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
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
Sail
makers whipping - Often used to prevent the ends of a rope from fraying.
Diagonal
Lashing
A guide to starting knots is also available here

