Bellrope and clapper damper donated to the RSV Nuyina. Cord and knotwork made by Barbara Frankel 2021.
Day 2 - Saturday 8 Feb - AWBF & IGKT
Click here for the Australian Wooden Boat Festival website.
Enter the “Knot So Fast” pun competition!
Come the Hobart Town Hall to write down your best knot or rope pun!
Entry must be hand written by you or someone who helps you at the IGKT Information Desk in the Hobart Town Hall between Friday 10 am and Monday 11 am.
The winner will be announced by Daryl Peebles on Monday after his Rope Magic Show at 12:30 in the Hobart Town Hall.
The prize will be a ‘prolong rope mat’ made by a member of the International Guild of Knot Tyers, and a voucher for a free lesson on how to make it.
Knotty Talks!
11 am to 11:45 am - Presentation on “Ropework for vertical exploration: knots, ideas, and tips to help you defy gravity”
Yoav Daniel Bar-Ness of “Outreach Ecology” and “Giant Tree Expeditions”
Location - Hobart Town Hall
YD Bar-Ness ended up in Tasmania entirely because of a keen interest in ropes, knotwork, and vertical access. He started out with learning glacier travel and mountain climbing techniques in Seattle, stumbled somehow into an opportunity climbing giant forest trees as a researcher, and came directly to Tasmania to conduct the first on-ropes biodiversity surveys of the giant Eucalyptus treetops. He is a keen student of the knots and concepts used to work safely at heights on industrial structures, trees, mountains, caves, cliffs, canyons, and more. He has conducted one arboreal cat rescue.
2 pm to 2:45 pm - Presentation “Introduction to Nautical Decorative Knotwork - Tools and Materials”
Barbara Frankel - Howden, Tasmania
Location - Hobart Town Hall
Barbara was inspired to learn decorative nautical knotwork a few years ago whilst aboard the RSV Aurora Australis during one of her many trips to Antarctica as a Geoscientist and expedition manager. She is self-taught through books, websites and online videos, and has found enormous support through her membership of international social media groups. She often demonstrates rope making and teaches knotwork to community groups around Hobart, and has a small business called Australis Knots. She hopes to continue teaching locally as time permits from her day job as a geological laboratory manager.
Knotty Lessons!
10 AM - 12:30 PM Ocean Plait making workshop with tutors from the International Guild of Knot Tyers
Location - Noisy Boatyard - Hobart Waterfront
Max 6 attendees (booking through AWBF - fully booked - but stay tuned for additional sessions)
Materials supplied
Everything Else Knotty!
10 AM - 4 PM
Location - Hobart Town Hall
Exhibitions and demonstrations - open to public
International Guild of Knot Tyers
Watch our dextrous members create decorative knots and splices. Have a go yourself!
See cord and rope being made with a 3D printed rope making machine
Hand Spinners Weavers & Dyers Guild of Tasmania
Watch natural fibre spinning for cord and rope making, then made into mats etc!
Watch the intricate work or weavers, crocheters and knitters
Hobart Embroiders’ Guild
See embroidered knotwork and nautically themed works
Australian Lace Guild
Watch knotwork on a microscale!
Wooden Boat Guild of Tasmania
How to tie up a boat to a jetty or post - can you tie a bowline?
Study 150 knots on the best nautical knot board you’ll ever see! On loan from the Maritime Museum of Tasmania
Bring your own knot board to display!
Tie some knots!
Buy craft books from the Hobart Book Shop (Saturday and Sunday Only - orders taken on Friday and Monday)
Enter the ‘Knot So Fast’ pun competition for a knotty prize! (winner announced by Daryl Peebles on Monday at 12:30 after his amazing rope magic show!)
Why Knot Put Your Feet Up with a Cuppa?
You can also have a free cuppa in the ante room coffee station adjacent to the main hall, courtesy of the Hobart City Council.
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