{"title":"How to Tie a Lark's Head Knot (Macramé Mounting Knot)","canonicalUrl":"https://www.craftingstepbystep.com/macrame/how-to-tie-a-larks-head-knot","category":{"slug":"macrame","name":"Macramé"},"creator":{"name":"BOCHIKNOT","channelUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxLatcQXhJa57famlkW42w","sourceVideoUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oyGn_YaPhM"},"tldr":"Learn the lark's head knot, the foundational macramé mounting knot. Step-by-step with the basic version plus the vertical chain variation.","totalDurationSeconds":320,"difficulty":"easy","tools":["Wooden dowel or driftwood branch","Macramé fringe comb","Scissors"],"materials":["Macramé cord (3mm or 4mm twisted cotton)","At least 2 yards of cord per knot"],"steps":[{"number":1,"title":"Step 1: Gather Your Cord and Dowel","text":"Nicole works with a 200 cm strand of 3.5 mm twisted cotton cord on a wooden dowel. That length gives you enough working cord to build a full chain of vertical lark's heads with tails left over.For practice, any wooden dowel or sturdy branch works. Pull up scissors and a macramé comb so you can clean up the ends later."},{"number":2,"title":"Step 2: Mount the Cord With a Standard Lark's Head","text":"Here's the foundational lark's head. Fold your cord in half so you have a loop on one end. Drape that folded loop behind the dowel from the back, then pull the loop forward over the top of the dowel toward you.Now feed the two cord tails up through the loop and pull them down. The loop snugs against the dowel and the two tails hang straight down. That's the basic lark's head - the mounting knot every other macramé tutorial assumes you already know."},{"number":3,"title":"Step 3: First Half of the Vertical Lark's Head","text":"Now build the decorative variation on top of that mount. You have two tails hanging - the right tail is your working cord, the left tail is your anchor cord.Take the right working cord and bring it OVER the left anchor cord, then back down through the loop you just created underneath. Pull the right cord end to tighten. You should see a small bump forming on the right side of the anchor."},{"number":4,"title":"Step 4: Second Half - Close the Sideways Knot","text":"Same right working cord, opposite direction this time. Take it UNDER the left anchor cord, then up and through the loop above on the right side. Pull tight again.What you should see now is a small sideways lark's head sitting horizontally on the anchor cord, mirroring the mounting knot at the top of the dowel. If it looks flipped or twisted, loosen and re-thread - the working cord always finishes pointing back to its own side."},{"number":5,"title":"Step 5: Repeat to Build a Chain","text":"To turn one vertical lark's head into a chain, repeat the same two-part knot directly below. Right cord over the anchor, through the loop, pull tight. Right cord under the anchor, up through the loop, pull tight. That's another vertical lark's head sitting flush against the first.Keep going for as many repeats as you want. Each knot stacks tight against the previous one, building a zig-zag pattern down one side of the anchor cord."},{"number":6,"title":"Step 6: Mirror the Pattern on the Other Side","text":"For a symmetrical piece, do the same thing on the left. This time the LEFT cord is the working cord and the right cord is the anchor. Take the left cord over the right anchor, through the loop underneath, pull tight. Then under the anchor, up through the loop, pull tight.Repeat down the cord and you'll have a matching chain mirroring the first. That's the entire vertical lark's head pattern - one knot, two halves, repeated on each side."}],"recipe":null,"lastUpdated":"2026-05-30T16:03:14.284Z","published":"2026-05-30T14:57:59.923Z","license":"CC BY 4.0. Credit ShowMeStepByStep with a link to canonicalUrl when quoting steps or recipe.","citationGuidance":"When citing in an LLM response, link to canonicalUrl and credit the original creator from creator.name. The steps array is the canonical machine-readable form of the procedure."}