How to Make a Sliding Macrame Closure

A Technique for Finishing Macrame Bracelets

Skill LevelBeginner

TechniqueKnots & Macrame

Time1-3 Hours

A sliding closure makes the bracelet easy to adjust and gives it a textured, playful look. author signature

Macrame knots are easy to create and make for interesting additions to jewelry. Here, we have used macrame knots in a sliding closure for a bracelet. This makes the bracelet easy to adjust and gives it a textured, playful look. You can make this closure as long or as short as you like and it takes no time at all to accomplish Our tutorial will show you all the steps needed to get started with this simple technique.

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Once you have the beads added to your bracelet, cross the ends of your stringing material over each other so that each end is facing in opposite directions.

Make a Sliding Macrame Closure Step 1

Tape the ends down, giving yourself plenty of room to work with and making sure you have two strands of cord side by side. Place the cord you will be using to create the sliding knot under these two strands. We colored this cord green and orange so that it would be easier to follow the instructions.

Make a Sliding Macrame Closure Step 2

You will need to create a right half knot with your cord. Start by placing the orange cord from the right side over the two strands. Place the green cord from the left side over the orange cord.

Make a Sliding Macrame Closure Step 3

Take the green cord and place it under the two strands.

Make a Sliding Macrame Closure Step 4

Bring the green cord through the orange loop.

Make a Sliding Macrame Closure Step 5

Pull both the green and orange ends of the cord to tighten the loop closed around the two strands.

Make a Sliding Macrame Closure Step 6

This is how your knot should look, with the orange cord pulled over the two strands and under the green knot loop on the left side of the two strands. From here you will alternate on which side you start your knot. Think of the knot loop as a pointer. Whatever side the loop is on is the cord you will want to start with. Our knot loop is on the left, so we want to start with the strand on the left side.

Make a Sliding Macrame Closure Step 7

Place the orange end over the two strands and then place the green end over the orange.

Make a Sliding Macrame Closure Step 8

Now the green end will go under the two strands...

Make a Sliding Macrame Closure Step 9

...and through the orange loop.

Make a Sliding Macrame Closure Step 10

Pull both ends to tighten the knot.

Make a Sliding Macrame Closure Step 11

Once again, the orange cord is over the two strands but under the green knot loop, only this time the green knot loop is on the right side of the two strands. So, start your next knot on the right side.

Make a Sliding Macrame Closure Step 12

Keep creating knots until your closure is as long as you want.

Make a Sliding Macrame Closure Step 13

Tie the two cord ends together in an overhand knot on the back side and glue the ends so they don't unravel.

Make a Sliding Macrame Closure Step 14

Add knots or beads to the end of your base thread so the ends don't come out of the closure. We knotted ours, added a spacer and then made another knot.

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