A little macrame

It is time for the annual making of the bookmarks for my youngest’s teachers. We do this every year and they are always well received. This year was a snow theme and she wanted a snowflake as the “tassel”. To attach the two laminated pieces of paper I punched a small hole and did a few half square knots to make a small section of twisted macrame.

Photo description: The setup. The book mark and snowflake have been hole punched and a piece of #10 cotton has been run through the bookmark side, then both ends of the cotton have been threaded through the snowflake side.
Photo description: same book mark with half square knots made with the ends of the cotton around the two threads connecting the pieces.

I like the way the half square knots twist. To finish it off, I put a dab of white glue, then trimmed the ends close to the work.