Hemp Masters - Getting Knotty: More Ancient Hippie Secrets for Knotting Hip Hemp Jewelryis a "new" book by Max Lunger. The instructions are great, the drawings and photos are also excellent.

But for anyone who had bought Hemp Masters: Ancient Hippie Secrets for Knotting Hip Hemp Jewelryand was looking for new knots beyond the basic, this is not the book for you as the first half of Hemp Masters-getting knotty has the exact same instructions, pictures etc from the original Hemp Masters book, word for word, page for page for 32 pages.

The first 14 new projects are just dandified versions of the ones from book One.

-Heavey Colored Switch Necklace: same pattern from book one but one colored cord is added so you have a dual colored choker.
-Proper Purple Chocker: Same choker from book one, colored hemp added.

So you get the idea.

The last nine patterns are pretty cool and very patriotic. The USA Strong Arm Band, The USA Mirror Charm, Sprit of America Flag and the Lacy USA Bracelet are neat. The other patters are just different bracelet and choker designs w/o the Stars and Stripes.

Pros:
-9 new patterns
-showing you how to add color if you don't know how
-great photos
-nice instructions
-great starter book if you're looking for a knot guide

Cons:
-no new knots, same as first book
-no new patterns(unless you count adding the colored cord)
-not great for experienced knotters unless you want to pay $10 for a few innovative patterns, but once you see the pic you'd know how to do them.

Don't get me wrong I think Max does great work but I think it's a little misleading as advertised as "More" Ancient Hippie secrets. And the actual book, if you look at the cover on the .pdf you'll see that the actual title is: Hemp Masters Getting Knotty: Ancient Hippie Secrets for Knotting hip Hemp Jewelry. My point being Amazon advertized this as "more ancient hippie secrets" when that is actually not the title. And truely you're not getting more, just more of the same(with color cords).
May 29, 2008

Awesome!

This book is great. Perfect step by step instructions for beginners and it's even more perfect if you use it with the first Hemp Masters book because the first however many pages of each book are the same, the part that tells you all the knots, so if you're looking at the instructions for one thing and need to look up a certain knot then you can get out the other book to look it up without losing the page your project is on. I love it, I love them both.
February 07, 2008

Great Book!

Our daughter enjoyed receiving this book for christmas. She is looking forward to learning new knots for her hemp jewelry making hobby. Price of the book was very reasonalbe and it was in great condition whne receieved.
January 08, 2008

Good beginner book

Got it for my daughter, she loved it and was easy for her to follow.
November 23, 2007

Hemp Masters: Getting Knotty

I love macrame, but all my books are from the 70's for plant hangers and hanging tables, etc. I'm excited to try something on a much smaller scale. I happy to have found this book!
November 20, 2007

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