 Hey friends, welcome back to my channel. It is Drew here from Alone Fox and today I have such an exciting video because I have been wanting to collaborate with one of my favorite content creators here on YouTube with Wendy for so long We've actually been in talks of collaborating for probably over a year now We were gonna collaborate right before COVID hit when she came to Los Angeles However, just with our schedules and stuff it didn't end up working out and then COVID happened She lives in Canada all that form of stuff and today is finally the day where I am collaborating with with Wendy Hi, my name is Wendy here on YouTube known as with Wendy and on my channel. We do all sorts of DIY sewing Thrift flips making things from scratch There's a great place to start if you want to up your game and So some of your own clothes I definitely need to check her out and I will link her channel in the description box below because we also Created a second video over on her channel where she taught me a DIY skill that I have never done before and in today's video I am teaching her a DIY skill that she has never done before so it sounds pretty simple However, there's a very big twist We are only going to be able to listen to each other while creating these projects So I'm not gonna be able to see what Wendy is doing and she's not gonna be able to see what I am doing over on her channel And yes, we did take notes from the Bonapetit back-to-back chef. I absolutely love that series Wendy actually introduced me to it about a year ago when we came up with this concept I'm going to be sharing with her how to create a really cute simple macrame shelf I wanted something a little bit complex something that she can use power tools and also having to learn how to do macrame Just by hearing seems a little bit challenging. So we'll see how I do, but I guess we should honestly go ahead I'm going to call Wendy and we can jump right in Hi Wendy Oh my gosh, I'm so excited and also a little bit nervous about this because yeah, you made me whip out the drill I'm scared. I know. Yeah, you told me you're like I've never really whipped up the drill And I was like, okay, well, we're gonna be whipping out the drill today Currently we can see each other, but we're gonna lower the camera or lower the screen in a second to where we can't see each other And then I'm going to be teaching Wendy how to create a macrame hanging shelf basically Only audio. Yeah, I mean, I guess should we just get started? Okay, lead the way true. Okay. Okay. Let me go and pull my screen down Okay, I'm gonna hide you Okay, so I know that your board is a little bit thicker than mine if you have a ruler Can you just tell me how wide your board is? Yes, even when it's a one by six. It's always shorter for some reason. I don't know why they call them Lies, it's just lies. It's just a lot of just lies And it's like point like it's three-quarters inch tall. Yeah. Yeah, okay perfect Can you like draw out a three and a half inch section in the middle of the board? Does that make sense? So there's probably just gonna be one inch. Maybe draw a one inch line in from either edge That way we're drilling in the same section Okay, so this along the short edge. I'm gonna come in one inch. Yes Okay, I'm making my board Skinny. Yes, you're making your board skinnier You're not gonna cut it but you're just gonna use these lines as reference for drilling because we're gonna drill first and then we're gonna paint after done Perfect. Okay, so then we basically both have three and a half inch boards Even though yours is a little wider and we're gonna start by using our drill with a drill bit that will allow our macro Make cord to go through it keeping in mind that only one cord will go through your hole So you don't need it wide enough for two or anything like that Okay So just like probably about Half an half of an inch from either end. We're gonna want to drill Through this section, but you're gonna want six holes on either end Across your three and a half inch section that you drew. Does that make sense? Okay, so I take my three and a half inch section and I divide it into six holes Yes. No. How far in are the holes from the edge? Um, I probably did about like half of an inch. Lots of sawdust will be formed Okay, okay. I am excited because I do have a cute little clamp, so You're a professional Power tools will scare me a little bit Yeah, all right, I'm gonna make some drilling noises. Okay one side correctly. I did One side correct. Your experience. It looks better this time and I didn't draw markings What the heck mine my sides look so bad. So now that we have our board now We're gonna paint our board whatever color you want to do I'm gonna do black. I'm gonna do matte black too. Matte black? Oh, I have a matte black as well. Yep, matte finish It's called noir Just make sure when you kind of go over your holes that you don't have a ton of paint on your brush So it's not like filling in your holes. Yeah, okay, and to stir my paint. I Never get stir sticks. I just use the takeout chopsticks that come with food Wait Drew, I want you to tell me more about what you studied in school. Oh Yeah, okay, so So I actually applied I went to fit them the fashion Institute whoa in downtown Los Angeles Yes, and I applied actually to be a fashion designer like I wanted to be the one that Designed all the clothing. That's like what I wanted to do was fashion design Yes, but I kind of realized after I started that I just didn't I don't know I I wasn't as good of a sewer as I thought and like it just like I just I actually switched my major to be In product development, okay, which was more of the technical side So it was more of like creating tech packs and like doing all the measurements. I love making stuff That's my favorite thing like my first ever YouTube channel