Books on Knots

IGKT publishes a number of books on knotting and also sells a few other books on related subjects which are not easily available. These are distributed by our sales volunteer, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., and are catalogued here.

For 2024 we will be the guests of the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Hartlepool, UK and the splendid ship HMS Trincomalee. The dates are Thursday 9th - Saturday 11th May. The AGM will be a hybrid Zoom meeting at 7pm UK time (18:00 UTC) on Friday 10th May. Details accompany the current issue of Knotting Matters (No 161) and are also available online here.

This October 2024 event, on Saturday October 5th, will be held aboard the ferryboat Berkeley at the SanDiego Maritime Museum. Please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., IGKTNA President, and also see here for more details.

Some sad news

We have learned in recent weeks of the deaths of two very skilled knot-tyers.

Jean-Louis Callier, who lived in the south of France attended most of the IGKT meetings in Europe for very many years. He was a talented knotter and a good companion. He is much missed, especially by Michèle and by members of IGKT France. There is an appreciation of Jean-Louis by Antoine Leroy here.

Karl Bareuther, from Flensburg in northern Germany, was a retired Naval Officer who made the most beautiful decorative knots. He was one of the guiding lights behind a very successful IGKT Autumn meeting in Flensburg. Find an appreciation of Karl by Yuval Dvoran here.

In July 2022 we arranged with the Brunel Institute, an organisation set up by the SS Great Britain Trust and the University of Bristol, England, to house our collection of knotting and ropework books in the Institute’s library. The collection consists of books the IGKT has amassed over it’s 40 years of operating, along with a considerably larger number of volumes from a founder member.

The Brunel Institute library is open daily to the public throughout the year and is free to visit. The cost of incorporating the books into the Institute’s library is being funded by a very generous donation from a member in the USA.

The Library have nearly finished the long task of adding the books to their database and, later in 2024, the titles will be searchable on the Brunel Institute’s website.

Here is a link to search most of the uploaded IGKT books.

Thanks to the generosity of George, the IGKT has been able to set up a fund to provide funds for helping and encouraging members, especially younger members, to engage in an ‘extraordinary’ activity which involves knotting and the Guild. For full details please see the Member News section here.