Making a rope mat with a template by Barbara Frankel.
Day 3 - Sunday 9 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!
Sunday 11 am Presentation “The Philosophy of Rigging”
Sue Pennison - Hampshire, UK
Location - Hobart Town Hall
A lifelong sailor who learnt that there are knots for different jobs at a young age during sailing holidays on the Norfolk Broads. Sue then discovered a small pamphlet ‘The Wee Lighthouse Knot’ and eventually conquered it which led to a fascination for ornamental knotting. Later in life she rigged the boat built by her husband leading to an opportunity to rig the seven Dublin Bay 21s being rebuilt in Ireland and a chance to indulge her interest in marlinspike seamanship. She now works as a rigger, knot tyer and rope maker and couldn’t be happier.
Sunday 2 pm Presentation “Some Interesting Knot Families”
Gareth - Gold Coast, Qld
Location - Hobart Town Hall
This is my 7th trip to Hobart including 3 Sydney-Hobart Yacht Races, 2 holidays, and the 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival. My knotting history started nautically, but has evolved through curiosity in the comparative structure of knots and knot families, and unrediscovered knots. (I believe that all knots that could have been tied in the last 100,000 years, probably have been tied by someone, somewhere.)
Everything Else Knotty!
10 AM - 4 PM
Location - Hobart Town Hall
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
Wooden Boat Guild of Tasmania
How to tie up a boat to a jetty or post
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!)
10:00 AM to 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 - link to be added soon)
Materials supplied