"With a bit of rope and the right knot it's easy to come up with smart solutions." This book is about everyday life and not just boating, as the writer Miki Anagrius shows how a basic understanding of knots is a useful, fun and attractive tool that enables us to hang and carry items, store, organize and link various objects. The varieties of use are many: tie a shoelace knot that never loosens but is easy to undo, adjust the height of lamps and flowerpots suspended from the ceiling, bunch up newspapers bound for the recycling, bind your roast and herbs in the kitchen, suspend your bicycle from the ceiling and restrain overly eager pets - with a dose of competence at knots many problems may be solved in an attractive and practical way. This book also informs on the different types of rope, knots and string, how to stop bits of rope from fraying, and how to connect different lengths of rope and make practical loops.