I know we’ve all seen the high end versions of the nautical knotted rope doorstop, or monkey fist knot; but I decided to try my hand at making my own. Surprisingly, it was pretty easy! And, if I can do it, so can you! Here’s my step-by-step tutorial for how to make a monkey fist knot!

Materials
How to Make a Monkey Fist
Wrap the rope around your hand five times as shown below. I’m right-handed, so I used my left hand. If you are left-handed, wrap the rope around your right hand. Leave about a six inch tail at the beginning before starting to wrap.
Next, hold the rope in your hand so the five wrapped rows are now horizontal instead of vertical (shown below).






I don't know if I can do it, but I'm going to try because I just love this idea!
I love these. I've made a few. Thinner jute sure does make it easier. Love how yours turned out!
Liz
Love the rustic texture! You make it sound doable. I'm going to give it a try!
I decorate with a lot of nautical here in Florida! This would be a fun touch. Thanks for showing us how! Sweet hugs!
This is a really neat tutorial. I'm good until the very end with wrapping the handle piece around, but I'm going to try it and play around with it to see if I can get it. I love these nautical ropes and never knew how they did it until now. Thanks for sharing….I'm pinning to my "she's crafty" board to try it! 🙂
Jennifer @ Decorated Chaos
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Thanks for sharing how you made this…super neat! Gotta tell you about my deal I got on 4 old beadboard cabinet doors that I got (thought about you when I got them). They came from an old farmhouse and I am planning on having Mr.CC make some tables out of them. Got all four for $25:)))))
Blessings,
Linda
Doreen It is Beautiful Ummm but it would be a tangled mess if I did it!!
But just Love it!!
Lisa
Doreen, I'm so glad we met at Haven! I was looking at the Ballard catalog on the plane ride home, and I saw one of these for $49! This will look great in my guest bedroom, so it's going on my to make list.
Doreen, This is a great tutorial! Thanks so much for sharing. It was such fun to sit with you and Janis at the Annie Sloan class.
Great idea and thanks for the great tutorial. I have featured it here: http://www.beadandcord.com/blog/15-creative-ways-to-use-nautical-rope-15079.html
Bless you for making that look so easy! After 5 tries, I finally have something that is doable. Thank you so much for sharing this! I have a nautical theme in my bathroom and this will look great! Thank you!
I have been wanting one of these for our lakehouse. This tutorial seems easy enough with the great step-by-step pictures. Thanks for sharing. I'm going to give this a try next weekend.