But knot-tying had already rooted itself deep in her memory. “I was taught how to tie knots as a child in one of the summer camps, although I didn’t continue with macramé.

To demonstrate a classic knot, Ms. Périlhou gathered the eight slender threads of a half-finished floral artwork made with 22-karat gold thread and worked on a line of knots representing a vine.

But knot-tying had already rooted itself deep in her memory. “I was taught how to tie knots as a child in one of the summer camps, although I didn’t continue with macramé.

The knot-tying craft popular in the 1960s and ’70s is turning up on the runways again. (Maybe you can find a vest your mother or grandmother made.) By Melanie Abrams When Venus Williams donned a ...

The square knot is one of the most important basic macrame knots, useful for a range of patterns. First, tie two lark’s head or reverse lark’s head knots, which will result in four strands.

Retying the Knot: The Macramé Revival Classic '70s fiber arts like macramé and free-form weaving are looping back into style—and softening up slick millennial décor By David A. Keeps ...

Red Earth Knots owner Janel Rogers, left, helps Tori Kaffka with her macrame boho wall basket during class this month at 1350 Distilling in Colorado Springs. Rogers offers classes throughout the ...

Her obsession with knots began when she took a refresher course in macrame, a skill she’d first learned from her mother back in the 1970s. [Photo: Vero Kherian/courtesy Windy Chien] ...

Retying the Knot: The Macramé Revival Classic '70s fiber arts like macramé and free-form weaving are looping back into style—and softening up slick millennial décor By David A. Keeps ...