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Loops and knots: macramé necktie

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Loops and knots: macramé necktie

Macramé pieces are made of knotted twine. It is a centuries-old technique but is popularly associated with the 1970s, when it was revived. This is a macramé necktie made for a Te Ara staff member back in the 1970s. 

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Kerryn Pollock, Sewing, knitting and textile crafts – Other textile crafts, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/object/40541/loops-and-knots-macrame-necktie (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Kerryn Pollock, published 12 December 2012.