knots and splices

Provides step-by-step directions for standard, practical knots and splices and for decorative variations, and presents directions for belts, trays, mats, lanyards, and other projects.

"A fun look at the knot's place in history, sailing, fishing and sports. Illustrations and instructions provided to learn how to tie ten different types of knots and what the knots can be used for. Glossary, additional resources and index"--Provided by publisher.

A boring homework assignment involving knot tying proves invaluable when the student pirates help Captain Stinky Beard foil an attack by a rival pirate ship.

Contains a collection of over one hundred fifty tricks and games, knotwork and netting, and braiding and weaving that can be done with string and rope as well as examples of string figures from native cultures around the world.

Otter is a girl of the Shadowed People, a tribe of women, and she is born to be a binder, a woman whose power it is to tie the knots that bind the dead--but she is also destined to remake her world.

A guide, with illustrations, to tying hundreds of practical and decorative knots for use in boating, camping, survival, and more, with games, stunts, and magic tricks using rope and a discussion of the history of their use and importance in various cultures.

Discusses the many uses of string, rope, line, and knots, from rigging sails and clotheslines to tying packages and sewing buttons.