was a scrapbooking channel And I had I would make scrapbooks and cards and albums and like this and that and I always loved doing it And then I went to school and I wasn't able to bring all my supplies with me because I ended up like living in a dorm Basically, it didn't have any of my like any space, you know So then I started doing fashion because I was able to store clothing a little bit easier for me And it was fun at the time and but I always missed the creative element of everything because I of course you got DIY or clothing and stuff But I just like I wasn't really a fan of making clothes I more so liked making like decor and more crafty stuff, you know, yeah, so that's why I created Lone Fox Well, okay, so I guess we will break for a little bit I'll let you paint and then just message me when you're done painting and it's all dry and we can work on the next steps Okay, I'll do that. Okay. All right. Bye. Bye you for now All right guys, so we are back Our wood has now dried we added our paint to it and you're good Wendy on your side right as well Mm-hmm. I'm ready. Okay. So now we're gonna do the actual macrame part So we're gonna grab our macrame cord. We're basically gonna want to cut two pieces at about seven feet in length So you're gonna want two seven foot sections I have a nice tape measure that I'm gonna lay on the back Got them and I will go get my latch hook tool Coming up through the bottom. You're gonna put your your string through the third hole The third hole on either side. It doesn't matter. Basically, we're gonna be having both ends of one piece of the cording coming out of The two middle holes does that make sense like you might be able to just put it right through my Mesh rame cord is a little bit like It's not like woven very tightly So it's kind of like a yarn, you know where you think kind of like unravels as I work with it I'm like stabbing it through with a scissor. Okay, so you have it you have it through the two Center holes cracked with the strands coming upwards Okay, so then we're gonna cut two more pieces and cut these ones at about 10 feet in length You're gonna need two of them. So they're gonna go on the two ends This is so hard to explain Okay, basically the farther it is from the middle you want it to be taller Yes, because all the knotting is gonna be happening with the farthest out strands Does that make sense? So then the strands in the center are all just going to be like just there But all the knotting is gonna happen with the two strands Farthest out. This is my first macrame. Oh, really? I've never bought macrame cord before. I feel like this is something you so would have done before for some reason. I know I think maybe because of the tapestries and stuff I feel like you would have done something similar So now we're gonna start the macrame now There's only one knot that you have to do for the entire process and then it's just repetitive But it's really quick So you could honestly probably finish the shelf from now on in like an hour if you wanted to Okay, so you're gonna take your right strand the outermost right strand and then pass it over The top of the four so it's like laying over the top and you can imagine that Okay, and then you're gonna grab your left strand and go over the tail of your right strand and then underneath the four strands Does that make sense? Okay, I go the first the right one went over It's three left neighbors It should be it's four left neighbors You're gonna have your left strand your right strand and then the four center ones are kind of just gonna be together in a cluster Yeah, yeah, so then your right strand your right strand is gonna go You're gonna go over all four four center strands. Oh, okay And then your left strand is going to go over the top of the tail where you just put it like where your right Strand went over the top you see how it's kind of like off to the side now Yeah, like the tail of it You're gonna put your left strand over the top of the tail Underneath the four strands and then back up Through the loop. Yes you created. I have done this not before Yes, it's just it's basically a square knot So you're gonna do that that what you just sit right there and then you're going to reverse it Remember how we started with the right strand going over the top of the four Then you're gonna do the left strand over the top of the four the right strand then goes over the tail And then under the four and then up through the loop. Do I tighten this all the way to the No, okay, so what you should leave a little bit of space leave like two inches or so We're gonna be repeating this process But if you could imagine like once you pull this knot tight, it's gonna like kind of encapsulate those four center strands. Yes Then we're gonna create like puffy Knot section so if you could imagine like you creating another one of those knots but leaving like Some of the strand out so it kind of like creates a circle. Does that make sense? Okay, okay, so this is what we just did like once and then twice that counts as one finished No, that's yes That's one knot so that will hold securely there And then you're gonna do the same exact process again about maybe like an inch and a half or two inches down From the knot you just created but leave like Leave like a little bit of excess string in there so it fluffs out on the on the sides. Yeah Yeah, so then you're literally just going to be repeating that process Until you have the length of your shelf section and keep in mind that these macrame sections are gonna meet up in the middle the top middle Okay So you're gonna want them long enough to kind of it's gonna look kind of like a triangle Can you picture that like the board is the bottom and the strings on the left and right? Yes of the triangle perfect Wow, so then you're just gonna So it kind of creates