On any given summer day, it’s not usual to find Marnie Campbell stationed at Rock Harbor, in Orleans, Massachusetts, knitting away in her signature orange beach chair. Her latest handmade inspiration? A series of nautical knits made from foraged marine twine. Read on for eco-friendly foraging inspiration.
The best place to search for twine is at the high-tide mark.
Marnie works on unknotting a rough tangle of twine.
A rare chartreuse find.
After Marnie has harvested her twine, she untangles and sorts it by color.
A young helper winds the untangled twine into a neat coil.
Cleaned and sorted shipwrecked twine.
This hot pad was fashioned from a mix of natural cotton rope, brown seaweed, and green twine.
A selection of pot holders on Marnie's worktable.
Marnie's knits can be used as trivets, potholders, table mats, or scrubs.
Fittingly, Marnie uses what's called a lobster pot knot to connect two different twines.
Mats in mariner's green hang by the beach.
Each of Marnie's marine-twine knits are one of a kind.