Macramé or
macrame is a form of
textile-making using
knotting rather than
weaving or
knitting. Its primary knots are the square knot (a variant of the
reef knot) and forms of "hitching": full hitch and double
half hitches. It was long crafted by sailors, especially in elaborate or ornamental knotting forms, to decorate anything from knife handles to bottles to parts of ships.