Illusion Library

Effect

The Phantom Knot

Harlan Tarbell · The Tarbell Course, 1926

Time
7 min read + 10 min practice
Materials
In the library
Prerequisites
None

A pretty effect with a piece of soft clothesline.

Performer ties a single knot in a piece of clothesline. He merely passes his hand over the knot and it disappears.

How it is done

The method, 22 drawings and all it needs, inside the library.

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