A pocket full of knots.

Step 2 Select your knots

The exact number of knots you use depends largely on the size of your tin.

In this tin, I am going to display the following knots:

• Reef knot (step 3)
• Sheet bend (step 4)
• Sheep shank (step 5)
• Bowline (step 6)
• Round turn and two half hitches (step 7)
• Lark's head hitch (step 8)
• Constrictor knot (step 9)

If you are just starting out in knotting, you could make a new tin every time you master a new set of knots, or themed tins - fishing knots, sailing knots, climbing knots etc.

If you are just learning how to tie knots, there are many excellent books available, and several well-produced websites include animations of a variety of useful or decorative knots.

My current favourites are Grog and the 42^nd^ Brighton (Saltdean) Scouts pages.