Avoid getting yourself in a tangle with the ultimate guide to tying and using knots!\nWhichever knotty scenario you find yourself in, from in your own garden, to up in the mountains or across seas, this reference book will take you from novice to expert rope tier.\nCovering more than 100 knots for climbing, sailing, horse-riding, survival, camping, and fishing as well as for gardening, DIY, medical, and even decorative purposes. The photographs of every step use strands of rope in different colours - so you can clearly see how to tie each knot.\nInside this visual guide, you'll find:\n- Accessible text and tables that explain the features and benefits of each knot 
- Easy to follow step-by-step instructions and pictures for over 100 knots 
- Sequence spreads displaying the top five knots you need for a range of purposes, from sailing and fishing to gardening and gift-wrapping 
- Fun facts about some of the oldest knots and their history 
- Essential information on choosing and using different types of rope and how to maintain them\nYou'll learn all about the fascinating stories behind how many of these knots were first tied as well as their original functions. Each knot has simple to follow instructions on the features and benefits and what they can be used for. Includes knots such as figure-of-eights, reef knots, highwayman's hitches, and monkey's fists. Find out about techniques like sheer lashing and the constrictor knot.\nThe book begins by teaching you all about rope materials and construction and how to maintain them. At the end of the book the glossary and index so you can easily find just the knot you're in need of. There are more than 1,000 photographs, illustrations, and artworks. Expert author Des Pawson is a founding member of the International Guild of Knot Tyers.\nOne-Stop Practical Guide to Tying and Using Knots\nAn essential for your knot tying kit, Knots Step by Step is arranged by chapters covering Stopper Knots, Binding Knots, Bends, Hitches, Loops, Plaits & Sennits, and Splices & Whippings. It also includes detailed instructions for over 100 knots and fantastic beginner guides to help boy scouts, nippers and first-time climbers become experienced campers, sailors, and mountaineers.\nMore from DK Books:\nDon't miss out on more fascinating visual reference books! Look out for The Complete Sailing Manual, RHS How to Garden, and The Survival Handbook from DK Books to put your new-found knot skills to the test.

Knots Step by Step: A Practical Guide to Tying & Using Over 100 Knots

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

PAWSON, DES

Crafts & Hobbies

A treasure trove of recipes for making a wealth of items, this book contains projects ranging from bellropes, key fobs and fenders to mats, doorstops, knife lanyards and belts. Along with the background to many projects and guidance as to how they can be the starting point for many other items, there is a step-by-step breakdown of how to put these knots together as well as the size and lengths of the materials required - just as you would expect from a recipe book.

Des Pawson's Knot Craft : 30 Ropework Projects

Sports & Outdoors

Adlard Coles Nautical

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.

Handbook of Knots: EXPANDED EDITION

Water Sports

Pick a card, any card... Learn how to tie over 30 knots using clear instructions and annotated, step-by-step photographs. Choose knots for fishing, camping, sailing, climbing, and general or decorative use with the help of quick reference symbols. Select the correct rope for the job by assessing the different types of rope and their functions and breaking loads.

Boy Scouts of America Deck of Knots

Hiking & Camping

DK Pub.

With step-by-step color photographs, the highly visual Knots: The Complete Visual Guide is a clear, comprehensive, and practical guide to tying more than 100 knots. 
From choosing, using, and maintaining ropes, to learning about the different families of knots — from stopper knots; binding knots; bends; hitches; loops; plaits and sennits; and splices and whippings — Knots: The Complete Visual Guide is the ultimate guide to tying knots for every occasion, from outdoor use in a host of recreational activities, to practical functions around the home.

Knots:The Complete Visual Guide: A Practical Step-by-Step Guide to Tying and Using over 100 Knots

A complete step-by-step guide to making any and every knot there is, and then some. From the Monkey Fist to the Sink Stopper, these detailed descriptions will get you caught in a tangle in no time.

Pocket Guide to Knots & Splices

Reference

Book Sales

This practical guide to tying more than 100 different kinds of knots features step-by-step, illustrated instructions for each knot, plus information about the construction, storage, maintenance, and usage of rope. 800 photos &amp; illustrations. Charts .

Handbook of Knots

DK ADULT

Des Pawson has been a professional ropeworker for more than 25 years. His passion for knots goes back to the time when, aged 7, he was given a book with some knots in it. He has studied knots and sailors' ropework ever since. Over that time he has built up a number of recipe books containing the information required to make each item, whether it is a key fob, fender, mat or knife lanyard. Des Pawson's Knot Craft contains a selection from those recipe books, giving the reader the basic designs, illustrating which knots and sennits are used to make them. Here is a step-by-step breakdown of how to put the knots together as well as the size and lengths of materials required. Many books have been published on how to tie practical knots but not many books give help in putting the knots together to make an object.

Des Pawson's Knot Craft: The Book That Makes All Other Knot Books Work

Paradise Cay Pubns

Des Pawson has been a professional ropeworker for more than 25 years. His passion for knots goes back to the time when, aged 7, he was given a book with some knots in it. He has studied knots and sailors' ropework ever since. Over that time he has built up a number of recipe books containing the information required to make each item, whether it is a key fob, fender, mat or knife lanyard. Des Pawson's Knot Craft contains a selection from those recipe books, giving the reader the basic designs, illustrating which knots and sennits are used to make them. Here is a step-by-step breakdown of how to put the knots together as well as the size and lengths of materials required. Many books have been published on how to tie practical knots but not many books give help in putting the knots together to make an object.

Des Pawson's Knot Craft

Using clear instructions and step-by-step photography, this guide shows the right knots to use in any given situation. The author also explains how to choose the correct rope for any manner of uses, such as in fishing, camping, sailing or mountaineering.

Dorling, Kindersley

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Books by PAWSON, DES

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Knots Step by Step: A Practical Guide to Tying & Using Over 100 Knots

Des Pawson's Knot Craft : 30 Ropework Projects

Handbook of Knots: EXPANDED EDITION

Boy Scouts of America Deck of Knots

Knots:The Complete Visual Guide: A Practical Step-by-Step Guide to Tying and Using over 100 Knots

Pocket Guide to Knots & Splices

Handbook of Knots

Des Pawson's Knot Craft: The Book That Makes All Other Knot Books Work

Des Pawson's Knot Craft

Handbook of Knots