A Knot A Day: 365 Knot Challenges for All Abilities

by Nic Compton

This beautifully produced compendium gives you a knot challenge for every day of the year. With hundreds to choose from, all colour coded by use, you can work through the book from start to finish, gradually building on your knowledge as you go, or alternatively dipping in and out for your daily knotting fix.


- all the essential knots
- useful hitches, bends, whippings and splices
- handy knots for making outdoor plant hangers, harnesses, tree swings, rope ladder
- mini knot craft cool keyrings, friendship bracelets, belts, mats
- magic 'trick' escapology knots, vanishing knots, travelling knots
- freestyle have a go at the 'thrown bowline' (an old cowboy trick)
- everyday fashion knots - new ways to tie your shoelaces, scarf, or even your tie!

You won't escape this book without learning something, and you won't put it down without picking up an interesting fact or useful technique. Give it a month and you'll be a knot tying fanatic; give it a year and you'll be a knotting supremo!

Genres: Nonfiction, Crafts

368 pages, Paperback

Published February 9, 2021

About the author

Nic Compton is a writer/photographer specialising in sailing - but with a keen interest in environmental issues. After an idyllic childhood on boats in the Mediterranean, he returned to the UK at age 14 to complete his formal education, including in a degree in English with American & Commonwealth Arts at Exeter University. After a decade or so working as a journeyman shipwright, he studied Journalism at City University, eventually fetching up at the offices of Classic Boat in land-locked Croydon. He was deputy editor and then editor of the magazine from 1994 to 2000. That was when he gave up the security of the monthly pay packet for the vagaries of freelance life. Since then he has travelled the world as a writer/photographer, contributing to a variety of magazines, and has written 15 books mostly about boats. He recently completed an MA in Global Political Economy at Sussex University, and co-wrote two books about economics. He currently lives by the River Dart in Devon, UK, from where he sails a Romilly 22 called Ramona. More information at www.niccompton.co.uk.

Reviews

[Megan · Rating 2 out of 5]

A great idea if you want to learn many different knots, but the execution wasn't great. The knots don't seem to be in any order or grouping, and it felt like the book was more interested in fitting in as many knots as possible rather than explaining each one very well.

[Grace]

Would actually buy this very useful book.

[Michael · Rating 4 out of 5]

A wide variety of knots in a very clear format. Some of the directions could be clearer, but as a fun and interesting mini hobby it fit the bill very well.

[Andrew · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good pictures, good instructions