Tim Queeney surveys the history of rope, the surprisingly varied materials from which it has been made, its manifest uses and ...

Tying knots is just for sailors and mountain climbers, right? This is the adjustable knot that you’re looking for when trying to tighten the corners of the tent.

You want nervous, try tying your first knots in front of someone who used to walk the docks with his father, openly ridiculing the rope craft on display. "By their lines ye shall know them," Neale ...