Rope making is classified an endangered craft, featured on charity Heritage Crafts "Red List" of trades and skills at risk of ...

Despite moving into new industries, Amish entrepreneurs prioritize faith, family, and community over profits. Andrew Troyer was teaching in his Amish settlement's school in Wayne County, Ohio, in 1977 ...

When you’re caught in a bind — or at the end of your rope — making cordage is a skill that could come in handy. Cordage — that is, thread, string or rope — is all but indispensable in a survival ...

Mary Pattison Irwin moved to Pittsburgh toward the end of the 18th century and created a rope-making empire in the growing city. Industrial hemp is making a comeback in Pennsylvania after nearly a ...

Over the weekend, unexpectedly, I took a ropes course. Not in the way you’re probably thinking; the “ropes course” consisted of me winning a war against a yucca leaf. A friend of mine who is a Girl ...

Ripping yarns: Kent ropemaker Fred Cordier threads yarn through a die before it is formed into strands Credit: Photo: HEATHCLIFF O'MALLEY Fred Cordier goes to work by bike. Unlike those who pedal to ...

Though some may see rope as a mundane product, viewers were captivated to watch the process to make it by hand in a video that has gone viral on the Reddit forum "Damn That's Interesting." "Rope ...

Shovels and Rope make ramshackle music, twanging with country rhythms and clanging with folky chords. It’s rough, loose and utterly homemade. “We don’t have an aversion to nice and fancy things,” says ...