A knowledge and mastery of tying knots is essential for anyone who spends time in the outdoors. And, sure, when faced with certain tasks that require knot-tying, you might be able to get away with ...

There’s a million different knots for doing a million different things. But, these five are easy-to-learn, easy-to-tie and accomplish 99 percent of the jobs you’ll ever need a rope to do. Anyone can ...

Mark Barsocchini sees knots everywhere he goes. In the scarf draped around somebody’s neck, or the shoelaces we tie every day. He’s entranced by something most of us take for granted. “There’s a lot ...

Artist Alex Buchanan is an accomplished photographer, printmaker, painter and semiotician. But it is his sculptures, in which he utilizes complex knots and enormous segments and strands of rope, that ...

Tying a good knot takes practice, but first learn how to tie a good knot. That was the goal of a recent Know Your Knots program at Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreation Area at Flagler Beach. The ...

A damaged rope can be totally useless for doing most tasks safely, especially if the damaged section is somewhere in the middle. This simple knot can bypass the damaged section and make the rope ...