History of Macrame

Question 1

describes any elaborate fringe of knotted thread or cord

Answer 1

macrame

Question 2

form of textile making using knotting rather than weaving or knitting.

Answer 2

macrame

Question 3

primary knots of macrame

Answer 3

square knot (reef knot) and hitching

Question 4

is long crafted by sailors

Answer 4

macrame

Question 5

decorated by macrame

Answer 5

• knife handles
• bottles
• parts of ships

Question 6

macrame is originally from

Answer 6

Middle East

Question 7

macrame as noun

Answer 7

a coarse lace

Question 8

macrame as verb

Answer 8

make knotted patterns

Question 9

when did macrame begin

Answer 9

13th century

Question 10

who started the skill of macrame

Answer 10

arabian weaver`

Question 11

migramah

Answer 11

• stripped towel or embroidered veil
• arabic word which macrame is derived from

Question 12

the practiced of macrame can be traced to

france and italy

Answer 12

14th and 15th centuries

Question 13

where the craft was practiced

Answer 13

France and Italy

Question 14

created out of macrame craft were used in churches

Answer 14

Patterned knotted fabrics

Question 15

what craft out of macrame was used in churches

Answer 15

vestments and altar cloths.
- it became popular among the British during 19th century

Question 16

craft that sailors made over the years

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• fringes for wheels
• bell covers
• netting as screens

Question 17

movement that revived the craft in the 60s

Answer 17

hippie movement

Question 18

it is brought from the ____ to ____ by Moors

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middle east to spain

Question 19

it spread through Europe and was introduced to England from Holland by

Answer 19

Queen Mary, wife of William of Orange, in the late 17th century

Question 20

what craft is macrame linked to

Answer 20

craft weaving and netting

Question 21

it became very popular with British sailors in the ___ and ___ centuries

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18th and early 19th centuries

Question 22

Sailor ships required men who are skilled in

Answer 22

rope work, spicing, and plaiting

Question 23

macramé knots being practiced by North American sailors spending long hours aboard

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square & hitch knots

Question 24

Parts of Rope

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• Whipping
• Running end
• Bight
• Overhand loop
• Underhand loop
• Turn
• Round Turn
• Standing Part
• Rope of Line

Question 25

**simple bend of rope** in which the rope **does not cross itself**

Answer 25

Bight

Question 26

method of **preventing** the end of the rope **from untwisting or becoming unwand**

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Whipping

Question 27

**working end of a rope.** the part where you are using the knot

Answer 27

Running end

Question 28

**static or rest part of the rope**

Answer 28

Standing end

Question 29

**loop around an object**. it continues in the opposite direction to the standing end - round turn > **continues to circle and exits in the same direction** as standing area

Answer 29

Turn