This wonderfully appealing gift book features step-by-step instructions on how to tie over 50 knots. The beautiful two colour illustrations and clear instructions quickly teach you how to tie classic knots through to more specialist knots.

1 Foreword by Tim Treloar 7 2 Introduction 9 3 Understanding the basics of ropework 12 4 Bowline Knot 14 5 Bowline on a Bight 16 6 Clove Hitch 18 7 Figure of Eight Knot 20 8 Overhand Knot 22 9 Reef Knot 24 10 Rolling Hitch 26 11 Round Turn and Two Half Hitches 28 12 Sheet Bend 30 13 Double Sheet Bend 32 14 Heaving Line Knot 34 15 Monkey's Fist Knot 36 16 Double Overhand Knot 38 17 Stevedore Knot 40 18 Alpine Butterfly 42 19 Figure of Eight Loop 44 20 Overhand Loop 46 21 Perfection Loop 48 22 Portuguese Bowline 50 23 Clove Hitch on a Bight 52 24 Gripping Sailor's Hitch 54 25 Ground-Line Hitch 56 26 Snuggle Hitch 58 27 Square Lashing 60 28 Boom Hitch 62 29 Cat's Paw Knot 64 30 Constrictor Knot 66 31 Fisherman's Bend 68 32 Prusik Loop 70 33 French Prusik Loop 72 34 Taut Line Hitch 74 35 Timber Hitch 76 36 Blood Knot 78 37 Double Bowline 80 38 Carrick Bend 82 39 Fisherman's Knot 84 40 Double Fisherman's Knot 86 41 Rigger's Knot 88 42 Running Bowline 90 43 Surgeon's Knot 92 44 Tape Knot 94 45 Zeppelin Bend 96 46 Chain Sennit 98 47 Chinese Button Knot 100 48 Jury Mast Knot 104 49 Plait Sennit 106 50 Square Knot 108 51 True Lovers' Knot 110 52 Turk's Head Knot 112 53 Bottle Sling 114 54 Cow Hitch 116 55 Eye Splice 118 56 Sheepshank Knot 122 57 Tom Fool's Knot 124 58 Index 126 59 Bibliography 127