Bell Rope Kit Make Your Own
How to Make a Bell Rope If ever you have wanted to make a bell rope and felt a bit daunted by the task, fear not, here is the solution. Mikko Snellman has put together a complete kit to make … Continue reading →
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Bell Ropes
Selection of Bell Ropes Quite often, once you have learnt to tie a few decorative knots, you start to think that you might like to put those knots together and make your own bell rope. This post is not about … Continue reading →
Bell Rope Small
How to make a Bell Rope (Black) There are many ways of making a bell rope. If you search this site How to Make a Bell Rope, you will see there are a number of posts on making a bell … Continue reading →
Knot Craft and Rope Mats
Who is Des Pawson? Des Pawson stands as a global authority on knots and sailors’ ropework. Renowned as a researcher and historian, he’s authored numerous books and papers. Having operated the successful business, Footrope Knots, alongside his wife Liz, Des, … Continue reading →
HMS Albion Bell Ropes
I just had to share this with the world. I was sent these two pictures via Twitter from HMS Albion: New ceremonial bell ropes arrive – amazing! You have to admit that this is very fine work! Click on Images … Continue reading →
Paracord and Rope Work Finishing Solution Video
How to Protect Your Knot Work There are often times when you have created some form or knotwork and you want to give it some form of additional protection. The purist reading this may not like this finishing solution, as … Continue reading →
Bell Rope Keyring Making
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 →
Bell Rope Making the Tarred
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 →
Bell-Rope For An Old Four Masted Barque Making A
Making a Bell Rope Making a Bell Rope Comes in a number of different styles, it is really up to your imagination on how simple or fancy you want your Bell Rope to look. In this post, you will see … Continue reading →
Bell Rope Making
Ships Bell Needing a Bell Rope I have always wanted to make a bell rope, but in my mind the biggest setback was not having a bell to hang the rope from. For many months, leading to years, I had … Continue reading →
Decorative Covering Knots
There are often times when we want to cover an object with a long and decorative knot. So I thought I would put together in one post, a selection of knots that are worth considering. I am sure that when … Continue reading →
Knotting Books
Some Knotting Books worth Getting I have over time purchased a number of different knotting books, so I thought I would give you a list of a few knotting books that you too may want to consider getting. I am … Continue reading →
Puddening
What is Puddening In simple terms when creating decorative knot work, Puddening is a way of filling or bulking out a section of rope to either, increase the cores diameter and or to smooth out any imperfections along the length … Continue reading →
Remote Release Lift Hitch
Dangers of the Remote Release Lift Hitch OK, here we go, I just want you to be aware of the dangers of using the Remote Release Lift Hitch. If you are going to use this one to say, lower a … Continue reading →
Quality Cordage Belgium
Quality Traditional Cordage Made in Belgium I was recently contacted by Edward De Wit, asking if he could send me some of the traditional cotton rope that he makes. Well, I have just opened the package and I can say … Continue reading →
Grafting Underhand
Decorative Grafting In this particular post I concentrate on Underhand Grafting, but there are a number of other variations of using Grafting as a decorative way of covering an object with your favourite cordage. The wonderful thing about Grafting, is … Continue reading →
Blackwall Hitch
Blackwall Hitch WARNING! I am sure that Health and Safety would not permit the Blackwall Hitch to be used!! It should never be used if people are under the load. It should also never be used if the load or … Continue reading →
Globe Knot
How to Tie a Globe Knot (On Your Hand) Often the the globe knot is thought of as a decorative knot tied around a ball. Yes it is often used for this purpose, but the globe knot can also be … Continue reading →
Cockscombing Tutorial
How to Tie 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 … Continue reading →
Des Pawson’s Knot Craft Book Review
Learning How to Knot When I first became interested in knotting, I searched the Internet for different books on the subject. To be quite honest, I had gathered quite a few books on knotting, but many of these books lacked … Continue reading →