This book and a piece of cord will open a new and challenging world of practical adventure to readers of all ages. If you appreciate resourcefulness, art, sailing, camping, flying, needlecraft, knitting, crochet, history, physics, tenacity, dedication, collecting, music, carpentry, or anything really. Faber Members get access to live and online author events and receive regular e-newsletters with book previews, promotional offers, articles and quizzes. The Ashley Book of Knots is an encyclopedia of knots written and illustrated by the American sailor and artist Clifford W.

The glimpse into the history that goes along with some of the knots adds even more value to the book. Although the drawings are clean and simple, I am especially thick-headed when it comes to knots, which is why I am reading this book. The Knotting Matters issues cited in the above Knot News article are: KM1, KM28, KM31, KM32, and KM33. From Nobel Laureates Samuel Beckett and Harold Pinter to theatre greats Tom Stoppard and Alan Bennett to rising stars Polly Stenham and Florian Zeller, Faber Drama presents the very best theatre has to offer.Precisely named and classified (some new ones for the first time officially), they can be easily found in the big index. Image shows bag lanyards, yoke rope, manrope and two Chinese priest cords on one page and blocks, deadeyes, bull's-eyes, hearts, thimbles, etc. This is probably the most important book on the subject, and has more knots listed than any other book. Some of the illustrations are a bit hard to follow; updated diagrams would make this book the essential reference it deserves to be. But it's so much more than just an enyclopedia of knots; it's also a glimpse into the history of their use and utility.

I've referred to this beautifully illustrated book many times when looking for just theright way to rig something up in the yard, fastening cargo to the roof of the car, tying my kids to the flagpole.Published in 1944, so there's a lot of interesting history in it as well as lots of fascinating information on useful and decorative knots. It is no longer the last word in knots, now that slippery, brittle materials with incredible tensile strength such as spectra (made of kevlar) exist. There is obviously nothing in the book about the synthetic ropes that have come out since it was written, or the knots that were developed to deal with the slipperiness of those ropes. This is the definitive reference on the subject and well worth adding to ANY library, public, private, or personal.

Knot tying is probably in no danger of disappearing, but certainly fewer people are learning to tie them. Before I was finished, I had a piece of parachute cord in my hand trying to learn the knots as I was going along. Even if you don't like knotcraft, you simply have to get ahold of this book for a few moments just to flip through. The commentary on some knots may fail to address their behavior when tied with modern synthetic fiber or kernmantle style ropes. Due to its scope and wide availability, The Ashley Book of Knots has become a significant reference work in the field of knotting.The edition with the the cover illustration of the sailor on the pier is hilarious if you know what knot he's tying: a handcuff knot. Annie Proulx, with its descriptions and illustrations of various knots providing the chapter headings. I can't find it there now, but i remembered it and thought i would list it here for anyone interested.

His ruling passions were marine painting and knot-tying, on which he was one of the world's leading authorities.

More knots then the internet, honestly in a decision between referencing the internet or this book, I would look in the book first! With classics such as Ted Hughes's The Iron Man and award-winners including Emma Carroll's Letters from the Lighthouse, Faber Children's Books brings you the best in picture books, young reads and classics. As this book was first published in 1944, there are some more recently discovered knots missing from this huge volume, such as the Versatackle knot and the Zeppelin bend. Just let me say, I picked this one up out of curousity at the library, started browsing through it, and kept browsing for the next two days. Ashley's wonderful 1944 work, The Ashley Book of Knots, which I had the good fortune to find at a yard sale for a quarter, this book would have remained just a thread of an idea.