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 →
How to Make a Rope Mat Of all the different Rope Mats that you can make, this particular rope mat is probably the easiest of to make. Although this is not the most symmetrical of all the rope mats, it … Continue reading →
How to Make a Rope Mat I have to say that making a rope mat, has to be one of my top things to make. The process is good for the brain and fingers, it makes you think and ensure … Continue reading →
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 →
We would like to thank André van der Salm, for allowing us to share his invaluable tutorial on making a miniature wine cork fender. In this tutorial you will how to turn a simple wine bottle cork into a rather … Continue reading →
How to Tie the Footrope Knot The Footrope Knot is often made with three strand rope. Firstly unravel a bit of three strand rope, then you tie a Crown Knot, after which underneath that you tie a Wall Knot. Just … Continue reading →
How to Make a Rope Thump Mat In this little tutorial you will learn how to make a traditional sailors thump mat. Originally the thump mat was used on sailing ships to protect the wooden decks of the ship from … Continue reading →
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 →
How to Make an Easy Rope Ladder The video below only shows how to attach the rungs to a rope ladder. Probably the simplest way would be to centre a piece of rope and pass it over a branch and … Continue reading →
Best Tool for Cutting Rope Yes, I know a knife!! However, one of the issues that I have is being able to cut the end of a rope squarely. Whenever I cut a rope with a knife I find that … Continue reading →
How to Tie Two Colour Sailmaker’s Whipping A little while ago I was casually browsing eBay for more supplies. More often than not, I go in search of old rope. The main reason for this is, that sometimes one can … 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 →
What is the the Racking Bend Used For? The Racking Bend is another way of joining two ropes of different sizes together. If you are looking for an alternative to the Sheet Bend, then maybe the Racking Bend is what … Continue reading →
How to Make an Ocean Plait Mat Ocean Plait Mat – A great way of protecting your deck or if you just want a decorative mat and if using smaller cord this makes a great coaster. The actual way of … 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 →
Here is a fine example of Mikko Snellman’s incredible skills. Engineering display, a sculpture, work of art or working model, whatever you want to call this it is a wonderful display. This picture depicts the process of rope making from … Continue reading →
How to Tie Two Strand Matthew Walker Knot The Two Strand Matthew Walker Knot, Single, Double, and Treble is relatively easy to tie. In this tutorial I will show you how to tie a couple of variations of the Matthew … 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 →
Buying Old Rope on eBay I often check eBay to see if anyone is selling old the rope cheap! There are a lot of traders that do sell old rope, but they seem to think that they can market it … Continue reading →
Creative Ropecraft Book Review Although this is only a rather small book, I have to say that Creative Ropecraft by Stuart E Grainger, is one of my favourite books. Sometime ago I won this book in a raffle at an … Continue reading →
