I recently rearranged my room furniture to get more floor space but because of that, I had to compromise symmetry in my room. Since then, I've been itching to DIY and update something to compensate for an OC violation :))
I made a DIY Macrame before and I thought of adding more to the wall space where this belonged. I didn't want to sway too far from what I already have, so I grabbed my extra rattan ring and a big ball of yarn my boyfriend gave me and experimented away.
Materials I needed for this DIY Dream Catcher were simple. Josh got the yarn from a garage sale (I think!), and the rattan ring I got from Divisoria for P20 only. I also used scissors and a sharpie.
I wasn't able to measure how long my yarn was. It was such a big ball that it was hard for me to find the end, I just did my best to weave through it and cut what I thought was long enough :/ First is you'll tie one end to any part of your ring.
Then using your sharpie, mark out the rest of your ring equally. This is where you'd tie the rest of your string. To make it (the closest I can to) equal, I did it as how I would draw a clock. I imagined that the string I looped was 12. From there, I marked 6 (bottom), 3 (right), and 9 (left). And from those, I just marked the middle.
Loop around and tie a knot on all markers. The tighter, the better.
Then you'll have your first layer.
After this layer, the middle of each line of string will be your marker.
Do the same thing as what you did on the first one, but instead of tying it onto your ring, you tie it to your string (rhyming!). And then your second layer is complete.
From here, your marker will now be the second layer of string. Just continue this process until your hole in the middle is small enough.
Just make a knot with another string to end it. Now, the tail is the easiest part. Others would use tassel or different ribbons but I just wanted to keep mine simple. I just cut out pieces of yarn of equal length.
Choose the ugliest portion of your ring. Then fold each yarn in half, and loop it around like so.
Just do this until you've got the whole area covered. And then you'll have this!
Yay! And to kind of balance this out, I made another one, with a random pattern.
I just used adhesive hooks to hang them and I now have a trio wall art of some sort.
This project practically didn't cost me anything because I already had all materials on hand. I officially used up all my rattan rings. But that yarn though. Haha.