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

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 ...

A 95-year-old Emirati man in the UAE is a living example of how traditional craftsmanship continues to thrive in a world where technological advancement is quickly changing centuries-old traditions.

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 ...

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 ...

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Coimbatore: Scientists at the Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering (ICAR) in the city have developed a machine to make ropes from the outer sheath of banana trees. Scientists at the institute ...

Rope making was on Tyneside as far back as the late 18th Century Fifty jobs have been created on Tyneside with the opening of a new factory that houses the world's largest rope making machine. The ...