almost like a circle There's like four strands in the middle and then your left and right strands are the Outside of the circle. Yeah, it's like an eight with four strings going down its middle Well, sorry because I've made two loops. It's an eight. Yeah, cuz see you're even ahead of me We're basically going to want to then connect this to The two sides once you're done macrame and then we'll be connected to that brass ring in the middle And that's what we'll then attach to the nail on the wall. Okay Okay Thanks for picking an easy one because I feel like this is a huge Confidence boost that it's going So well, yeah, I did not I was like it will be so hard to explain plus honestly I'm not the best macrame or like I know how to do simple macrame So I was like pull you a little simple macrame and if your loops aren't the same size either it doesn't matter But I try and I'm trying to make them look a little bit uniform that way me to you look fine And I think that this one is like if you're it's really easy to adjust the loop sizes Yes, exactly the same You know, I just made this up in my head like I did like this is just like something I thought would be like nice for this project. Love it You're dreaming in macrame. Oh, I don't exactly have a method for attaching this to the ring like It basically just needs to Be attached, you know what I mean? I feel like something that could be good is taking all six strands Maybe take all six strands and then wrap them around the ring leaving about an inch of Space From your last knot in the ring Okay, holding it over and then taking one of your longer strands and then wrapping it around all of the strands Does that make sense? Oh? So it kind of will like tightly like wrap all of those strands inside Of like a coil I'm cool with that. How do you finish it when you do it that way? You just want to do like a simple little Knot so just kind of wrap it around like five times or six times until you reach that knot and then wrap it around The strings and your finger and then pull the strand through the loop that your finger created Yeah, to create a knot for it. I think I can then yeah And then once that's all done that then you can cut I would probably glue it and then maybe leave it for a while let it dry and then just cut off all the tails Okay If you can imagine like pull your pull your ring up as if it was on the wall and then twist it Like how it would be hanging so you have to see how it kind of turns a little bit so that you could see those Circles so that's kind of gonna be the that's kind of what it's gonna look like as one side of the shelf. I Love it Yay, I mean so I guess that finishes off my project Then you would just basically repeat the same exact steps on the other side attach it to the ring And you would be done Mm-hmm. Cool. Okay. Well, then I guess that I'll let you work on this one off camera And then we'll face him tomorrow and I'll see what you created Okay, bye-bye Hi, Wendy. Oh my gosh, your background so pretty always. I love all those colors hanging there with your purple sweater I feel like you definitely like got this because I feel like when we talked last which was a couple of days ago You kind of understood all of the directions that I was giving which is great because I'd like Macramé could be a little bit challenging to teach I guess on just verbally like that's definitely something you need to see Which people always actually laugh at me in my videos when I say that because I'm like, okay You guys like I'm not gonna talk right now because you actually kind of just need to see what I'm doing because I have no idea How to explain it so that's whenever I do macramé. It's always like that That is exactly it. Uh-huh as you can see here. It's pretty self-explanatory, which is what I always say I want to see yours first. I guess Yes, I did the same. Oh My gosh yours looks so good. It looks so cute See your ring your ring is like that exactly what you created was what I was picturing in my head I actually like yours a lot more than mine And I'll show you what I mean. I'll show I'll show you mine right now. So you like so here's mine right here But see how the ring is just like it's just oversized looking It's just so it's just like a little too big like yours is the perfect size and mine's just a little bigger than I would want it to be Um, I feel like I feel like probably the best one would just to be put to put some command like mounting strips on the back side of that shelf piece Just so that like, you know what I mean Yes, yeah, I would probably put something like two or three of those just on that like Like the thin strip on the back just to make sure that it's like secured to the wall because I definitely feel like the weight can be held from the nail as long as you're not putting like Books and books and books on top of it. All right, you guys Well, I guess that's really all for today's video if you have not already checked out wendy. You must subscribe to her channel I'm sure a lot of you guys have already found her channel before because she creates such incredible videos and not only are your videos Like super informational. I also love the concepts that you do like how you just did that Beyonce video Like your concepts are like full concepts Thanks, drew. You know we try you do a really good job at it wendy. I love it So everyone make sure to subscribe to wendy and also check out her video because she actually um over on her channel We did a or I guess we kind of did but she kind of also mainly did a full on entryway makeover Where I tried to recreate a project that she taught me how to create Virtually, I know All right. Well, thank you wendy so much for being on my channel today and I will see you hopefully soon I know Yes, whenever you come just let me know. I'll be here waiting patiently All right