Knots: A Flowmotion Book : Get to Grips with Knotting Know-How

Rating:
Summary: Excellent information, poor presentation!
Review: Geoffrey's normal instructional style is not lost in this handy little book, which can either help or hinder, depending on your eyesight and your need for every step of the process. That's the good news, because he is a very readable writer. The bad news is that the experiment with motion did not really work. However, if you can focus in on the pale photos of the knot being tied, it really does help to find your way through a more complex knot. When I bought the book I thought that perhaps it would be like one of those cartoon flick-through books that give you a seemingly moving picture. That is definitely not the case with this book. What you do get is a blow-by-blow arrangement of photos across the page that can help to guide you through the tying of some complex knots. When it comes to a more simple knot though, the flow motion photos are a distraction. So who's to say what is a simple knot and what is a complex knot? That depends on the reader of course and, because not every reader is at the same level, the book works on those knots. If you find instructions insufficient when made with just a few photos, then this could be the book for you. If not, then this is just a curiosity and you will likely learn nothing new or interesting that has not previously been published.

Rating:
Summary: Excellent information, poor presentation!
Review: Geoffrey's normal instructional style is not lost in this handy little book, which can either help or hinder, depending on your eyesight and your need for every step of the process. That's the good news, because he is a very readable writer. The bad news is that the experiment with motion did not really work. However, if you can focus in on the pale photos of the knot being tied, it really does help to find your way through a more complex knot. When I bought the book I thought that perhaps it would be like one of those cartoon flick-through books that give you a seemingly moving picture. That is definitely not the case with this book. What you do get is a blow-by-blow arrangement of photos across the page that can help to guide you through the tying of some complex knots. When it comes to a more simple knot though, the flow motion photos are a distraction. So who's to say what is a simple knot and what is a complex knot? That depends on the reader of course and, because not every reader is at the same level, the book works on those knots. If you find instructions insufficient when made with just a few photos, then this could be the book for you. If not, then this is just a curiosity and you will likely learn nothing new or interesting that has not previously been published.