{"title":"How to Make a Macrame Table Runner (Easy Boho DIY)","canonicalUrl":"https://www.craftingstepbystep.com/macrame/how-to-make-a-macrame-table-runner","category":{"slug":"macrame","name":"Macramé"},"creator":{"name":"Cozy DIY Home","channelUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbnY-O1Pse1lekxYWqVJwgg","sourceVideoUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSIwMQcGXqA"},"tldr":"Make a boho macrame table runner with clothesline cord and three basic knots. Step by step rows, cord amounts and fringe tips.","quickAnswer":"Make a boho macrame table runner with clothesline cord and three basic knots. A medium project: about 6 hours. Materials cost about $50 to $90. You need 4 things, including curtain rod or dowel, fabric scissors and tape measure. The 10 steps start with mount the Macrame Cords on a Rod With Lark's Head Knots, tie a Half Hitch Row Across the Top of the Table Runner and work Diagonal Half Hitches Down From the Center.","totalDurationSeconds":697,"videoDurationSeconds":697,"difficulty":"medium","project":{"difficulty":"medium","projectMinutes":360,"waitMinutes":null,"totalMinutes":360,"estimatedCost":{"currency":"USD","min":50,"max":90},"yield":"1 table runner"},"tools":["curtain rod or dowel","fabric scissors","tape measure"],"materials":["cotton clothesline or 4 to 5 mm macrame cord"],"steps":[{"number":1,"title":"Mount the Macrame Cords on a Rod With Lark's Head Knots","text":"Cut your cords, then fold each one in half. Lay the loop over a curtain rod or dowel, bring it down behind and pull both tails through the loop. That is a lark's head knot. Snug it up and repeat across the rod. Christina leaves 10 to 12 inches of bare cord below the rod before her first knots, because that becomes the fringe at the top end of the runner."},{"number":2,"title":"Tie a Half Hitch Row Across the Top of the Table Runner","text":"Take the cord at one edge and hold it straight across the others as a filler cord. Wrap the next cord around it from back to front, then pull it through the loop you made. Do that twice for each cord. Work across the whole row, keeping the filler level. This straight band of half hitches is the first line of the pattern."},{"number":3,"title":"Work Diagonal Half Hitches Down From the Center","text":"Find the middle of your cords. Use the center cord as a filler and angle it down and out, then tie half hitches along it the same way. You are making a diagonal line from the center down. With 36 strands, Christina splits each half into two groups and runs eight knots down each, repeating the pattern on both sides to make a zigzag."},{"number":4,"title":"Join the Diagonal Half Hitch Lines at the Point","text":"Where two diagonal lines meet at the bottom of each V, tie one more half hitch with the two filler cords to lock them together. It closes the point and keeps the zigzag from pulling apart when the runner lies flat. Check that every V ends at the same height across the row before moving on."},{"number":5,"title":"Tie a Second Straight Half Hitch Row Below the Zigzag","text":"Leave about an inch of bare cord under the zigzag. Take the outside cord as your filler, hold it straight across and tie a half hitch with every cord, back to front and through the loop. This second straight row frames the zigzag band. Try to keep it as level as the first row, but a little wobble suits the boho look."},{"number":6,"title":"Tie the First Row of Square Knots in the Table Runner","text":"Work in groups of four cords and leave about an inch of space above. Cross the left cord over the middle two in a backwards 4 shape. Bring the right cord over it, under the middle and up through the loop. Pull tight. Then do the same from the other side. That makes one full square knot. Repeat across the row."},{"number":7,"title":"Tie a Staggered Row of Square Knots","text":"For the next row, leave two cords loose at the edge and start your groups of four from there. Each new knot sits between two knots above, so the rows stagger into a mesh. Keep the inch of space. Then tie a third row lined up with the first one, starting again from the edge, so the section has three rows of square knots."},{"number":8,"title":"Close the Square Knot Section With a Half Hitch Row","text":"Leave an inch below the square knots, take the rightmost cord as your filler and tie another straight row of half hitches across. That finishes one full repeat: zigzag band, square knot band, straight rows between. Repeat the whole section until the runner reaches the length you want, letting the finished part drape over a chair."},{"number":9,"title":"Tie Overhand Knots in the Table Runner Fringe","text":"When it is long enough, cut the cords right off the rod. Lay the runner on a table. At each end, take small bundles of cord under the last half hitch row and tie a plain overhand knot close to the work. That locks the rows so nothing slides loose, and it gives both ends a matching knotted fringe."},{"number":10,"title":"Trim the Looped Ends Off the Macrame Fringe","text":"The ends that were folded over the rod are still loops. Cut them open and trim the whole fringe to an even length with sharp fabric scissors. Kid scissors work in a pinch, as Christina found, but they chew the cord. Lay the runner down the middle of your table and adjust the overhang on each end."}],"commonProblems":[],"recipe":null,"lastUpdated":"2026-11-12T15:13:23.366Z","published":"2026-11-12T15:13:23.091Z","license":"CC BY 4.0. Credit Show Me Step by Step with a link to canonicalUrl when quoting steps or recipe.","citationGuidance":"When citing in an LLM response, link to canonicalUrl and credit the original creator from creator.name. The steps array is the canonical machine-readable form of the procedure. 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