Comments on: Terry Barns, Knot Tyer https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/04/05/terry-barns-knot-tyer-i/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Sat, 06 Apr 2024 08:20:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Jennifer Blain https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/04/05/terry-barns-knot-tyer-i/#comment-1564222 Sat, 06 Apr 2024 08:20:27 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=199362#comment-1564222 Oh, how I wish Terry had a decent knot for boot laces. Easy to tie; never fall apart by themselves and easy for the weary walker – or gardener – to undo.

Thank you GA for the hours of pleasure you’ve given over the years.

]]> By: Robin https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/04/05/terry-barns-knot-tyer-i/#comment-1564149 Sat, 06 Apr 2024 00:37:45 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=199362#comment-1564149 What an extraordinary talent! And I love the way in which Terry’s awe-inspiring skill opens up a whole world of maritime history.

]]> By: Lynne Perrella https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/04/05/terry-barns-knot-tyer-i/#comment-1564034 Fri, 05 Apr 2024 12:31:23 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=199362#comment-1564034 Planets align! I’m heading off to give a workshop (mixed media art) about the wide-ranging topic of water. As I looked through all my archives, I came across many visuals about this vast subject, including pirates, sailors, whaling ledgers with imprints, poems, lore, etc. Love the chart of the knots — ah, don’t they look so EASY to do? (wry smile)

The beauty of that baronial-sized knot, in the last photo!? — Better than jewelry, methinks.

Thank you, GA. Waiting for the eclipse here.

]]> By: Lionel https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/04/05/terry-barns-knot-tyer-i/#comment-1564030 Fri, 05 Apr 2024 12:08:16 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=199362#comment-1564030 Wonderful story, thank you.

]]> By: Cherub https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/04/05/terry-barns-knot-tyer-i/#comment-1564018 Fri, 05 Apr 2024 10:41:16 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=199362#comment-1564018 I really enjoyed reading this as my husband is a fan of tying knots in things. Even the bags you get for fruit and veg in the supermarket are tied into something by him, exasperating for me as I have to get him to undo them all lol

]]> By: Liz Aitken https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/04/05/terry-barns-knot-tyer-i/#comment-1563996 Fri, 05 Apr 2024 08:22:57 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=199362#comment-1563996 I love this! When I was about five, my father – a keen fly fisherman – taught me how to do a reef knot and I have used it ever since.

]]> By: Marcia Howard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/04/05/terry-barns-knot-tyer-i/#comment-1563994 Fri, 05 Apr 2024 08:12:29 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=199362#comment-1563994 As a child, I was both a Brownie and a Girl Guide, and one of the things we had to learn there was to ‘tie knots’. I confess that decades later, I can still tie a reef knot with my eyes closed, but as for the rest, well they’re a distant memory….

]]> By: Annie S https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/04/05/terry-barns-knot-tyer-i/#comment-1563992 Fri, 05 Apr 2024 07:51:59 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=199362#comment-1563992 Wow, what an interesting career – and such an interesting array of knots!

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