{"title":"How to Make a Macrame Plant Hanger: 7 Step DIY Tutorial","canonicalUrl":"https://www.craftingstepbystep.com/macrame/how-to-make-macrame-plant-hanger","category":{"slug":"macrame","name":"Macramé"},"creator":{"name":"Marching North","channelUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3wXRGF1jIlLu0gYgAZSIzA","sourceVideoUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwGeXiJK7sM"},"tldr":"Make a macrame plant hanger in 7 steps. Spiral knots, square knots, alternating rows, and a wrapped fringe. Holds up to a 5-inch pot beautifully indoors or out.","totalDurationSeconds":399,"difficulty":"medium","tools":["Wooden ring (about 2 inches diameter)","Scissors","Tape measure"],"materials":["Macrame cotton cord (4mm) - 8 cords total","Two 24-inch wrapping cords","Plant pot (5-6 inches diameter)"],"steps":[{"number":1,"title":"Step 1: Thread Cords Through the Ring","text":"Pass 8 long cotton cords through a 2-inch wooden ring and fold each at its midpoint, leaving 16 working strands hanging below the ring. The TWO outermost strands need to be longer (about 9 feet) since they do all the spiral knotting in step 2 - the inner 6 cords stay short and become fillers.Center each cord through the ring so the lengths hang evenly below. Hang the ring from a doorknob or hook so the cords dangle naturally as you work - tying knots horizontally is much harder."},{"number":2,"title":"Step 2: Tie 25 Spiral Half Knots","text":"At the very top under the ring, use the two outermost long cords to tie 25 spiral half-knots around the inner 6 strands. A half-knot is the first half of a square knot only - left over middle, right under middle, through the loop. DON'T reverse direction.Tying the same direction repeatedly causes the column to twist into a spiral on its own. After about 8-10 knots you'll see the spiral start. Just keep going - the column rotates as you work, so just spin the project to keep your hands comfortable."},{"number":3,"title":"Step 3: Finish With a Wrapping Knot","text":"Take a separate 24-inch cord. Form a U-shape against the cord bundle with the short end of the U pointing up. Wrap the long end around the bundle 6 times tightly.Thread the wrapping end through the bottom of the U-loop, then pull the upper short end - this drags the wrapping tail back up under the wraps and locks them in. Trim the excess and tuck the ends under the wraps with a scissors tip."},{"number":4,"title":"Step 4: Measure Down and Tie a Square Knot","text":"Measure 12 inches down from the bottom of the wrapping knot. At that 12-inch mark, take any group of 4 adjacent cords and tie a single square knot. Keep the top of the knot perfectly level - crooked here means a crooked plant hanger.A square knot is left-over-middle-under-right, then right-over-middle-under-left (reversed direction so it lays flat). Tighten and check that the top edge of the knot is at exactly 12 inches."},{"number":5,"title":"Step 5: Tie 4 Square Knots Around the Ring","text":"Work around the cord bundle, splitting the 16 strands into 4 groups of 4. Tie a square knot in each group, all at the same 12-inch level.This creates the upper rim of the basket - the four 'arms' of the plant hanger. Eyeball the levels carefully; even a half-inch difference between knots produces a noticeably tilted basket."},{"number":6,"title":"Step 6: Drop 3 Inches and Alternate the Knots","text":"Measure 3 inches BELOW the previous square-knot row. Now tie new square knots that ALTERNATE - take 2 cords from one previous knot plus 2 cords from the adjacent previous knot, giving you a new 4-cord group.This bridging row is what turns 4 separate vertical 'arms' into a basket. Continue around the ring until you've added 4 alternating knots, all at the same new level. The diamond mesh is now visible and ready to hold a pot."},{"number":7,"title":"Step 7: Final Wrapping Knot and Trim Fringe","text":"Drop another 3 inches below the alternating row and gather all 16 cords together. Tie a final wrapping knot around all of them using your second 24-inch wrap cord (same technique as step 3).Trim the fringe to 5-6 inches below the final wrapping knot. Optionally unravel the fringe ends for a softer wispy look. Slide a 5-6 inch pot into the basket from the top - the cords cradle it from below and the pot's weight pulls the basket taut."}],"recipe":null,"lastUpdated":"2026-05-20T17:27:11.133Z","published":"2026-04-26T19:13:01.887Z","license":"CC BY 4.0. Credit ShowMeStepByStep 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."}