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