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

A mammoth ivory tool unearthed in central Europe has offered a peek at how teamwork enabled Stone Age folks to make thick, sturdy ropes. Excavations and sediment screening at southwestern Germany’s ...

Years ago, archaeologists found a 35,000-year-old ivory artifact in a cave in Germany. Now, a study identified it as tool for weaving thicker ropes. Photo from H. Jensen and University of Tübingen via ...

Andrew and Heather Cumpstone were inspired to set up Kefi Ropemakers after the closure of long-standing rope-makers Outhwaites [BBC] "There's hardly any of us now, but each town would have their own ...

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 ...

Nevella Parris, age 10, spun a hand crank to wind three strings together, forming a colorful foot-long strand of rope for herself Wednesday at the Spokane County Interstate Fair, while Phil Kuhnkey ...