So you’ve filled your desk, bookshelves, nightstand and seemingly every spare spot in your home with plants. Is it time to stop collecting sprouts? Nope. A hanging planter opens up new, pretty ...

Commercial fishermen use lines, or ropes, for a variety of purposes. Boat anchors, nets and buoys all need to be secured and safely managed. A working knowledge of knots is a necessity. If you open a ...

For many of us, untangling our earbuds is the extent of our survivalist knot knowledge. Tying knots is just for sailors and mountain climbers, right? Turns out, there are a few simple knots that you ...

Soft copper wire : ring diameter 1.5cm 20 gauge (wire diameter 0.8mm) : 20cm (8 inch) If you make a ring with a larger ...

Learn how to tie knots in rope. Whether it’s a simple overhand or the more complicated sheepshank, here are the 10 most useful knots know. Headin’ back to the land (or making any move toward greater ...

Let’s start with the basics: The running end is the end you manipulate. The standing end is the part you don’t manipulate. The bight is the curve between the running end and the standing end.

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Arthur Beale, a small inconspicuous shop that sits on the edge of Covent Garden in Soho, describes itself as ...

The square knot was historically known as the Hercules knot. While the name suggests strength, I think it’s fair to say associating it with Hercules is a bit misleading. The square knot is useful for ...