sizzling !​ The Year of Knots: present-day Projects, Inspiration, and Creative Reinvention

Here are instructions and projects that celebrate the diverse beauty and creative possibilities of macrame and knots. Whether you are an expert at knot tying, have experience with macrame, or are just-arrived to knots, projects abound: a necklace, a dog leash, along with wall hangings and a hanging light. At the heart of the story is the basic, empowering idea that a single year is all the time you need to make a life-changing creative leap.

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Doughnut Knot
Gift Knot
Gold Chain Sinnet
Four-Ply Single-Strand Lanyard Knot
Constrictor Knot
Cowboy’s Pretzel Flat Knot
Captain Hardy’s Eye Splice
And more!

Every day for a year, artist Windy Chien learned to tie a brand-new kind of knot and then shared the results on Instagram—revolutionizing knot art and reinventing her life and career in the process. In The Year of Knots, Chien describes how her knot-making project led her on a path of discovery.