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Practical and Ornamental Knots by George Russell Shaw
From the best way to secure a package to crafting the timeless beauty of a Celtic knot, this handy reference is the definitive guide to knotting. Hand-drawn illustrations offer accurate instructions for tying scores of knots, including those used in braids, hitches, macramé tassels, toggles, nets, and lassos. 193 full-page, black-and-white illustrations. Reprint of Knots, Practical and Ornamental, Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1933.See Sample Pages! Click here to look inside this book.
Table of Contents for Practical and Ornamental Knots
| Anglers knots | | tying flies | | leaders | | Anglers loops | | Artillery knot | | Barrel knot | | Bell & Buckle | | Bends | | Book cover | | Bowline | | Braid | | Buntline Hitch | | Butterfly | | Button | | Carrick Bend | | Caterpillar | | Catspaw | | Celtic knots | | Chain braid | | Clove Hitch | | Carbber's knot | | Crown Braid | | Crown knot | | Diamond Hitch | | Diamond knot | | Double interlacing | | Double Loop | | Dragon fly | | False Braid | | Farmer's Loop | | Figure of eight knot | | Flat Braid | | Flower knots | | Four-in-hand tie | | Girdle | | Granny | | Grommet | | Hackamore tie | | Half Carrick | | Half Granny | | Half Hitch | | Halters | | Hangmans knot | | Heaving line | | Heraldry | | Hitches | | Honda | | Interlacing | | construction | | Inverted Wall knot | | Japanese knots | | Jar sling | | Jury knot | | Ladders | | Lanyard | | Larks head | | Lasso | | Lifting Hitch | | Lineman's knot | | Loop | | Loop & half Hitch | | Macramé knots | | Magnus Hitch | | Man rope knot | | Marline knot | | Matthew Walker | | double | | Miller's knot | | Mooring | | Netting | | Noose | | Oblique Bends | | Overhand knot | | Packages | | Polygonal knots | | triangular | | quadrangular | | hexagonal | | octagonal | | decagonal | | dodecagonal | | Portuguese Bowline | | Rabbit's Head | | Reef knot | | Reeving line Bend | | Rope yarn knot | | Rugs | | Sack knots | | Selvagee | | Sennit | | Serving | | Sheepshank | | Sheet Bend | | Shoe string knot | | Slings | | Slip noose | | Spanish Bowline | | Splicing | | Square | | Star knot | | Stopper knots | | Success knot | | Surgeon's knot | | Tassells | | Tatting | | Temple Ornaments | | Toggle | | Trefoil | | Trick Braid | | Trick knots | | Turck's head (triangular, quadrangular, pentagonal) | | Twin Wall knot | | Twists | | Two Half Hitches | | Wall knot | | Watch Fob | | Water knot | | Water Loop | | Weavers knot | | Whip Lash knot | | Whipping |
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