  Solenoids are ``inverse limits'' of the circle, and the classical knot theory
is the theory of tame embeddings of the circle into the 3-space. We give some
general study, including certain classification results, of tame embeddings of
solenoids into the 3-space as the ``inverse limits'' of the tame embeddings of
the circle.
  Some applications are discussed. In particular, there are ``tamely'' embedded
solenoids $\Sigma\subset \R^3$ which are strictly achiral. Since solenoids are
non-planar, this contrasts sharply with the known fact that if there is a
strictly achiral embedding $Y\subset \R^3$ of a compact polyhedron $Y$, then
$Y$ must be planar.
