Complete Macrame Guide Available Now!

Hi everyone,

I have recently returned to the world of Macrame, as I used to run a booming business when I was, get this, 8!!! Back in the late 70's. Anyway I have taken up the craft again and the thing I noticed was that it was really challenging to find information on the topic. I had to zip from this link to that link. So I thought, hmmmm if I am feeling this maybe I am not the only one?

So I posted a website asking people for what they wanted to know as well. Got a huge response back, so thought, hmmmmm I think I will organise an ebook on this.

And the rest is history!! I am very excited to have completed with some help from others what I am calling the 'One Stop Macrame Shop' - meaning it will tell you ALL you want to know on Macrame.

Patterns - jewelry, hammock, planters, dodads and so much more, Knots, Suppliers, Ideas, History and answers to specific questions.

If this is what you have been looking for - a complete Macrame Guide. Then please do go to:

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andwell Bob's your uncle!I would love to hear what you think of it too - oooh nearly forgot -there is a special introductory price on offer!!! BFN

Caro :)

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Thank you, it looks interesting. However, after spending a LOT of time looking up URLs on the Internet for macrame' patterns and step by step instructions, I think I have more than enough information already... and it was free, except for the time I "spent" looking it up.

Good luck with your endeavors!

Gemini

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Gotta tell you, your INTRO to your ebook is WAY too long, and it takes forever to find out how much, three buttons say buy buy buy BEFORE you even give the price, then you go into a tirade justifying your price before offering another buy button showing the price. Good luck! JM2C Noreen

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Addendum: It's actually worse than the commercial where the idiot says: Click here and you're a winner Click there and you're a winner... (spam) Your entire sales pitch is just too much like a carnie's sales pitch. JM2C, Noreen

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Gem, You're a HELLOVA lot more polite than I am! And, what the heck is ... well Bob's your Uncle.... what IS that?? Noreen

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On HERE I'm polite... you weren't sitting in my computer room when I read that. LOL

I don't have a clue about that "Bob's your Uncle" bit. As far as I've ever heard it is a really old saying (likely before my parent's time even) that never made any sense to me at all. I don't even have an Uncle Bob.... I don't even have a cousin Bob for that matter. ;o)

Gem

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It's a British phrase that means `you're all set up', or something of that nature. For its possible derivation, have a look at this page,

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"Bob's your uncle" means that something is quite easy, once you do something else. Example: "Just pour all the ingredients into the bowl, and Bob's your uncle!"

HTH Katherine

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Thank you Katherine. :o)

I did actually know what it meant... it just never made any sense to me. ;o) Of course there were a few phrases that my Mom used to use from time to time that never made any sense to me... I just chalked it up to "older people are weird"... of course now I'm the older person in this household, so I guess some of the things I say don't make any sense either. ROTFL

Gem

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Thank you for the URL, Sue! :o) As I told Katherine, I did know what it meant (where to use it.... although I never did use that phrase), it just never made any sense to me. ;o)

Gemini

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Hi Caro, Don't want to jump on you as some did. I'm sure you worked hard on this but basically they're right. Too much pitch, too long, and too "loud". I wouldn't read anything that long, and the big bold stuff turns me off of it, making me think it's a lot of noise about not much, once I've got it. So I wouldn't get it. You might want to consider modifying your pitch and making it a bit more graphically appealing to crafters. Best wishes & good luck, Hazel

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I didn't jump on her... in fact I wished her well in her endeavors. Yes, I had a problem with it, but I kept it to myself and said what I had to say here in the privacy of my own computer room.

No, it wouldn't be my idea of how to set things out on a website, but that's how some people do it... and since I don't have a website anymore (for now) I don't have the right to tell someone else how to do it. I really do wish her well in her business of selling macrame' information... I hope there is a lot of call for it so that she can make a go of it. Unfortunately I think that a lot of people who want to learn macrame' will either go hunting in bargain places for old books, or the search engines (as I did) and come up with a lot of information that way. If there was something new and different in her book, that might help to sell it better.

