Page 14 - Peter Owen - The Pocket Guide to Essential Knots

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK

This book makes a conscious effort to avoid any knot-tying jargon

or technical terms—for example, the end of a line is simply called a

line end.
The illustrations accompanying the tying instructions are

intended to be self-explanatory, but additional written instructions

are included at specific points. Arrows show the directions to push

or pull and dotted lines indicate intermediate positions. In many of

the illustrations, lines are shown faded out or cut short for clarity,

plus a certain amount of artistic license has been used to enable the

illustrations to fit into the available space. So always make sure

you have sufficient line to complete the knot. This can often be

calculated by looking at the illustration of the completed knot.