and so is the background. A contrast of sorts (a darker backdrop with the light rope) would really have made this book an excellent choice. I hate that I have to strain to see what ropes she is working with in the diagrams.

The aesthetics of some of the projects are pleasing (hence the one star) but it puzzles me how using white on white instructions for a craft book did not appear to be a bad idea for the author and her team.

Sadly, I didn't read any of the reviews for this book and now I see many people have already comments on the very things I was going to write about. As an art piece the book is beautiful and her pictures of where you can hang you piece great, but this is a book on HOW TO do macrame. This author used a white background for her page, a white wall to hang her work on and white (or slightly off white) macrame cord. Then her pictures aren't even up close, half the time I couldn't even see a difference between pictures. Sadly, I would not recommend this book, not because her projects are good, but because you won't be able to understand or see her instructions.

Somehow I got two of this item by accident and its more costly to return to amazon than to just have two copies, or gift one to a fellow macrame artist. The problem is this book it terrible, the art direction is so poorly thought out. White cord with a white dowel on a white wall? You can't see the patterns or really get a good idea of how the knots are made as it's just near impossible to see the photos properly. I get the look the art director was going for but it just doesn't work. AT ALL. So disappointed in this purchase.

Initially I was so impressed with how beautiful this book was, but when I actually started one of the projects my opinion changed. The directions are sparse - ie. Doesn’t specify when or how knots should be mirror images on each side of design. And if you don’t understand written directions, the photos are almost impossible to see - white cord on a white background and few close-ups. Doable if you have a good reference book that you can get better knot instructions/photos.

While the book has some really nice interesting patterns, I have had issues with the measurements. They are simply not correct. Maybe this is not the case for all patterns but for the lantern it is. For example, one of the issues is the materials list says 154m of 2mm, the first lot of cuts is 40mx8 (this equals 320meters not to mention the other 24 lengths you have to cut of this size) also, 2mm is too thin for the hoops the real life version of what this looks like is my image. I’m quite disappointed and definitely won’t be buying her new book.

I am an absolute beginner at macrame, had never done it until I got this book and a macrame kit. I find the projects to be interesting, in fact I am working on one of them, but the photos are horrible! Natural colour ropes (cream, ecru?) against white wall background for illustration? Come on! I find it very frustrating. I ended up just watching a bunch of youtube videos. As for the instructions, they're not great but I imagine if you're already familiar with macrame you'd not find it as challenging as I do. I definitely would not recommend this book to a beginner.

At first look the book is beautiful. Full of lovely projects I’d like to make. Then when you gather all your equipment you realise the problem with this book. I started with the most beginner project I could see. But when you need to refer to the pictures and instructions of the knots it’s all cream rope on white backgrounds, no close up shots whatsoever. So you’re in the dark, or actually in a whiteout. It’s all very arty and gorgeous, but I had to YouTube everything! No good for a beginner at all 🙄

I went to the review section and found that JeS ( and others) had written more or less exactly what i had intended to say. The photos are of no help whatsoever and even if they had been printed on a darker background, the detail is still too small. How this made it through the editing process, I don't know. This is a pity because otherwise it's a lovely book. I haven't actually made anything from it yet so I can't comment on the instructions.

Page 13 - basic half knot - the threads are numbered incorrectly and it made it impossible to complete. Had to revert to YouTube To instruct… which is free. I can see there is the error on several pages moving forward. Returning the book as too frustrating to follow. Instructions aren’t clear. Pictures aren’t helpful.