Nautical Decorative Knotwork

The reason for its being considered decorative is because it can be extremely difficult to untie after tension has been applied thus it is not very.

Nautical decorative knotwork. By ali maheu deckhand facilities and ship s division san francisco maritime national historical park. Anchors shells and knots. The general purpose to dress up items and parts of ships and boats during the age of sail.

Our knots complete the traditional new england nautical cottage look. A fancy becket or ropework handle made by ali maheu attached to a sailor s sea chest. It seems obvious that knotting skills were of great importance to crew for practical reasons well before the age of sail.

Back to the top back up to quick navigation good luck loop a decorative knot based on the japanese knot used for forming a loop at the end of a line. I started tying knots as an 11 year old sea scout growing up on the south coast of england where i was taught basic knots and splices. Crown and wall knot a decorative way of securing multiple strands of rope.

Often originating from maritime use decorative knots are not only serviceable and functional but also enhance the ship shape appearance of any vessel decorative knots may be used alone or in combination and may consist of single or multiple strands. Coxcombing is a decorative knotwork performed by sailors. The other great feature about this book is that it is ring bound so it stays open on the page you are working from.

Navy white and a splash of red make the seaside room come to lift. Creates neat compact ball at end of three strand rope. But it was not until i saw a specimen of decorative knotwork for the first time a bellrope combining plaits lanyard and globe knots that i was truly smitten and knotting became for me a magnificent.

Display as a group in a vignette or use individually as a table number base for that special occasion. In the photo above you can see it in the last two rows below the turk s head knot at the neck of the bottle. Add texture to any living space with a collection of nautical knots.