Step 1: Parts, tools, etc.

You will need: Some sort of rope, I used Paracord from Ebay Lighter, match or some sort of heat source capable of melting your rope Wire cutters or so...

Step 2: Choosing your knots

There are a great many practical and decorative knots that could be used and you don’t have to stick to the ones that I have used, make your own, be o...

Step 3: The sheet bend

This knot was mainly used to secure the trimming ropes or sheets that were attached to a ships sails, it may also be referred to as the flag bend as i...

Step 4: The fisherman's knot

This knot goes by many names; it has 8 different aliases, the anglers knot, the English knot, the Englishman’s knot, the true lovers knot, the water k...

Step 5: The reef knot

This is probably one of the most common knots and is commonly mistaken as the granny knot, and not so commonly the grief and thief knots which are sim...

Step 6: The Constrictor knot

This knot has been recognised as one of the must know knots as it is very versatile as it can be tied using many rope types and has many uses, includi...

Step 7: The Prusik knot

This knot was named after its inventor, an Australian called Dr Karl Prusik but is also known as the Triple Sliding Hitch. The main use for a Prusik k...

Step 8: The Clove Hitch

Step 9: The Highwayman's hitch

The Highwayman’s hitch got its name as it was supposedly used by Highwaymen to tie up their horse so they could escape quickly. This story is plausibl...

Step 10: Bowline

The origins of this knot aren’t known but some people speculate that it was used by the Egyptians, however we do know that it was well established in ...

Step 11: The Figure of Eight Knot

It is obvious where this knot got its name from as when laid out flat it looks like a figure of eight. On its own its main use is as a stopper knot, p...

Step 12: Diamond knot

This knot is also known as the Lanyard knot and the Chinese Button knot and has been used for centuries. This is a decorative knot although it can als...

Step 13: Monkeys Fist

The monkeys fist is fairly simple in design but when completed looks amazing. It was originally used by sailors to add weight to the end of lines so t...

Step 14: Attaching and labelling

Finally you need to attach all the knots how you like them and then label them, I used a labelling machine to make the labels as that was the best way...