Make your Christmas tree a winter wonderland this year with this macrame snowflake ornament! Follow my tutorial and video to learn how to make your own!
We are rounding out the week with the last part of my macrame Christmas ornament series. I hope you have enjoyed it as much as I have! Today we are learning how to make this macrame snowflake ornament. This one is by far the most involved, which is why I saved it for last. It also utilizes the knots we have learned so far, plus one more. 😉
Don’t be intimidated by the picture though, this macrame snowflake actually looks way more complicated than it is. After you learn the new basic macrame knot today, it will be a breeze!
Macrame Christmas Ornaments Series
If you want to check out the other macrame Christmas ornaments in my series, here are the links:
- Macrame wrapped wood ring snowflake ornaments
- Macrame Christmas Wreath Ornament
- DIY Macrame Christmas Tree ornament
This is my favorite ornament from the series. When I saw it, I knew I had to make one. However, I could not find a macrame snowflake pattern on how to do it. I found an Instagram reel showing how to make it but it had no words or written instructions so I had to figure it out on my own! Happy to report I finally got it down after a butchered first try. LOL 🙂 Luckily you don’t have to go through that!
Supplies to make a macrame snowflake ornament
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- Macrame core (4mm)
- Wood rings – I used the rings from this link that Amazon lists at 1.6″ (in reality they are 1⅞” in diameter)
- Scissors
- Embroidery thread or yarn
How to make a macrame snowflake ornament
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Cut 15 pieces of macrame cord to a length of 15 inches each.
Tie the pieces of macrame cord onto the wood ring using a lark’s head knot. We learned this knot on the macrame Christmas wreath ornament, if you need a refresher on how to make a lark’s head knot, check out that post.
It will be a tight fit getting all 15 pieces on there, but they will fit. Make sure to pull each knot tight to make sure they are all secure.
Next, partition out six strands (three lark’s head knots) from the ring. With the middle 4 strands, tie a square knot. We learned this knot on the macrame Christmas tree ornament, if you need a refresher on how to make a square knot, check out that post.
Pull the cords tight, so the square knot is snug against the ring.
How to make a double half hitch knot
When I started to make this macrame snowflake, I had no idea what knot this was, I was just trying to recreate it. Ha! But finally I did a little research on basic macrame knots and found it. That made it A LOT easier. The knot is called a double half hitch knot, more specifically, I believe, it is a diagonal double half hitch knot.
When you are tying the knots, hold the outside cord at an angle the WHOLE time and you will be basically tying all the other cords around this cord. This one tip made this ornament so much easier to make! While holding the left most cord (#1) diagonally, take the next cord (#2) and tie it around the diagonal cord. See how the second cord is coming from the right side and laying under the diagonal cord naturally in the first picture below? That is how the first knot is tied, by going under, then over the diagonal cord and through the loop. Pull it tight.
Next, using the same two cords, tie another knot only this time the working cord (#2) will come over the diagonal cord (#1), then under to make the loop since it is now coming from the left side of the diagonal cord. It is kind of hard to explain, but one thing that I found is that the way the cord was lying made it feel more natural to tie the cords this way. It is like you are fighting them otherwise. Pull the knot tight and slide the knot up so it is snug against the first knot. Make sure the knots always end with the cord sticking out perpendicular to the knot.
For the next two knots, you will still be holding onto the same diagonal cord (#1), but you will tie the next cord (#3) around it. I feel like this picture shows it more clearly about how the working cord comes from the right for the first knot and from the left for the second knot.
Repeat these steps on the other side, just coming from the opposite directions.
To finishing out the snowflake “arm”, continue holding the last cord (#6) diagonally and tie the first cord around it making two double half hitch knots the same way. Pull all the cords tight.
Continue this pattern and work your way around the macrame snowflake completing all five arms.
Comb out the fringe
To get the fringe look on the outside of the snowflake, first we need to trim the macrame cords coming off of each arm. Following the diagonal line of knots, trim all the cords to about 1 inch long.
Next take a fine tooth rat tail comb and separate out the cord threads, then comb each one.
At this point, the fringe will need to be cleaned up a bit. Using sharp scissors, trim the ends so they have nice crisp diagonal lines.
How to hang your macrame snowflake ornament
To hang my ornaments, I just cut a piece of embroidery thread and strung it through the end of one of the snowflake arms. You could also use a piece of twine or yarn.
Aren’t they so pretty? I just love these macrame snowflakes.
We made it through the ornament series! Do you think you will try to make some? I would love to hear from you if you do. Hopefully these tutorials make it easier on you than I had it. Ha! I will be back next week with a Christmas macrame wall hanging to round out the macrame projects. Then after that I still have to share my Christmas decor!! Yikes, I am running out of time. Maybe I should have started Christmas in July this year. 🙂
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Snowflakes are so sweet! Did you use beige or white cord? Your link went to beige so I wondered if you really used beige or did you use white?
Thank you,
Tami
Hi Tami! Thank you so much. Yes, I ordered the beige although it is really more like an off-white color than beige.
I love the pattern, and I think you could use any color to do it. I’m planning on making several colors to use on a white wreath I’m making.
That will be lovely! Great idea!
I love these! I want to make them for my tree! I can’t seem to find that exact size wood ring. The link attached is a multi size pack and doesn’t have that measurement in it. The closest is 1.6 inches. What size wood ring did you use?
Hi Leanne! Thank you! They were fun to make! I used the exact rings that I linked to in the post. It is a bit confusing… I used the rings from this link that Amazon lists at 1.6″ (in reality they are 1⅞” in diameter). So they were the third middle sized ring. I updated the post to explain that better. Thanks!
Kimberly
Not complaining but snowflakes always have 6 sides, so as a purist I tweaked the pattern to have a six-sided snowflake using 2mm cord instead so it would all fit on the ring.
LOL, gotcha! Nice job on catching that, I was not aware that snowflakes always have 6 sides. Oops! 🙂
Sherry can you send me a picture of the six sided star?
What did you use to hang these on the tree as ornaments?
Hi Becky! To hang my ornaments, I just cut a piece of embroidery thread and strung it through the end of one of the snowflake arms. You could also use a piece of twine or yarn. You can see them hanging on the tree in this post. Merry Christmas!!