How to tie a sailors knot

The Bowline Know is simple. Just remember, it’s: Loop over top, pull through, wrap behind and around, pull through.

The Sailor's Guide to Knot-Tying

For me, embellishing male cards is not as easy as decorating cards for ladies. It doesn't quite feel right to add pretty ribbons, fussy bows, jewels and flowers in my designs for guys. The nautical theme of my project was based around the Stampin' Up! Set called 'The Open Sea'. I liked the idea of adding some twine and creating a 'sailor knot' to feature on the design. I wanted to share the following tutorial with you to try in your own nautical themed papercraft projects. Step 1. Create two…

Bosun's Lanyard Knot How to Tie It

There’s nothing better than having an adorable keychain to accompany your keys. We’ve been scouting out some DIY keychains lately, and thought we would share our favorites with you. Fro…

In this how-to guide, we teach you how to tie a Bowline Knot. We also explain in what situations its best used in and when other knots are better.

Basic types of sailing knots, best nautical rope knots, how to tie nautical knots with simple diagrams, common knots to know for sailing and their uses

Stopper Knot - also known as the Oystermans stopper, is a knot developed by Clifford Ashley around 1910.

Set of rope knots, hitches, bows, bends isolated on white background. Decorative vector design. Part 1 of 3