Customer Reviews

The Book of Decorative Knots

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4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

The Book of Decrotive Knots, is a good book for those who have little experiance in tying fancy work. It's full of easy to follow drawings,that takes you through the entire process from begining to end. This is one book that should be followed by Ashleys "Book of knots" for it will wet most young persons appatites.

I found this book to be a wonderful resource. It has clear diagrams for each knot, easily followed if one is a beginning knot tyer. It also covers knots not usually found in sailing and climbing (functional) knot manuals. This is a great starter book for those who are not certain they are "into" knotting yet, as it is quite inexpensive. Happy knotting!

I bought this because of the instructions for the Monkey Fist knot. I saw these little buttons on sale in Liberty's of London some years ago and they were so pretty that I've wanted to learn them ever since but didn't know what they were called.

The book itself is a basic guide for decorative knots and it does require some time and patience to work out what some the diagrams represent and then what you're supposed to do as you tighten the knots. I spent a whole evening for example struggling with the eight turn bloodknot before realising that you twist it round itself as you pull it up until there is one twist for every turn in the knot. The diagrams were perfectly correct, the problem was the end user not knowing what would happen as the knot was tightened.

That said, the drawings are reasonably clear although you should as with any craft study them with care, but I wouldn't have said this was a book for the complete beginner. There are no colour photographs or pictures of finished knotwork to serve as inspiration, and the diagrams are all black and white line drawings. The book however is a good size for carrying around so that you can practise the knots on the move. It's softback and serves as a good introduction though you will probably soon start looking for more detailed material.

Book was a lot better than the expensive one I got before. Not as many knots, but all are very detailed.

There were many knots (clove hitch) that aren't even represented but that's not the real problem. I gave it 1 star because following Owen's directions (and not my own knowledge of knot tying) I got only the multiple overhand knot correctly (not even the figure-8!). The Morrow book, which I thought passable, looks like a gem compared to this one...The search continues.

We went to visit our local ship museum. My grandson was very interested in the rope displays....Decided to get this along with some rope for him. He is making gifts for Christmas now. He is ten years old. Very good book to teach young adults to move their hands and learn coordination skills.

This is a good book, although it doesn't have nice illustrations it has very good information.

this book is very nice and str8 forward.im new to knots,well all of these i know the basic knots one can make.i can see these are much more than decorative.these knots can be very useful.i will now address the questions that i had on these books.1 does it show how to attach buckles?NO.does it show you how to wrap handles? somewhat,it shows the turk's head knot which is a wrap,but it does not show how to close off the ends.it does have a good glossary tho.i am a very picky person as to what i buy.i can tell u now that i would buy this again with out a doubt.

Well illustrated, easy to follow directions even for the beginners, I recommend the book and the service was easy too, no fuss, delivered on time.

This book is way to simplified - It doesn't have step-by-step pictures for knotting some difficult knots (3 pictures just won't do it for beginners like me).