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Knots: Knot Basics
Whether you’re boating, camping, climbing, fishing, hauling, sailing, or doing work around the house or yard, knowing a few strong, secure, and easy-to-untie knots can make the job much eas ...
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Knots: How to Choose and Care for Rope
Having the right rope for a job is just as important as using the right knot. For general use, there are two main factors you should consider when choosing a rope: Strength: Make sure that the rop ...
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Knots: How to Tie Stopper Knots
A stopper knot is tied at the end of a rope to keep it from pulling through a hole or pulley. Overhand Knot The most basic stopper knot. A secure knot that tends to jam, the overhand knot is actua ...
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Knots: Overhand Knot
The most basic stopper knot. A secure knot that tends to jam, the overhand knot is actually the foundation for many other knots. For extra security, use the double overhand . ...
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Knots: Figure-Eight Knot
An easy-to-tie stopper knot that’s also easy to untie and won’t jam. The figure-eight is commonly used in boating, fishing, and climbing, and is the best stopper to use if you’ ...
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Knots: Double Overhand Knot
A secure stopper knot that at times can jam easily. Use this stopper knot when safety is an issue, as in rock climbing. It is not ideal when you need a stopper knot that you can quickly untie, as ...
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Knots: Stevedore Knot
A stopper knot that’s both secure and will not jam even under heavy loads. It’s also bulkier than the figure-eight knot. ...
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Knots: How to Tie Loops
Loops are used to create a closed circle in a line. Some loops are fixed in size, while others are variable. Variable loops are also called slip knots or nooses . Bowline A secure, non-jamming, an ...
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Knots: Bowline
A secure, non-jamming, and very versatile loop used for sailing, rescue, tying down light aircraft, and many other applications. For extra security, tie the tail of the bowline into the loop with ...
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Knots: Bowline on a Bight
A bowline tied in the bight, which forms a secure and non-jamming double loop. It has many applications, including as a rescue “chair” formed by sliding its two loops over the thighs ...
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Knots: Running Bowline
A slip knot that produces an adjustable loop. The running bowline is secure, non-jamming, and easy to tie: make a bowline , then pull a bight of the standing end through the loop. ...
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Knots: Alpine Butterfly (Lineman’s Loop)
Alpine Butterfly (Lineman’s Loop) A strong, non-jamming knot that creates a loop in the middle of a line. The alpine butterfly can be used to isolate a length of worn rope by tying the knot ...
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Knots: How to Tie Hitches
A hitch is a knot that fastens a rope or line to a solid object, such as a hook or a pole. Clove Hitch A hitch used primarily to secure a horizontal bar or pole. It’s easy to tie and untie ...
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Knots: Clove Hitch
A hitch used primarily to secure a horizontal bar or pole. It’s easy to tie and untie but may spill if the load twists or sways. ...
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Knots: Round Turn and Two Half Hitches
A hitch used to attach a line to a post or ring. It can be tied even when bearing a load, which makes it good for mooring boats. ...
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Knots: Taut-Line Hitch
A hitch with a loop on its end, particularly useful when the tension on the line may need to be increased or decreased—as when securing tent lines or securing a load in a truck bed. ...
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Knots: Cat’s Paw
Cat’s Paw A hitch used to attach a line to a hook. ...
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Knots: Chain Hitch
A hitch that can be used to pull any long, solid object. Begin the chain hitch with a clove hitch , then add a series of loops at about one-foot intervals along the object. ...
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Knots: Timber Hitch
A hitch used for dragging lumber, logs, or any other long objects. It’s secure as long as the pull on the rope is steady and consistent—jerky movements tend to loosen it. ...
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Knots: Constrictor Knot
A hitch that’s so secure it sometimes can be removed only with a scissors or knife. The constrictor can be used to hitch a line to a pole, close the neck of a bag or sack, bind the end of a ...
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Knots: Rolling Hitch
A hitch used to attach a rope to a pole or larger rope, so that the tension on the rope being attached is parallel to the pole or larger rope. The direction of the pull should be on the same side ...
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Knots: Cleat Hitch
A hitch used to attach the mooring line of a boat to a cleat (a piece of metal or wood with projecting arms). For the most secure knot, start the knot around the far side of the cleat. ...
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Knots: How to Tie Bends
A bend is a knot that joins two different lines at their ends. Some bends work better than others for joining lines with certain characteristics (relative size, stiffness, and so on). Square Knot ...
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Knots: Square Knot (Reef Knot)
A bend commonly used to tie together the two ends of a single line, whether to close packages, hold a bandage in place, tie up furled sails, or secure something that’s unlikely to move much ...
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Knots: Sheet Bend
A bend used to combine ropes of different types, such as two ropes of slightly different widths. (If you need to join ropes of significantly different widths, use the more secure double sheet bend ...
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Knots: Double Sheet Bend
A more secure variant of the sheet bend, used to combine ropes of significantly different widths. To tie the double sheet bend, begin just as you would when tying a single sheet bend , then add a ...
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Knots: Double Fisherman’s Knot
Double Fisherman’s Knot A bend that can be used to join everything from fishing line to thick rope, as long as the lines being connected are the same widths. In monofilament fishing line, t ...
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Knots: Sheepshank
A bend in which a rope is tied to itself in order to shorten the rope or to isolate a weak or frayed portion of the rope. The sheepshank is tied in the bight (without using the ends of the rope). ...
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Knots: Carrick Bend
The best bend for joining very thick or stiff ropes, since you don’t need to bend the ropes sharply to make the knot. The Carrick bend is secure even when wet, and it won’t jam. Make ...
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Knots: How to Tie Lashings
Lashings are knots used to join two poles. Square Lashing A lashing used to fasten together two poles so that they cross at an angle between 45° and 90° and are in direct contact with ea ...
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Knots: Square Lashing
A lashing used to fasten together two poles so that they cross at an angle between 45° and 90° and are in direct contact with each other. The square lashing is considered the most secure ...
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Knots: Diagonal Lashing
A lashing used to fasten together two poles so that they cross at an angle between 45° and 90° but are not in direct contact with each other. (If you want the poles to intersect at an an ...
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Knots: Shear Lashing
A lashing used to fasten together two adjacent poles. Multiple, tight shear lashings will make the poles parallel, whereas a single shear lashing at the end can allow the poles to pivot and form a ...
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Knots: How to Tie a Necktie or Bow Tie
Most knots are used for practical applications, from climbing, boating, and fishing to hauling lumber and hanging houseplants. But a few knots are purely decorative and are used exclusively for ty ...
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Knots: Four-in-Hand Knot
The most popular necktie knot and the easiest to learn. The four-in-hand knot is long, narrow, and slightly lopsided. Though it works well with any type of dress shirt, it looks best when tied wit ...
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Knots: Windsor Knot
A wide, triangular, and symmetrical knot worn during formal occasions. The Windsor knot works best with shirts that have wide collars. ...
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Knots: Half-Windsor Knot
A triangular and symmetrical knot that’s not quite as wide, or as formal, as the Windsor knot. The half-Windsor works well with any dress shirt and with neckties of medium width. ...
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Knots: Pratt-Shelby Knot
A medium-width necktie knot that’s just slightly longer than the half-Windsor. The Pratt-Shelby knot works well with any dress shirt and with ties of medium width. ...
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Knots: Bow-Tie Knot
The standard knot for bow ties. A properly tied bow tie should be narrower than your neck, even at the knot’s widest point. ...
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Camping: How to Tie Camping Knots
A few simple knots will enable you to hang food from trees, pitch clotheslines, lug firewood, and secure tarps. Square Knot The square knot is a good general-purpose binding knot that joins two ro ...
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