Last weekend we couldn't stand seeing theses paper lights anymore so we made a lamp. I got the idea of putting rope around a cord from this lamp, but I wasn't sure how to do it. So we did a macrame stitch instead. We're pretty happy with how the rope portion turned out - it's thick and it a lot more exciting than a hanging cord. I thought doing the knotting would be a breeze on a larger scale, but it actually took a lot more arm strength than I imagined: doing 15 ft took about 2-3 hours. I'm trying to decide whether we should put a shade on it. At first I thought I definitely wanted a shade, but now I might have gotten used to the bulb. Now the next step is finally hanging either some wall shelves or some kind of wall hanging by the couch.
5.30.2013
project lamp
Last weekend we couldn't stand seeing theses paper lights anymore so we made a lamp. I got the idea of putting rope around a cord from this lamp, but I wasn't sure how to do it. So we did a macrame stitch instead. We're pretty happy with how the rope portion turned out - it's thick and it a lot more exciting than a hanging cord. I thought doing the knotting would be a breeze on a larger scale, but it actually took a lot more arm strength than I imagined: doing 15 ft took about 2-3 hours. I'm trying to decide whether we should put a shade on it. At first I thought I definitely wanted a shade, but now I might have gotten used to the bulb. Now the next step is finally hanging either some wall shelves or some kind of wall hanging by the couch.
