Looking for new ways to get some exercise while you wait for Spring to thaw your frosty sidewalks? Why not just take the kids for an impromptu sleigh ride, like YouTube user Eric McGehearty did, by making some sleds for the kids from nothing but some laundry baskets and pieces of rope?
Serendipity plays a roll in a lot of my favorite tales of crafty adventures, and this extraordinary series of rope masks by designer Bertjan Pot is no exception.
After making a mat from marine rope found on a sailing trip a few years ago, Sophie Aschauer started producing these spectacular mats from reclaimed marine rope under the name Serpent Sea.
Megan from One King’s Lane shows us how to make your own Proenza Schouler-inspired rope shelf on Design Sponge.
Artist Andy Harman made a small edition of these super-sized macrame owls, which are up to 15 feet wide and 35 feet long, using 1 inch jute rope, bamboo, and solid oak beads.
Make a set of eye-catching containers with this cool rope coil vessels tutorial!
A massive installation consisting of 1.4 million feet of rope has just opened to the public in New York City’s Madison Square Park. The installation is called Red, Yellow and Blue and was created by Orly Genger, who collected nautical rope from various locations and then painted and hand-knotted it to make some impressive sculptural forms that change the whole landscape of the park.
