Knot-tying is a great way to develop fine and gross motor skills. Tying knots is also an extremely useful talent to have! Some professions that use knot tying are sailors, weavers, truck drivers, farmers, and ship riggers. There are also many opportunities to use your knot-tying skills in your everyday life.
There are so many resources for knot tying that you could easily make a whole knot tying handicraft class for the year! You could start by taking a class, or watching a YouTube channel to learn. You could use one of the books listed below to learn knot tying by profession, such as learning knots that sailors use. You could also approach it by learning knots for different kinds of projects, such as bracelets or necklaces.
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History of Knot Tying
If you are interested in the history of knot tying, here are some books you might enjoy.
Supplies Needed For Tying Knots
Knot tying is very inexpensive. You really just need a rope you can practice with. Or you can buy a kit with everything you need including instruction cards.
Classes For Learning To Tie Knots
Books on Knot Tying
Movies About Knot Tying
Documentary on the International Guild of Knot Tyers parts 1-5.
Websites For Knot Tyers
American Sailing Association-this link is to a series of how-to videos for knots that sailors commonly make.
Youtube Channels About Knot Tying
Tying It All Together-This channel has lots of videos using paracord to make many different kinds of bracelets.
Why Knot-Different knot tutorials and different styles of paracord bracelets than the channel listed above.
Animated Knots-Playlists of mostly useful knots including knots used in scouting, boating, fishing, rescue, climbing, etc.