"I'll put it back," said Larrikin dismissively, waving his hand. Sans a few feet, but whatever. He held up a finger. "But it's important to know what you're doing in the interim. You took the wool without a thought, didn'tcha? Bad. Baaad." He shook his head sadly. "Material is just as important as the actual knots. What do you use usually?"

Since neither of them were tying the other up, the wool would do to show her how to actually tie the knots, but it also made a really good point for everything else.