This is the one-stop e-guide to knots for every purpose and occasion.
Knots Step by Step is the essential e-guide to knowing and tying knots for every purpose. From figure-of-eights to reef knots and highwayman's hitches to monkey's fists, this ebook includes every knot you ever thought you needed to tie - and more!
Covering more than 100 knots for climbing, sailing, horse-riding, survival, and fishing as well as for gardening, DIY, medical, and decorative purposes, the clear layout and photographs of every step will move you on from knot-tying novice in no time. You'll also learn all about the different types of knots and the fascinating stories behind how many of these came into being as well as their original functions.
Knots Step by Step is the ideal ebook to have to hand for whenever a knot is needed, so grab a copy now and be prepared for every knotty scenario.
Author(s): Pawson, Des
Edition: NEW EDITION
Publisher: DK, Dorling Kindersley Limited
Year: 2022
Language: English
Commentary: +100 knots Step by Step, A Practical Guide
Pages: 402
Tags: +100 knots Step by Step, A Practical Guide
Contents
Introduction
About This Book
GETTING STARTED
Rope Construction
Rope Materials
Rope Maintenance
Storing Rope
Terms and Tools
Techniques
STOPPER KNOTS
Overhand Knot
Slipped Overhand Knot
Double Overhand Knot
Best for... Sailing
Figure of Eight
Slipped Figure of Eight
Stopper Knot
Sink Stopper Knot
Stevedore Knot
Monkey’s Fist
Crown Knot
Wall Knot
Matthew Walker Knot
Manrope Knot
Diamond Knot
BINDING KNOTS
True Lover’s Knot
Sailor’s Cross
Reef Knot
Slipped Reef Knot
Slipped Reef Knot Doubled
Granny Knot
Thief Knot
Surgeon’s Knot
Surgeon’s Knot with Second Tuck
Turquoise Turtle
Packer’s Knot
Clove Hitch
Clove Hitch – Second Method
Constrictor Knot
Timber Hitch
Boa Knot
Turk’s Head – Three-Lead Four-Bight
Best for... Household
Turk’s Head – Four-Lead Five-Bight
Turk’s Head – Five-Lead Four-Bight
BENDS
Sheet Bend
Tucked Sheet Bend
Double Sheet Bend
Rope Yarn Knot
Carrick Bend
Hunter’s Bend
Lanyard Knot
Ashley’s Bend
Fisherman’s Knot
Double Fisherman’s Knot
Best for... Climbing
Blood Knot
Water Knot
HITCHES
Rolling Hitch
Mirrored Rolling Hitch
Round Turn & Two Half Hitches
Buntline Hitch
Fisherman’s Bend
Best for... Camping
Cow Hitch
Pedigree Cow Hitch
Cow Hitch with Toggle
Sheepshank
Sheepshank Man o’ War
Marlinespike Hitch
Highwayman’s Hitch
Waggoner’s Hitch
Snelling a Hook
Clinch Knot
Improved Clinch Knot
Palomar Knot
Square Lashing
Diagonal Lashing
Best for... Gardening
Sheer Lashing
Icicle Hitch
Prusik Knot
Bachmann Knot
Klemheist Knot
Italian Hitch
Reversed Italian Hitch
LOOPS
Alpine Butterfly
Bowline
Bowline – Second Method
Bowline with Two Turns
Bowline with Stopper
Figure-of-Eight Loop
Threaded Figure-of-Eight Loop
Overhand Loop
Double Overhand Loop
Double Overhand Sliding Loop
Bowline on the Bight
Portuguese Bowline
Spanish Bowline
Angler’s Loop
Single Figure-of-Eight Loop on the Bight
Englishman’s Loop
Double Englishman’s Loop
Best for...Fishing
Blood Dropper Knot
Bimini Twist
Basic Net
Cargo Net Knot
Jury Mast Knot
PLAITS & SENNITS
Three-Strand Flat Plait
Four-Strand Flat Plait
Five-Strand Flat Plait
Six-Strand Flat Plait
Seven-Strand Flat Plait
Best for... Gifts
Ocean-Plait Mat
Oval Mat
Chain Sennit
Four-Strand Round Sennit
Eight-Strand Square Sennit
Round Crown Sennit
Six-Strand Round Crowning
Square Crown Sennit
SPLICES & WHIPPINGS
Back Splice
Eye Splice
Short Splice
Tapering a Splice
Best for... Horses
Common Whipping
French Whipping
Sailmaker’s Whipping
Palm & Needle Whipping
Seizing
Stitch & Seize
Glossary
Index
Acknowledgments
