{"id":249,"date":"2025-07-15T21:05:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T21:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogi.tiinabutiik.ee\/249-2\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T15:44:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T15:44:33","slug":"249-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogi.tiinabutiik.ee\/en\/249-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Macram\u00e9 Door Curtain \u2013 Where It All Began"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\"\"<\/a>\nI don\u2019t know how other people start with macram\u00e9, but naturally I started big.\nNot with some little plant hanger or keyring. No! I went all in and took on a\ndoor curtain<\/strong>. \ud83d\ude05\nThe rustle of cords and the tightening of knots sounded like the beginning of a new chapter in my handicraft life.\n

\ud83e\udea2 The adventure began with cord<\/h2>\nAt the time I was still a complete clueless beginner<\/em> in the world of macram\u00e9.\nI measured out the cords, and naturally got it wrong.\nI thought 8 metres<\/strong> would be more than enough.\nOnly later did I realise it should have been at least ten, because of course I\nfold them in half<\/strong>! \ud83e\udd26\u2640\ufe0f\nAnd so came my first macram\u00e9 lesson: always allow extra.\n\nWhen the cords turn out too short, creativity has to step in.\nI spent hours on YouTube, fast-forwarding, sighing and starting again.\nEventually I found a video by an older German lady whose calm voice and\nperfect knots rescued my work. It felt like finding the way out of a maze of cord.\n

\ud83e\uddf6 How did the curtain come together?<\/h2>\nThe curtain is about two metres<\/strong>high, but I only knotted the pattern across\nthe top metre. That one metre alone meant 5\u20136 hours of work<\/strong>.\nEvery knot had to be learnt from a video: pause, rewind and try again.\nSome knots even acquired names of their own, such as \u2018the one that refuses to stay put\u2019 and \u2018the one that twists the wrong way\u2019.\nThere was laughter and there was swearing, but in the end the curtain stood there straight and dignified.\n\nOnce it was finished, it felt as though I had knotted a small victory over myself.\nI even bought a macram\u00e9 book<\/strong> \u2013 thick and full of pictures.\nIt said, \u2018Macram\u00e9 is the art of patience.\u2019\nNow I know that isn\u2019t just a slogan. It\u2019s a fact.\n
\u2018You\u2019re mad\u2026 but persistent.\u2019 \ud83d\ude01 That\u2019s what an acquaintance said when I told them about my curtain.\nAnd you know what? I agree.<\/blockquote>\n

\ud83d\udccf How much cord?<\/h2>\nWell\u2026 about 500 metres<\/strong>. Yes, five hundred.\nIf it had been yarn, I could have knitted a jumper for a smaller man.\nMy mother always used to say that a full-grown man\u2019s jumper takes a kilometre of yarn,\nso half a jumper\u2019s worth simply ended up hanging in a doorway. \ud83d\ude04\nBut I don\u2019t regret it. That curtain was my first big project and\nit reminds me that even getting the measurements wrong can still end beautifully.\n

\ud83d\udc3e Maimu\u2019s view?<\/h2>\nMaimu sat beside me, studied the knots with her wise expression and said calmly:\n\u2018Every knot counts.\u2019<\/strong>\nShe\u2019s right. Every knot is a breath of its own.\nWhen there are hundreds of them, you realise macram\u00e9 isn\u2019t just cord;\nit\u2019s meditation in shape and rhythm.\n

\u2728 What next?<\/h2>\nOnce the door curtain was finished, I felt I couldn\u2019t stop there.\nI made smaller things: bracelets, trees of life, dreamcatchers and bags.\nEvery new piece brought something with it: steadier hands, bolder ideas, more rhythm.\nAnd then\u2026 came my next source of pride, a macram\u00e9 lampshade<\/strong>.\nI\u2019ll tell that story in the next post, because it deserves a chapter of its own. \ud83d\udca1\n\n\"\"\n
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\ud83c\udf38 Would you like a similar curtain?<\/h3>\n

If you\u2019d like a boho-style macram\u00e9 door curtain for your home,\nmessage me on Facebook<\/a>\nor have a look at the home decorations page<\/a>.\nEvery curtain is unique in its measurements, pattern and colour.\nLet\u2019s knot something for your home that doesn\u2019t shout, but whispers.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n

Macram\u00e9 door curtain \u2013 the beginning that set the knots moving in rhythm.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/trp-tag>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":250,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tiina_en_title":"Macram\u00e9 Door Curtain \u2013 Where It All Began","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,206,68],"tags":[302,262,246,244,301],"class_list":["post-249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kodusisustus","category-makramee-kasitoovotted","category-seinale-ja-porandale","tag-dekoratiiv","tag-kasitoo","tag-kodusisustus","tag-makramee","tag-uksekardin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogi.tiinabutiik.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogi.tiinabutiik.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogi.tiinabutiik.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogi.tiinabutiik.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogi.tiinabutiik.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogi.tiinabutiik.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10824,"href":"https:\/\/blogi.tiinabutiik.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249\/revisions\/10824"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogi.tiinabutiik.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogi.tiinabutiik.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogi.tiinabutiik.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogi.tiinabutiik.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}