MACRAMÉ

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Macramé is a form of textile art. It is created using knotting (rather than weaving or knitting) techniques. The main knots of macramé are the square (or reef knot) and forms of "hitching" with many combinations of half hitches. It was long created by sailors. They often created ornamental knotting forms to cover anything from knife handles to bottles or parts of ships. Cavandoli macramé is one type of macrame. It is used to form geometric and free-form patterns like weaving. The Cavandoli style is done mainly in a single knot, the double half-hitch knot. Leather or fabric belts are items that are often created by macramé techniques. Most friendship bracelets made by children and teens are created using macrame.

It is known from research done at the University of California that reading and craft arts are intended to exercise the brain and prevent dementia. Speaking of macramé, moving the lines provides a direct action with the nerve endings of the finger tips, called thin musculature. These endings are directly connected to our brain that is exercised by practicing these movements. In this way, it causes wonderful effects to our body, such as increased sensitivity, memory exercise or even a decrease in memory failures.

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