High-wire artist Philippe Petit’s rigging explained in Why Knot?, his new book on the art of knot tying. When Philippe Petit stepped out on a high-wire illegally strung between the twin towers of the ...

Macrame is back, and if the latest design blogs and design shows are any indication, it looks as though it's here to stay. This knot tying technique is straight out of the '70s but is popping up ...

A long time ago, my father showed me how he tied a "Dutchman," a specialized knot used by truckers in the 1940s and '50s to tie a load onto a truck. But he never really taught it to me, so I didn't ...