Macramé is thought to have come from a 13th Century Arabic weavers’ word “migramah” meaning “fringe” This refers to the decorative fringes on camels and horses which help, amongst other things, to keep the flies off in the hot desert regions of northern Africa…
*An open work textile made using knots rather than weaving and using just anything that can be knotted from embroidery thread to garden twine cord, string, leather, wool or sennit.
*Made in panels of size to fit the purpose whether edging a sleeve or a making a window blind.
* There was a fashion for homemade macramé in the 1970’s for everything from cuffs to cushions to espadrille tops to lampshades but as with all fads, once everything that moved became macramé-ed it quickly fell out of favour. I recently bought a summer top with a macramé edge around the neck and I quite like it; maybe I’ll think of a way to use it tastefully again…