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40 Knots to Know: Hitchs, Loops, Bends and Binding (Quick Starts for Kids!)

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I love this little book of knots. I am not a knot expert but this book has many different types of knots for all the various occasions that I need them for. A few of my favorites are the bowline (creates non-slipping loop), Sheet-bend (ties two ropes together even if they are different sizes), and Half-hitch (hitches a rope to a pole). It's got quite a few different types of knots listed in easy to follow illustrations and directions. Cool!

I bought this title for my niece who likes knots almost as much as I do.

Originally, she was searching for a knot to use to hang a heavy object on a plaster wall.

For more advanced people, I'd recommend the classic Ashley Book of Knots. But for a beginner, this little volume has good illustrations to enough knots to make it very useful for a variety of purposes. I even imagine that my niece's two grammar school girls can enjoy making the knots, because they are presented in a very clear fashion which makes reading HOW almost immaterial.

This book was fun and easy to use to teach our grandsons to make knots. It doesn't work so well with the really young ones...ours age from 9 down to 3. The 9 and 7 year old seemed to be able to do it and had fun with it. The 3 year old just had fun trying with us.

I rather like the book, but I bought it for a young knot tying friend and it ended up being beyond his ability and he quickly became disinterested. Not saying its a bad book, just "knot" what I had in mind.