The International Guild of Knot Tyers (IGKT) is a very friendly association of people whose interests are in ropes, knots and knotting techniques of all kinds.
We have about a thousand members world-wide from all walks of life including knitters, surgeons, sailors, climbers, anglers, scouters, magicians, lace-makers, farmers, miners, macramé fiends and mathematicians. Membership is open to anyone interested in knotting, ropes, cords and yarn (whether expert or simply hoping to learn from others).
We celebrated our 40th anniversary in 2022 and have now produced over 160 issues of our journal Knotting Matters. They contains news and ideas about all aspects of knotting and the journal is full of useful and interesting articles, letters, queries and opinions.
Issues of Knotting Matters 1 - 164 are readable online here. The issues from the latest 12 months are only available to members.
There are active branches of IGKT around the world and we are always very happy when another group starts up. The UK has most of these (it is a small country which makes travelling to events fairly easy) at eight, and there are national organisations in Australia, Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands and North America (IGKTNA and two informal branches on the Pacific coast and Alaska). Non-English-speaking knotters can join their national organisations without needing to join IGKT.
