Knotted jute vase

{from Ballard Designs}

Have you seen those vases/bottles from Ballard Design and Pottery Barn?  If not, see above.  Well, BD wants 60$ for the mid-size one.  They're a nice beachy touch, and although I'm not into that trend in a big way, I do think it's silly that they charge so much for something that you can make for free.  Here's what I used:

I had another of the vinegar jugs that I used in this post, but I've seen similar items at consignment shops.  The twine was a buck at Target, and I got it forever ago, so I'm not counting it as costing anything.  And I probably stole the scissors from my mom's house.
To start, I tied a ring around the top, where I wanted the netting to start.

Then I cut 8 lengths of twine, each of them about 4 times the height of my jug.  I tied them around the starting ring so they hung down in two equal strings.  Like so:

{First I tied 4 of them at NSE and W, then tied the other 4 in between to make sure my spacing was even}

Then I started tying strings together.  Adjacent strings, coming from 2 different knots above.

{This was after one round of knot tying}

{After eleven rounds- all done)

After that I pulled the threads tight across the bottom and tied them to a string across from them:

{I'm holding it in my feet}

Finished!  It's all just square knots.  Not bad, eh?  Better than my IKEA bag version:

I think I'll redo it.
Oh, and it's just square knots.