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 2025 we will be the guests of the Chatham Historic Dockyard, Chatham, ME4 4TZ, UK with its wonderful 346 m (1,135 ft) long operational ropewalk. The dates are Thursday 8th - Saturday 11th May. The AGM will be a hybrid Zoom meeting at 7pm UK time (18:00 UTC) on Friday 9th May. Details accompanied the end-of-year issue of Knotting Matters (No 165) and are also available as a download here.

Booking forms accompany Knotting Matters 166 (arriving in March) and can also be downloaded from Members' News.

We realise that many people will not be able to make all the days at Chatham, but day visitors are assured of a friendly welcome - but do, please, let us know in advance that you are coming.

BONUS VISIT for early arrivals: On the afternoon of Wednesday 7th May you are invited to a special visit to local English Heritage site - Upnor Castle.

Upnor Castle is an Elizabethan artillery fort located on the west bank of the River Medway in Kent. It is in the village of Upnor, opposite and a short distance downriver from the Chatham Dockyard, at one time a key naval facility.

This year, our half-yearly October meeting will be on October 3rd-5th 2025, in the beautiful 18th century Piece Hall in Halifax, Yorkshire, UK.

It was built around a large square, with over 300 small rooms for weavers and traders selling 'pieces' - 30 yard (27m) lengths of hand-loom woven woolen material 24 - 36 inches (75 - 90cm) wide. 

Attached to the Piece Hall is an excellent museum of the machinery and processes in the wool trade which made the hand-looms redundant in the 19th Century.

Next year's main meeting will be held at the Rough Close Scout Campsite. This will be our second visit to this excellent set of facilities run by City of Coventry Scout County. 

The venue is about 5 miles to the west of Coventry City Centre. Address: Tanners' Ln, Coventry CV7 7DD

We hope the dates will be 7-10th May 2026 - this to be confirmed.

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 or contact the secretary This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

We really would like to give some money away to suitable applicants, so do give it your serious thought. Non-member applications are also given serious consideration.