Australis Knots

Australis Knots Traditional nautical ropemaking and decorative knotwork. Demonstrations, courses, and online shopping coming soon!

What a great excuse to get out the traditional rope maker! I'm at Forbes Avenue in West Hobart where they're having a st...
07/06/2026

What a great excuse to get out the traditional rope maker! I'm at Forbes Avenue in West Hobart where they're having a street party!

I'm told rope making was done here in the 1800s. How cool!

More photos later!

A few of my latest creations. The coloured cord made by me from sewing thread. The natural cord is 100 year old flax fis...
23/05/2026

A few of my latest creations. The coloured cord made by me from sewing thread. The natural cord is 100 year old flax fish netting 3 ply cord.

A few years ago I did my first glass fishing float netting but used jute string (I was only at th beginning of my ourney...
16/05/2026

A few years ago I did my first glass fishing float netting but used jute string (I was only at th beginning of my ourney in to knots!). The owner has asked me to replace it as it has broken in the weather. This time I used 100 year old flax that had been carefully stored by a retired net maker business owner. Hopefully this will last a bit longer. I admit I did it by eye and not with a constant measuring device but I like it anyway!

This year for the Art From Trash Exhibition at Salamanca Gallery in Hobart I decided to repurpose a large glass fishing ...
15/05/2026

This year for the Art From Trash Exhibition at Salamanca Gallery in Hobart I decided to repurpose a large glass fishing float (found at the Huonville tip shop) and old rope to represent a eye! Called Eye Sea. Thanks to Tom Harris for assisting with the board it is set in to!

My favourite mat is the kringle used to represent an iris. Hope you like it!

The eyelashes are made from a juice bottle!

The Exhibition is on all week.

09/05/2026

Very humbled to be invited to be the President of the International Guild of Knot Tyers! Thank you Mikko Snellman !

Stay tuned for how I will fill the very large shoes vacated last night at the IGKT AGM in Coventry UK!

I've been enjoying the company of fellow knot tyers this weekend at the Moreton Bay Discovery Centre in Manly, Brisbane....
05/04/2026

I've been enjoying the company of fellow knot tyers this weekend at the Moreton Bay Discovery Centre in Manly, Brisbane. I've thoroughly enjoyed learning some new techniques including kumihimo and rafia loop baskets.

And next to us was the replica of a 15th century Portuguese caravel called Notorious. Worth reading about! Enjoy the photos!

07/03/2026

The Green Goddess Bell rope for the Tasmanian Fire Service Museum.

Finally finished the replacement bell rope for the Tasmanian Fire Service Museum! The clapper is from a Green Goddess fi...
07/03/2026

Finally finished the replacement bell rope for the Tasmanian Fire Service Museum! The clapper is from a Green Goddess fire engine. The bell will be used in a ceremony in May on St. Florian's Day (the patron saint of fire fighters). I hadn't done some of this tying before so I'm quite pleased with how it turned out! It was complicated!

I made the white cord myself. It's 2.8 mm hard laid cotton. Inside is a 10mm cotton rope.

Knots used from top down:
Cockscombing around the thimble,
Turks Head 4B5L,
Coachwhipping 12 x 5 strands,
Turks Head 4B5L,
Crowning x14 strands,
Turks Head,
12 strand globe knot (thanks to Joe Bennett and his instructions in Knotting Matters). Inside is a globe knot around a wooden bead made with 6 strands of the unwound cotton rope).

Kingston Library (just south of Hobart) invited me to exhibit knotwork in their 3 glass display cabinets for the month ...
30/01/2026

Kingston Library (just south of Hobart) invited me to exhibit knotwork in their 3 glass display cabinets for the month of February. So today I filled them up!

26/01/2026

The Drunken Admiral Restaurant, Hobart. Knotwork installed!

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