BOOK OF KNOTS

Learn just one helpful knot, use it often, and the cost of this book will be amply repaid. Bends, Loops, Hitches, Lashings, Coils, Stoppers and Whipings, here is a book to make getting to grips with knots a cinch. Whether you are camping, climbing, sailing, fishing or fixing things in the home, this collection of 120 knots will serve you well in countless situations, from the Hangman's Noose to the Halter's Hitch. Entries reveal the history and development of each knot plus its uses and special features and there are clear illustrated step-by-step instructions explaining how to tie every knot. There are some great names here like the Ossel Hitch, Turtle Knot, Slipped Cleat Hitch, and Munter Mule (which looks pretty complicated and is rather beautiful!) Some have names that evoke how and by whom they were once tied - the Highwayman's Hitch, Surgeon's Knot, Fisherman's Knot, and all manner of knots for bellringers, shopkeepers, linesmen and lumberjacks, trappers and tree surgeons who all used a knot or two peculiar to their trades or callings. Brought up to date now that knotting flourishes on the Internet. With index and glossary, 176pp, colour.