Creative Ropecraft is a treasure trove of knots, hitches, bends, plaits and netting. ANyone tempted to try their hand at ropecraft will be able to follow in the footsteps of the traditional seamen who have gone before thanks to Stuart Grainger's clear instructions and very detailed drawings. In Crea[...]
Macrame is a modern, simplified derivation of an old and far more varied craft. This book rescues and instructs in that nearly lost art. All through the age of sail, men who could neither read nor write whiled away the off-watch hours developing decorative skills from their knowledge of knots, splic[...]