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21 Essential Knots for Everyday Use Indoors or Outdoors!
This compact little reference book includes knots for a wide range of functions, from home to work, hobby to play activities. No knot-tying jargon is used, no baffling technical terms—just simple step-by-step instructions and outstandingly clear line drawings. It's the perfectly portable knot reference for anyone—scouts, sailors, hunters, anglers, gardeners, farmers, horse riders, you name it!
Among the knots in this book are:
- Overhand knot
- Heaving line knot
- Reef knot
- Sheetbend
- Fisherman’s knot,
- Figure-of-eight loop
- Bowline
- Three-part crown
- Sheepshank
- Half-hitch
- Clove hitch,
- Constrictor knot
- Pile hitch
- Highwayman’s hitch
- Waggoner’s hitch
- Timber hitch
- Double-loop knot
- Uni-knot
- Blood knot
- Square lashing
- And more!