Knot work
Tenderfoot
Reef
knot - A common and well known knot used for joining two ropes.
Granny knot
- A surprisingly common poor knot which slips easily.
Sheet
Bend - Used for joining two ropes of very different diameter, or a rope
to a hook.
Figure
of eight - Used as a stop knot, turned in the end of a sheet.
Clove
Hitch - Useful as the start of a lashing or as a temporary mooring.
Sheep
shank - Used to temporarily shorten a rope.
Round
turn and two half hitches - Similar to a clove hitch but less likely to
slip.
Bowline
- A very useful and common knot which forms a loop that can not slip.
Pathfinder
Coil
and hank - how to organise rope when you have finished with it
Rethreaded
figure of eight - Useful for attaching ropes around large anchor points
Fireman’s
Chair - Used to manoevre a potentially unconscious person on a rope.
Rolling
Hitch - Used to attach a line to a stave or another rope.
Timber
Hitch - Useful when hoisting or dragging a piece of timber.
Square
Lashing - Useful for making rafts where two staves meet at right-angles.
Sheer
Lashing - Useful for joining two staves in line eg for a makeshift flagpole.
Scout
Common
whipping - can be made anywhere in a length of rope, often to secure an
eye splice.
Eye
splice - Used to make a permanent 'eye' hole in the rope
Short
splice - Used to join two identical sized pieces of rope permanently
Back
splice
Sail
makers whipping - Often used to prevent the ends of a rope from fraying.
Diagonal
Lashing
Figure
of Eight Lashing
Check out Grog's
fantastic animated website of knots
A guide to starting knots
is also available here, and
the What
Knot To Do iPhone app is your pocket guide on your iPhone to 70
must know knots in six categories. With this free app you'll always
have just the right knot at the ready, with clear step-by-step tying
instructions to meet any and every outdoor need.