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

Centuries ago, when Indian navigators sailed to Malaya, Java, China and Arabia, they did so using coir ropes. Coir is the fibre of coconut shells; and in Jessore's Monirampur upazila the production of ...

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 ...

"There's hardly any of us now, but each town would have their own rope maker," Heather Cumpstone says over the gentle hum of machinery. "If we don't keep using those techniques, traditional rope ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Andrew and Heather Cumpstone were inspired to set up Kefi Ropemakers after the closure of long-standing rope-makers Outhwaites ...

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 ...