All About Knots

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This lens is all about knots. Knots have many uses.  The most common is to secure physical objects, but knots are also used in art,  surgery and the uses are as simple as tying your shoes or neck tie. 

Knots Have Many Uses

Animated Knots by Grog
Animated Knot-Tying for Boating, Climbing, Fishing, Scouting, Search and Rescue, and Arborists
Cabela's Field Guides - Knot Library: Camping Knots
Knot Library: Camping Knots
Surgical Knots
Surgical Knots.
What Scouting Knots are Used For
Grog's Animated Knots for scouting: what knots are used for. An index of functions.

How to tie knots (reef, sheet bend, bowline...)

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Books on Tying Knots

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Important!

Knots Used In Art Projects

Symmetric Energy Pictures
The notion of deriving a knot energy by viewing
a knot as a radiating tube is due toGregory Buck
of Saint Anselm College in New Hampshire. Very Pretty!
Grog's Decorative Knots Index
Decorative Knots.
Celtic knot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
All about the celtic knot designs.
Learn Macrame
Learn Macrame: Detailed instructions and tips to create specific decorative knots and patterns.

Macrame Books

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Celtic Knot Stickers and Books

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Guest Book

  • AppalachianCountry Sep 11, 2009 @ 7:50 am | delete
    Great lens. Thank-you for the how to video. We think this is a beautiful art form.
    5 stars*****
  • spirituality Jan 14, 2009 @ 3:56 am | delete
    I always love knots and did macramé as a teenager.

    Great lens. Just dropping by to thank you for allowing me in the giant squid top 100 club

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Peggy707

I'm a RocketMom and an artist. I have worked as an artist in all media. I have worked in the theater as well as costume designer.

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