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How to Tie a 4 Bight Long Turks Head This particular method is a great way of wrapping an object with a long Turks Head. I often use a two bight version of this Turks Head, but find that if … Continue reading
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How to Make a Turks Head Bracelet In this video tutorial, I will show how to make a Turks Head Bracelet, also known as a Nantucket Bracelet or a Sailors Turks Head Bracelet. This type of bracelet is relatively easy … Continue reading
Tying a Turks Head on Your Hand In this short video I will demonstrate how to tie a Turks Head using just your hands. There are a few different ways of tying a Turks Head, some of the ways involve … Continue reading
Multi Bight Turks Head Often we buy a really nice hat, but it can always do with that little extra decoration to personalise it! So why not make a lovely Multi Bight Endless Turks Head Hat Band? The wonderful thing … Continue reading
The other day I went into the woods and cut myself a Thumb Stick or Hiking Stick. I thought it would be good to cover the handle with a Two Bight Multi Lead Turks Head covering knot. So here is … Continue reading
Turks Head Bights and Leads When tying a Turk’s Head you may want to know what Lead and Bight configuration is possible. The white areas of the chart show the what Lead/Bights can be achieved: … Continue reading
How to Tie a Turk’s Head Knife Lanyard This particular version of the Turks head makes an excellent knife lanyard. This is one of my preferred knife lanyards, as it is a little bit more unusual than the average lanyard. … Continue reading
Turks Head Cookbook The Turks head cookbook is jam packed full of different Turks heads. it starts off with very simple turks heads and goes on to more complex turks heads. There … Continue reading
During the sorting out of my father’s house I also came across the Ashley Book of Knots, this used to belonged to Rory Bell. This particular copy was actually leather bound (another skill that Rory had) Wow, I had the … Continue reading
Des Pawson’s Knot Craft and Rope Mats – Book Review I personally have to say that I am a great fan of this book on knot craft. When I first started knotting, I started off with Ashley Book of Knots … Continue reading
Sailor’s Knife Lanyard Knot or Bosun’s Whistle (Pipe or Call) Lanyard Knot For those of you who have been following my work for some time, will say that I have already done the Bosun’s Whistle Knot. I recently looked at … Continue reading
Making a Rope Side Fender for a Boat Easy to Follow Instruction on Making a Side Fender. In this video, I will show you the process of making a rope side fender. The rope I used came from the Lydia … Continue reading
How to Rib Hitch or Vertical Hitch Rib Hitching or Vertical Hitching is a really great way of decorating an object. As you will see, this works well with Paracord, but also it can … Continue reading
Mikko Snellman Ropeworks Rope Cord Supplies Review. Basically in this video you will be staring at a box and watching me open it. For most viewers you will want to slash your wrists after about a minute 😉 However, for … Continue reading
Turks Head Rope Mat The Thump Mat is not only decorative but also practical. On-board ships it was used to protect the decks in areas of heavy work and to deaden sound if something was dropped on the deck. Smaller … Continue reading
Decorative Knotting Projects If you want to make some decorative knotting projects, then I would personally recommend the Book by Des Pawson – Knotcraft and Rope Mats that can be found in the Books … Continue reading
Last night at the Dorset Branch of the IGKT held its monthly meeting in the Royal Dorset Yacht Club The theme for the evening was to make a decorative Bell Rope Keyring. 3 Strand Plait For most members this was … Continue reading
How to Cockscombing Here I have done a short video on Cockscombing. Originally Cockscombing was used to cover parts of a rope to protect it from chaffing. However these days it makes a splendid decorative covering, and each end can … Continue reading
I think the hardest thing about making the handle of the ditty bag is to make it different. I have done a number of rope handles for ditty bags and they all look fairly similar. So this time I decided … Continue reading
Making a Bell Rope (Tarred Line) After I made my first bell rope (Making a Bell Rope) I felt very pleased with what I had produced. I made the mistake of thinking to myself, OK have made a bell rope … Continue reading