[dougalm]

Yeah, I similarly have dowels floating around my desk for tying hitches. But I don't have a good solution for practicing knots that are meant to be tied under tension, like the "trucker's hitch" family. I've been considering getting some small dock cleats and screwing them to my desk.

[foundart]

a plastic dock cleat hot glued to a piece of wood works pretty well and is fairly cheap