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 →
I just wanted to display some excellent work done by Steven Le Say on FaceBook. “After yesterday’s massive fishing hook I thought I would make one that I could definitely use. I’m going to make a few different styles of … 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 →
Continuous Crowning and Alternate Crowning When it comes to tying a crown sinnet, there are two types of crowning. The Continuous Crowning and the Alternate Crowning method. When you first get into the world of decorative knot tying, I would … Continue reading →
How to Tie a Really Long 2 Bight Turks Head 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 … 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. If you want a better … Continue reading →
How to Tie the Spiral Crown Knot The Spiral Crown Knot is probably one of the first decorative knots that you will learn to tie. You may already know how to tie the Crown Knot, well the Spiral Crown Knot … Continue reading →
Eye Splicing or Eye Splice a Rope a short tutorial on how to put an eye splice into a rope. Splice: a method interweaving strands to rope so was to join them or strands of … Continue reading →
How to Back Splice Rope Splice – describes the act of joining the ends, or the end and a standing part, by interweaving strands. The Back Splice is used to stop the end of a stranded rope from unlaying. One … Continue reading →
How to Tie the Marlin Spike Hitch The Marlingspike Hitch is probably one of the simplest of all the hitches that you will learn. You will find that even in its simplest form, you will be using the Marlin Spike … Continue reading →
How to Tie the Adjustable Jug Sling Knot I have actually found two ways of tying the adjustable jug sling knot. The first way, which is more symmetrical and pleasing to the eye, is unfortunately just a little bit more … Continue reading →
How to Make a Fender Book I have made previous videos and posts about making fenders, but thought that it was time to show the book from where I got many of my ideas from. I personally do love this … 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 →
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 →
Art of Knotting and Splicing United States Naval Institute If you can get hold of this book, I would highly recommend it! It is packed full of practical naval knots, plus a few decorative additions that sailors may have used … Continue reading →
How to Tie the Falconer’s Knot The Falconers Knot is used to secure a bird of prey to a perch. Actually when I say secure, the bird does have a fair amount of movement until it gets to the end … 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 →
How to Tie the Clove Hitch A very quick short video on how to tie the clove hitch knot. A fast and easy way to secure a line to a stanchion or pole. This knot is often used to temporarily … Continue reading →
How to Tie the Figure of Eight Knot From the Knot Book, written by Geoffrey Budworth and Nic Compton……“The essential knot to prevent a sheet of halyard running through a block, the figure-of-eight also forms the basis of many other … Continue reading →
