Des Pawson's Knot Craft
Author(s): Des Pawson
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This treasure trove of Des Pawson's personal ropecraft recipes contains projects ranging from bellropes, key fobs and fenders to mats, doorstops, knife lanyards and belts. The second edition has been expanded to include more of Des's enticing ropework projects. Along with fascinating tit bits of nautical history as background to the 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 provides advice on the size and lengths of the materials required - just as you would expect from a recipe book. 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!
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'This treasure trove of Des Pawson's personal rope craft recipes contains projects ranging from bellropes...to belts.' Fishing News
'Des gives step-by-step instructions on how to put these knots together...just as you would expect from a recipe book...and guidance as to how each project can be the starting point for many other items.' Practical Boat Owner
'Most knot enthusiasts aboard smacks and barges sneakily keep one of Des's books in their bunk...but owners of modern yachts will also warm to the knotty problems unlaced by Des, with useful and innovative applications of ropework.' Yachting Monthly
'With this book to hand, readers will have the confidence to start making desirable ojects with knots...Definitely a book to either pore over at home or to keep on the boat.' Canals & Rivers
Des Pawson has a worldwide reputation as a rope worker, teaching and demonstrating his skills at boat shows, festivals, museums and galleries at home and abroad. In 1982 he co-founded the International Guild of Knot Tyers, and in 1996 he opened The Museum of Knots and Sailors' Ropework. In 2007 he was awarded an MBE for his services to the knot and rope industry.
General Fields
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- : Adlard Coles Nautical
- : Adlard Coles Nautical
- : 0.206
- : 31 October 2009
- : 216mm X 138mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Des Pawson
- : Paperback
- : 2nd Revised edition
- : 128
- : b/w illus throughout
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