# A string thing: what is it called?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-string-thing-what-is-it-called/412462>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 19, 2007, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-string-thing-what-is-it-called/412462 "2007-07-19T23:51:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2007, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-string-thing-what-is-it-called/412462/21 "2007-07-21T07:32:54Z")

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Random Vin Diesel Fact

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> Vin Diesel doesn’t knit. He makes ultra ropes - with your intestines!

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**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2007, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-string-thing-what-is-it-called/412462/22 "2007-07-21T19:15:20Z")

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Hearthsong sells an adorable Knitting Mushroom that will do this. Hm, rope is handy stuff, but I’m envisioning my house festooned in rainbow yarn rope, which is what my kid would do…

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**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2007, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-string-thing-what-is-it-called/412462/23 "2007-07-21T19:55:04Z")

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[Macrame](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrame). You can either be girly or old, take your pick/ 😃

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