Knotcraft - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Knotcraft write by Allan and Paulette Macfarlan. This book was released on 2012-04-30. Knotcraft available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. What's the difference between a square knot and a granny knot? What kinds of knots do fishermen use? How do you make a rope ladder? A tourniquet? What's the best way to secure a boat to its mooring, or pitch a tent? How do you tie stretcher knots? These questions and many others are answered in Allan and Paulette Macfarlan's encyclopedic work on the practical art of knot tying. Knowing how to tie a variety of useful and reliable knots is a necessity for weekend sailors and campers: it's a passport to safety and success. Rock climbing, horseback riding, and other outdoor activities also inspire the enthusiast to pursue the requisite knots. In unusually clear illustrations rendered by artist Paulette Macfarlan, accompanied by precise written instructions, the authors of this book explain how to tie hundreds of knots, including basic knots, stopper knots and hitches, toggled knots, knots for joining two ends of rope, hitches and knots for typing ropes to things, whipping, seizings, loop knots, horsey knots and hitches, decorative knots, lashing, and splicing. Practical applications are also discussed: rappelling, raft building, tracking a canoe or small boat, heaving line, log rolling, making a travois, and rope tent-frames, beds, and bunks. In addition to discussing the practical side of knot tying, the Macfarlans cover the entertaining end of the craft: knots and ropes in history and literature, knot mystery and magic in ancient and contemporary times, and games, tricks, and stunts with ropes and knots. Nearly every aspect of knot tying is represented in this comprehensive and concise reference work. Boaters, campers, boy scouts, and others interested in practical or decorative knots will want to add this volume to their bookshelves.
Des Pawson's Knot Craft
Des Pawson's Knot Craft - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Des Pawson's Knot Craft write by Des Pawson. This book was released on 2011. Des Pawson's Knot Craft available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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 and Rope Mats
Des Pawson's Knot Craft and Rope Mats - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Des Pawson's Knot Craft and Rope Mats write by Des Pawson. This book was released on 2016-09-08. Des Pawson's Knot Craft and Rope Mats available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This wonderful collection of Des Pawson's personal ropecraft recipes combines an expanded and now full-colour collection of projects from Des's popular Des Pawson's Knot Craft, together with 20 new and brilliant mat designs. Readers can learn how to make 60 different ropework projects, including mats, bellropes, key fobs, fenders and doorstops. Along with fascinating titbits of nautical history as background to many projects and guidance as to how they can be the starting point for many other items, Des gives step-by-step instructions on how to put these knots together to form the finished article, and advice on the size and lengths of the materials required - just as you would find in a recipe book. Full-colour illustrations, clear and practical tips on technique, and photos of the finished products mean that this book is ideal for all abilities. With this book to hand, readers will have the confidence to start making desirable objects with knots because, as Des says, this is the book that makes all other knot books work!
Decorative Knot Craft
Decorative Knot Craft - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Decorative Knot Craft write by Kim Sang Lan. This book was released on 2008-04-26. Decorative Knot Craft available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Explores eleven knotting techniques, from basic tying techniques to more intricate macrame and ornamental styles. This book helps readers discover the history behind knot art; an ancient technique that originated in Korea, traditionally used to decorate clothing and home interiors.
Creative Ropecraft
Creative Ropecraft - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Creative Ropecraft write by Stuart Grainger. This book was released on 2000. Creative Ropecraft available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book is the standard work on the subject of practical and decorative knots and ropework.
