The Knotted Rope

What inspired you to start this business?

My husband left for a 14-month deployment in January 2023, which is what led me to start making rosaries. With solo parenting six kids under 8 years old at the time, I needed something not only to keep my sane, but to distract me from missing the hubby too much. Making rosaries turned out to be the perfect solution.

How does your faith shape your work?

I love praying the rosary & know from personal experience how powerful it is. I want to help spread the devotion to as many as I can as well as devotion to all our wonderful saints that are often forgotten.

What's a favorite patron saint or scripture?

As a wife and mother and someone who wanted to be a nun when I was young, St. Rita holds a special place in my heart. Her intercession is powerful & the story of her life inspires me to be a better Catholic & to unite all my sufferings with Christ.

What's one thing you'd like customers to know?

Customers come to me with their special intentions and I can suggest certain chaplets to pray or saints to intercede for them. Everything I make is customizable and I love helping my clients design a unique rosary or chaplet with all their personal preferences. One of my customers reached out and told me he had ADHD and wanted me to design a rosary to reflect that. So, I made one with beads of all different shapes & sizes. After he received it, he told me he has never prayed a rosary and been so focused on each and ever prayer in his life.