Charity and I have been wanting to make those DIY macrame plant hangers you see all over Pinterest for awhile now. They go perfectly with her earthy, rustic decor and my bright bohemian style. We made a few more that aren’t shown here because we didn’t have the chance to hang them all while taking photos. Tip: Choose where yours will go before you begin. They’ll keep falling and possibly tangle the string if you try to set them upright.
After you get going, honestly, you’ll probably wing it. We tried to follow a few separate tutorials and it’s really better to go with whatever will make yours look best. To begin, I had a mini and a small planter.
MATERIALS
The short ‘n sweet material list: string (if it’s not thick enough, simply double up), beads (optional), plants (plucked straight from Charity’s garden!), and your planters.
DIY MACRAME PLANT HANGER
1. Cut string at least two x as long as you want it to hang (closer to three to be safe). We went with eight total pieces (four long pieces folded to create the loop at the top) to create four around. You can increase this if you’d like. Just make sure you have the proportionate amount of string each time.
2. Keeping them divided with even amounts of string each piece (two), tie knots on each piece. You can do it in various points or try to keep it more even, whatever you like. I added beads in between some of the knots. Next time I’d go with bigger beads though.
3. Keep doing so until you’re at least half way down, depending on how long you want it to hang (see, so many variables).
4. Now it’s time to create the netting pattern, which is why it’s important to have even numbers all around. First divide up all your string. Then, starting on one side, begin combining the strings next to one another, from the other group. Clover + Dot explains this process well in her mini macrame pot tutorial.
5. Here’s the part where I dropped the ball on taking pictures (sorry, was too busy fighting string to be able to hold a camera!). You continue to create a couple rows in this pattern, each time combining the very first string with the very last (so it’s circular and thus will hold your pot). Clover + Dot again to the rescue.
6. Test it out by slipping the planter in your circle of netting like Charity did above. Side notes: There are ups and downs to potting early. We didn’t want to deal with taking the plants in and out (though it is totally possible after all), so we planted ours first. But that also means a potential string-intertwined-with-succulent-fiasco, so, be warned. In the end either way works.
7. Tie it tiiiiight on the bottom. Let the ends hang, cut them off, whatever.
Hang in a sunny corner or near your curtains and there you have it.
See what I mean about winging it? There are a ton of ways to try this. And after I was done fighting string in my first attempt, it was relaxing in the way crocheting or making friendship bracelets is.
Have you made one of these before?
