Walmer Scouts has uploaded a BUNCH of great knot tying videos (Show me the ropes). These are really well done and are easy to follow. I don’t know why, but for me it is much easier to learn to tie knots by watching a video than by watching a person do it in person.
From TyingItAllTogether: The Celtic Heart Knot is the woven realization of a design I saw etched into a friend’s ring. Stunningly simple, yet at the same time perfectly evocative of a heart, the knot looks amazing as a center piece to a necklace or bracelet.
The Striped Crown Sinnet is the flipside of the Corkscrew Crown Sinnet. Although visually very different, the Stripped Crown Sinnet is merely the alternating form of the Corkscrew Crown Sinnet, as the following video shows. Video production by JD of Tying It All Together. Uploaded to YouTube by TyingItAllTogether http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ayog0oI4TY Retrieved Thursday 17th March...
The Monkeys Fist is a classic knot used to add weight and grip to the end of a tossed line. Still, the knot is also elegant on its own. Having become a favored piece of paracord tyers, I decided to show how to create a two color paracord version of the knot. Traditionally a...
A blood knot (Barrel knot) is most usefully employed for joining sections of monofilament nylon line while maintaining a high portion of the line’s inherent strength. Other knots used for this purpose can cause a substantial loss of strength. In fly fishing, this serves to build a leader of gradually decreasing diameter with the...
This is a knot lover’s magnum opus. The Ashley Book of knots describes every practical knot, what it looks like, where it comes from, and how to tie it. The book includes 4,000 knots, with all the varieties of shipboard knots as well as knots used by butchers, steeplejacks, electric linesmen, knitters, cobblers, surgeons,...
This expanded edition of the bestselling Handbook of Knots includes 16 additional pages with new photography. Clear instructions and annotated step-by-step photographs will help you learn how to tie more than 100 knots. Choose knots for fishing, camping, sailing, climbing, and for general or decorative use with the help of a quick reference guide.
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