Effect
The Educated Knot
Harlan Tarbell · The Tarbell Course, 1926
- Time
- 4 min read + 10 min practice
- Materials
- In the library
- Prerequisites
- None
A clever experiment to perform on the stage or in a place where you are a little distance from audience.
Magician ties a knot in the middle of a silk handkerchief. He holds the handkerchief up by one corner, and before the very eyes of his spectators, causes the silk slowly to untie itself.
How it is done
The method, 8 drawings and all it needs, inside the library.
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