title: Directory of Knots
author: John Shaw
description: The Directory of Knots examines more than 100 different knots, covering a wide spectrum of activities, in straightforward diagrams and step-by-step descriptions: 1) The world's favorite knots, 2) 20 practical knots 3) Traditional knots 4) Innovative knots 5) Useful mutations
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  The Irrational Knot
  
  
  PREFACE
  
  
  [BOOK I. THE IRRATIONAL
  KNOT](The%20Irrational%20Knot_split_001.html#filepos40447)
  
  
    
    
  [CHAPTER I](The%20Irrational%20Knot_split_001.html#filepos40583)  
    
  [CHAPTER II](The%20Irrational%20Knot_split_001.html#filepos103053)  
    
  [CHAPTER III](The%20Irrational%20Knot_split_001.html#filepos156331)  
    
  [CHAPTER IV](The%20Irrational%20Knot_split_001.html#filepos186450)  
    
  [CHAPTER V](The%20Irrational%20Knot_split_001.html#filepos221129)  
    
  [CHAPTER VI](The%20Irrational%20Knot_split_001.html#filepos237463)
  
  
  [BOOK II](The%20Irrational%20Knot_split_002.html#filepos270758)
  
  
    
    
  [CHAPTER VII](The%20Irrational%20Knot_split_002.html#filepos270874)  
    
  [CHAPTER VIII](The%20Irrational%20Knot_split_002.html#filepos286888)  
    
  [CHAPTER IX](The%20Irrational%20Knot_split_002.html#filepos336515)  
    
  [CHAPTER X](The%20Irrational%20Knot_split_002.html#filepos374479)  
    
  [CHAPTER XI](The%20Irrational%20Knot_split_002.html#filepo