{"id":3032,"date":"2012-03-16T08:04:47","date_gmt":"2012-03-16T13:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=3032"},"modified":"2012-03-16T08:04:47","modified_gmt":"2012-03-16T13:04:47","slug":"knots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=3032","title":{"rendered":"KNOTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-WiAX-R2WCE\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3032 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/10-5-08-macrame-13.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/10-5-08-macrame-13-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3034\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/10-5-08-macrame-13-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/10-5-08-macrame-13-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3034'>\n\t\t\t\tCANVAS\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/10-5-08-macrame-22.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/10-5-08-macrame-22-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3035\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/10-5-08-macrame-22-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/10-5-08-macrame-22-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3035'>\n\t\t\t\tMY FIRST BELT\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/10-5-08-macrame-28.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/10-5-08-macrame-28-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3036\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/10-5-08-macrame-28-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/10-5-08-macrame-28-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3036'>\n\t\t\t\tWHALE&#8217;S WHISKERS\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/10-5-08-macrame-30.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/10-5-08-macrame-30-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3037\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/10-5-08-macrame-30-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/10-5-08-macrame-30-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3037'>\n\t\t\t\tRECENT WORK\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I have always been fascinated by knots. It was what every sailor knew when I was young. I was taught by the professional sailors of the era. My first attempt was the black and white belt.I was 13 years old. I no longer remember the name of the string I used but it was still sold in chandleries expressly for macrame.<\/p>\n<p>These professionals told be of a shop specializing in macrame near the docks in Brooklyn. I took a while, but I hitchhiked and found the shop; however the man who owned it was old and had failing health, so all I could do was to gaze in the window.<\/p>\n<p>I still tie knots, I suppose much like someone who knits. During the America&#8217;s Cup Jubilee there was a Frenchman (not the one in the video) tying knots on the dock; we had a duel of sorts, testing the other&#8217;s knowledge of knots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have always been fascinated by knots. It was what every sailor knew when I was young. I was taught by the professional sailors of the era. My first attempt was the black and white belt.I was 13 years old. I no longer remember the name of the string I used but it was still &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=3032\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">KNOTS<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[1231,2434],"class_list":["post-3032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-macrame","tag-knots","tag-macrame"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3032"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3038,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3032\/revisions\/3038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}