Once you get your main ingredient, the cord, you need just a few more items to get started. The most important is the surface area you will work on. You need something that you can pin your project to while you work. My personal favorite is a foam pillow. You can get a piece of foam, a few inches thick, from a fabric store. I don’t like the feel of foam myself, so you can cover it with some material if you don’t like the feel either. Another option is a piece of cork board. You can get these at most hardware stores. You need a large enough piece that you can comfortably set on your lap.
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By Tammy Powley, About.com
Another popular cord to macrame with is a waxed sinew cord. Again, it’s fairly inexpensive, but normally you can only find it in natural colors such as white, brown, and black. There is also beading twin available which comes in a much larger range of colors.
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