[Noisebridge-discuss] knot tying? braiding? weaving?

[Shannon Lee]

Ashley is the sort of "definitive" source -- someone mentioned it above?

http://www.amazon.com/Ashley-Book-Knots-Clifford/dp/0385040253

Additionally, the Encyclopedia of Knots and Fancy Ropework by Graumont:

http://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Knots-Fancy-Rope-Work/dp/0870330217/ref=pd_sim_b_3

--S

On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 12:39 PM, Dougie <daworley at gmail.com> wrote:

> A sheet bend and boline are a similarly identical knot structure, but
> utterly different in application and construction.
>
> What books/resources would y'all reccommend on knot theory?
>
> Cheers,
>  - Douglas Worley
>
>
> On Oct 8, 2009, at 9:37 AM, Sai Emrys <noisebridge at saizai.com> wrote:
>
>  On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Shannon Lee <shannon at scatter.com> wrote:
>>
>>> From a knot theory perspective, for example, a strangle knot and a
>>> surgeon's
>>> knot are the same knot (I can demonstrate this in person, the next time
>>> someone sees me), but in practice they are wildly different knots with
>>> different purposes.
>>>
>>
>> I'd like to see this. Those sorts of same-but-really-not situations
>> always fascinate me.
>>
>> Here's a WIG link for ease of scheduling:
>> http://whenisgood.net/noisebridge/knots
>>
>> http://whenisgood.net/noisebridge/knots/results/mznwyb
>> http://whenisgood.net/noisebridge/knots/edit/mznwyb
>>
>> - Sai
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