Gemini

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Nope, Gem didn't 'jump' on Caro, and actually, while I wasn't entirely 'nice', I don't feel that *I* jumped on her either, as she DID *ask* us to let her know what we thought, so, I DID. JM2C Noreen (thinking out loud, that if someone doesn't want my opinion, they shouldn't ask for it...) :P

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hehehe Uh huh... I am very opinionated at times myself. ;o)

I remember going dress shopping with my Mom once (in a very fancy place in the city, I might add). I have never been one for shopping unless I know what I want before going into a store, but in this case my Mom wanted a new dress for some special occasion. My Dad was sitting on a chair outside the change room while my Mom and I were browsing. One of the sales ladies came over and started showing my Mom all kinds of very expensive dresses, and a little fancier style than my Mom actually wanted. I never was a person who cared for pushy sales people... ask me if I need assistance and if I say no thank you then back off and leave me alone unless I *ask* for help with something else.... and this woman was pushing all my wrong buttons.

The icing on the cake was when she passed my Mom this dress that she was insisting was "gorgeous and just the right style for you", and it was horrible. My Mom took it and went to the change room to try it on. When she opened the door she asked my Dad what he thought of it, and in typical man mode he said "It's alright!" Then she called me from the rack of leather jackets that I had been looking at and asked me.... yes, she *asked me* what I thought of it. Okay Ma, you asked..... "It's ugly!! It has no color (it was grey with a couple of black stripes to the one side)!! It is the wrong style and shape for you (my Mom was 5' 1/2" and heavy set)!! And.... it looks like something Grandma used to wear with her bib apron over it while working in the kitchen!! I wouldn't give you two cents for it!!" I saw the shocked look on my Mom's face, glanced to see a grin on my Dad's face (he's the one who said how mouthy I was, remember?) and a glint in his eyes, and glanced further to see the horrified and every so slightly pissed off look on the sales lady's face who was standing there to the side. My Mom about face and went back into the change room... changed back into her own clothes, bought the dress that we had both liked AND the ugly dress (out of embarrassment by my mouth) and we left the store. By the way, she never EVER wore the dress! So yeah, I've been known to be very opinionated at times. ;o)

Gem

- who's Mom always made sure, after that episode, that she looked around first before asking my opinion about anything she was considering buying. LOL

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splort, both opinionated AND non-exaggerators too! I enjoyed the story, Gem! Hugs, Noreen

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I figured you would! hehehe

My Mom would often say "I'm NEVER going in a store with you again"... but she did, often. I used to tell her "Hey, you taught us to express ourselves and have our own thoughts... so you shouldn't be surprised when I do it." ;o)

My older sister (not so much the oldest one... she tends not to speak up, unless she *really* gets ticked off about something, and instead will

*almost* allow people to walk over her) is opinionated and will speak out if she doesn't like something. My brother will tell you where to go and what to do with yourself while you're on the way, and doesn't allow anyone to walk over him or push him into something he doesn't want. And then there's me... I tend to be nice and polite most of the time, until I feel like I'm being cornered or pushed into doing something I do not want to do, then "the mouth that roared" rears it's ugly head and everyone hears what I think and feel... like it or not!

My oldest sister went to a party one night where they had a psychic for entertainment. Each person took their turn going into a quiet room with her and she told them about themselves (not told anything about anyone in advance at all). My sister was flabbergasted that this woman told her about her family... brother and sisters and described each of us to a tee. When she was telling me about it she said "And she even had your mouth down perfectly too!" LOL Apparently she told my sister that she had "one brother who is a bit of a loner, but he's also been quiet popular with the ladies in his youth" (very true). Then she told her that she had two sisters... "one of them is very ladylike and proper, walking with head held high.. almost like royalty" (also very true, my older sister took ballet lessons and has always walked like that, and does behave quite properly like a lady).... "and the other one is umm, more outspoken. She doesn't beat around the bush. When she has something to say, she will say it and she doesn't care who it is she's speaking to. I see this sister not having any problem telling someone to F--- Off in no uncertain terms if the person has made her angry." My sister said she almost fell off the chair when she said that. And well.... yes, it is true... tick me off or attack my son or other family members, and I will go straight through you without blinking and have no qualms about it whatsoever. But, I am also the most sensitive one of us all.... I do have a vulnerable side to this tough exterior. And I have the weirdest sense of humor too. ;o)

Gem

- and I don't ever EVER exaggerate and am not too terribly opinionated.

*cough* *choke* Hmmmm.... okay, maybe a little bit.

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