In this post, I will show you how to make a simple yet decorative knife lanyard that you can be proud of. This particular lanyard is designed to either wrap around your wrist or attach to your belt. The primary … Continue reading →
A sailor’s Ditty Bag is a small personal bag or pouch used by sailors to carry their personal belongings and essential items while aboard a ship. It is a traditional and practical accessory that has been used by sailors for … Continue reading →
Featuring Knotwork by Howard Kanare The Decorative Ditty Bag I have to say that I do love a ditty bag, they are often great works of art, and show off a knotter’s skill set. Here we can see a wonderful … Continue reading →
How to Tie the Manrope Knot Firstly, you will need to unravel the three strand rope, far enough back to be able to tie the Manrope Knot. It will help you to then to tie up the rope with bit … 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 Tie the Single Strand Diamond Knot I would say that once you have tied the Single Strand Diamond Knot a couple of times, then this is one decorative knot that you will not forget. The start of tying … Continue reading →
Ranger Bead Lanyard – Pace Counter Lanyard How to use a Ranger Bead or Pace Counter Lanyard I am by no means an expert in this, but a little bit of research has given me the following answers: In order … Continue reading →
How to Tie a Multi Strand Diamond Knot This is a relatively easy Diamond Knot to tie. I think the thing that I really like about this particular Diamond Knot is that it is not often seen. A Multi Strand … Continue reading →
How to Tie the Diamond Sennit Knot Diamond Sennit Knot with 6 strands looks a little like the Matthew Walker knot, but has the addition of a nice little crown on top. Really quite an easy decorative knot to tie. … Continue reading →
How to Tie the Extended Crown and Diamond Knot If you are looking to make a good decorative lanyard for your knife, then the |Extended Crown and Diamond Knot would be a good addition to making your knife lanyard look … Continue reading →
How to Tie the Crown and Diamond Knot The two strand Crown and Diamond Knot, is a relatively easy knot to learn to tie. Often when you are tying a lanyard, you are looking for something that is a bit … Continue reading →
In today’s world the Sailors Whisk makes a good crumb sweeper for a table or as a scouring brush for cleaning pots and pans. In this little knotting project I will be showing how to make a sailors whisk using … Continue reading →
Snake Knot Knife Lanyard 2 Colour How to Tie the Two Colour Snake Knot Lanyard. In a previous video I showed how to tie the single colour Snake Knot: ? https://youtu.be/ae460LXyoTw In this video I … Continue reading →
Snake Knot Knife Lanyard The snake knot is a really easy knot to learn to tie. If you want a decorative knife lanyard or key lanyard then this is a really good knot to learn. This knot is also especially … Continue reading →
Deluxe Paracord Key Fob How to Tie. In this video we are following (roughly) Des Pawson’s book to create this knotted key ring. Knots Used: 3 Strand Plait 3 Strand Diamond Knot Crown Knot and Wall Knot Alternate Crown Knot … Continue reading →
Paracord Bracelet Mad Max Style for Girls No Buckles – How to Tie. Not really, it was just the colours that dictated the title. This is a simple tutorial on how to make a Paracord Bracelet using the Portuguese Sinnet … 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 →
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 →
How to Tie the Bosun’s Call Lanyard Knot I wonder if this knot has the most names, as in Ashley’s Book of Knots it calls it the following: The Sailor’s Knife Lanyard Knot, Marlingspike Lanyard Knot, Single-Strand Diamond Knot, Two-Strand … Continue reading →
Fancy Lanyard I can take no credit at all for the design of this Lanyard, this is one of Des Pawson’s projects, from his book which can be purchased from this page: Des Pawson’s Knot Craft I did however follow … Continue reading →
