Fringed Table

• 6mm Macrame Cord (288 yards)
• One 2-inch Brass Ring
• One 8-inch Brass Ring
• Two 12-inch Brass Rings
• One 12-inch Table Top (Acrylic, Glass or Finished Wood)

Cutting and Mounting Process

Cut 12 cords, each 10 yards long
Cut 84 cords, each 2 yards long

Prepare the ends of all the strands with glue, wax, or tape, to prevent unraveling.  This is especially important if you are using Twisted style cord to make the Fringed Table.  See Cord Preparation for more details.

Step 1:  Attach each of the 10-yard cords to the 2-inch ring with Larks Head Knots.  Since you will be folding the cords in half, you will end up with 24 strands to work with.

Top Section of Fringed Table

Step 2:  Tie 15 rows of Alternating Square Knots, using groups of four cords.  Two will be working cords and the other 2 will be the fillers.  Tie the rows so that you are creating a tube, rather than a flat design. 

Step 3:  Divide the cords up into 3 groups, consisting of 8 strands each.  Use 2 strands as the working cords and the rest as fillers.  Tie a sennit of Square Knots measuring 5 inches, with each group. 

Step 4:  Attach all the strands to the 8-inch ring with Double Half Hitches.  It helps if you direct each cord into the ring just before you tie the knot. Organize the cords so they are resting in 3 groups on the ring, with space in between. 

Step 5:  Attach 14 of the 2-yard cords to the ring, into 1 of the spaces, between the 9-yard cords used in the previous step.  Mount them with reverse Larks Head knots (heads face the inside).  Since they are folded in half, you will end up with 28 strands.

Step 6:  Use the following chart to make the first inverted V shape at the top of the Fringed Table.  You’ll be using the strands you just added.

Step 8:  Using one group of 9-yard cords again (from steps 1 thru 4), switch the outermost strands with 2 on the inside, so you use the longer ones as working cords.   Tie a sennit of SK, as in step 3. It should be the same length as the V pattern you just made with the shorter cords. 

Repeat the process with the other 2 groups of 9-yard cords.

Step 9:  Attach the 2-yard cords from each of the V designs to a 12-inch ring with DHH.  Pull the cords tightly as you secure them.  The ring should be level when you are finished, and should rest just below the the bottom of the V design.

Step 10: Attach the 9-yard cords (from the SK sennits) to the same ring with DHH.  The ring needs to stay level, so add or remove knots as needed. Each sennit should line up with the ones you made in step 3.  Make sure they are not twisted before attaching them to the ring.

Step 11:  Use the 2-yard cords again to make three more V designs below the ring.  They should line up with the ones above the ring.

These designs will look like a V and will not be inverted like the first three.  Follow the chart above, but reverse it, so the first row has 7 knots.  The final row should have 1 knot.  Basically, you will be dropping two cords from each edge (total of 4 strands), as you tie each new row.

Middle Section

Step 13:  Use each group of 9-yard cords to make the long sennits for the Fringed Table. Each will consist of 55 rows of ASK. The odd numbered rows will have 2 knots and the even rows will have 1 knot (4 cords for each knot). 

Before you get started, switch the working cords with the fillers, so you use the longest ones to tie the knots.  If necessary, you can switch the cords around again, somewhere near the middle of these sennits. Try to do so in rows containing the 2 knots.

Step 14: Attach all the cords to the other 12-inch ring with DHH.  Arrange them into the 3 groups again, with space in between, just like you did in step 4.

Bottom Section of Fringed Table

Step 15:  With each group of 8 strands, make a SK sennit measuring 6 inches.  Switch the cords around first, so you use the longest ones as the working cords.  There should be 2 working cords and 6 fillers per knot.

Step 16:  Bring the cords together so the last knots tied meet in the center of the ring.  You can tie additional knots if they are needed.  Use one 18-inch strand to make a Wrapped Knot around the bundle of cords.

Step 17:  Trim the ends so they are even, and unravel each one to form the second section of wavy fringe, at the bottom of the Fringed Table. 

Step 18:  Attach 14 of the 2-yard cords into each of the spaces on the ring, just like you did in step 5 (Total of 42 cords).  Mount them with reverse Larks Head knots. 

Step 19: Make a V design with the 28 strands in each of the three groups.  Just like in step 11, this V shape will have the point heading downward.  So the first row has 7 knots and the last one has 1 knot.   You will drop two cords from each edge as you tie each row, which forms the V shape. If it's easier for you, use the table for step 6, but reverse the order of the steps.

Step 20: Trim the ends so they are even, and unravel the cords.  This produces the third section of wavy fringe. 

Step 21: Place the Table Top on the lower ring, so it's supported by the metal as well as the sennits that pass across it.